§ 2544. Standards information center

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.

1. 1979

   Trade Agreements Act of 1979

   Pub. L. 96–39 title IV § 414 · 93 Stat. 144

   Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 2544

   Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 414, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 245

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 414, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 245

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 414. STANDARDS INFORMATION CENTER. (a) Establishment.— The Secretary of Commerce shall maintain 13 USC 2544. within the Department of Commerce a standards information center. (b) Functions.— The standards information center shall— (1) serve as the central national collection facility for information relating to standards, certification systems, and standards-related activities, whether such standards, systems, or activities are public or private, domestic or foreign, or international, regional, national, or local; (2) make available to the public at such reasonable fee as the Secretary shall prescribe, copies of information required to be collected under paragraph (1) other than information to which paragraph (3) applies; (3) use its best efforts to make available to the public, at such reasonable fees as the Secretary shall prescribe, copies of information required to be collected under paragraph (1) that is of private origin, on a cooperative basis with the private individual or entity, foreign or domestic, who holds the copyright on the information; (4) in case of such information that is of foreign origin, provide, at such reasonable fee as the Secretary shall prescribe, such translation services as may be necessary; (5) serve as the inquiry point for requests for information regarding standards-related activities, whether adopted or proposed, within the United States, except that in carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary of Commerce shall refer all inquiries regarding agricultural products to the technical office established under section 412(a)(2) within the Department of Agriculture; and (6) provide such other services as may be appropriate, including but not limited to, such services to the technical offices established under section 412 as may be requested by those offices in carrying out their functions.

2. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–465 § 351(d) · 108 Stat. 4809

   1. Inserted · 19 U.S.C. § 2544(b)(1)

      Pub. L. 103–465, § 351(d), inserted “(A)” after “relating to”

   2. Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 2544(b)(1)

      Pub. L. 103–465, § 351(d), substituted “technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures,” for “certification systems”

   3. Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 2544(b)(1)

      Pub. L. 103–465, § 351(d), substituted “such standards, technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures,” for “such standards, systems”

   4. Inserted · 19 U.S.C. § 2544(b)(1)

      Pub. L. 103–465, § 351(d), inserted “and” and cl. (B) before semicolon at end

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103–465, § 351(d), inserted “(A)” after “relating to”, substituted “technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures,” for “certification systems” and “such standards, technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures,” for “such standards, systems”, and inserted “and” and cl. (B) before semicolon at end.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (d) Section 414.— Section 414(b)(1) is amended— (1) by inserting “(A)” after “relating to”; (2) by striking “certification systems” and inserting “technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures,”; (3) by striking “such standards, systems” and inserting “such standards, technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures,”; and (4) after “local” by inserting “and (B) the membership and participation of Federal, State, or local government bodies or private bodies in the United States in international and regional standardizing bodies and conformity assessment systems, as well as in bilateral and multilateral arrangements concerning standards-related activities”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by section 351(d) of Pub. L. 103–465 effective on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States (Jan. 1, 1995), see section 352 of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 2531 of this title. Amendment by section 431(a) of Pub. L. 103–465 effective on the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 1995], except as otherwise provided, see section 451 of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3601 of this title.

3. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–465 § 431(a) · 108 Stat. 4809

   Added · 19 U.S.C. § 2544(c)

   Pub. L. 103–465, § 431(a), added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–465, § 431(a), added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Trade Agreements Act of 1979.— Section 414 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2544) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(c) Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.— “(1) Public information.— The standards information center shall, in addition to the functions specified under subsection (b), make available to the public relevant documents, at such reasonable fees as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, and information regarding— “(A) any sanitary or phytosanitary measure of general application, including any inspection procedure or approval procedure proposed, adopted, or maintained by a Federal agency or agency of a State or local government; “(B) the procedures of a Federal agency or an agency of a State or local government for risk assessment and factors the agency considers in conducting the assessment; “(C) the determination of the levels of protection that a Federal agency or an agency of a State or local government considers appropriate; and “(D) the membership and participation of the Federal Government and State and local governments in international and regional sanitary and phytosanitary organizations and systems, and in bilateral and multilateral arrangements regarding sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and the provisions of those systems and arrangements. “(2) Definitions.— The definitions in section 463 apply for purposes of this subsection.”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by section 351(d) of Pub. L. 103–465 effective on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States (Jan. 1, 1995), see section 352 of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 2531 of this title. Amendment by section 431(a) of Pub. L. 103–465 effective on the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 1995], except as otherwise provided, see section 451 of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3601 of this title.

4. 1996

   Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–295 § 20(c)(15) · 110 Stat. 3514

   Struck · 19 U.S.C. § 2544(b)(1)

   Pub. L. 104–295 struck out comma after “procedures,” in two places

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104–295 struck out comma after “procedures,” in two places.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (15) Section 414(b)(1) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2544(b)(1)) is amended by striking “procedures,,” each place it appears and inserting “procedures,”.

7 of 7 references resolved to an enrolled provision