Title 19 — Customs Duties
Part B · Chapter 13 — Trade Agreements Act of 1979
§ 2542. Establishment and operation of technical offices
Statutory text
Establishment
For nonagricultural products
The Secretary of Commerce shall establish and maintain within the Department of Commerce a technical office that shall carry out the functions prescribed under subsection (b) with respect to nonagricultural products.
For agricultural products
The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish and maintain within the Department of Agriculture a technical office that shall carry out the functions prescribed under subsection (b) with respect to agricultural products.
Functions of offices
The President shall prescribe for each technical office established under subsection (a) such functions as the President deems necessary or appropriate to implement this subchapter.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Trade Agreements Act of 1979
Pub. L. 96–39 title IV § 412 · 93 Stat. 144
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 2542
(Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 412, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 244.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 412, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 244.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 412. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF TECHNICAL OFFICES. (a) Establishment.— (1) For non agricultural products.— The Secretary of Commerce shall establish and maintain within the Department of Commerce a technical office that shall carry out the functions prescribed under subsection (bl with respect to non agricultural products. (2) For agricultural products.— The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish and maintain within the Department of Agriculture a technical office that shall carry out the functions prescribed under subsection (b) with respect to agricultural products. (b) Functions of Offices.— The President shall prescribe for each technical office established under subsection (a) such functions as the President deems necessary or appropriate to implement this title.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions
Functions of President under subsec. (b) of this section delegated to Secretary of Commerce regarding technical office established under subsec. (a)(1) of this section, and to Secretary of Agriculture regarding technical office established under subsec. (a)(2) of this section, see section 1–103(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 12188, , 45 F.R. 990, set out as a note under section 2171 of this title.