Title 19 — Customs Duties
Part E · Chapter 13 — Trade Agreements Act of 1979
§ 2576. General
Statutory text
No bar to engaging in standards activity
Nothing in this subpart shall be construed—
to prohibit a Federal agency from engaging in activity related to standards-related measures, including any such measure relating to safety, the protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers; or
to limit the authority of a Federal agency to determine the level it considers appropriate of safety or of protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers.
Exclusion
This subpart does not apply to—
technical specifications prepared by a Federal agency for production or consumption requirements of the agency; or
sanitary or phytosanitary measures under subpart 1.
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 § 471 · 93 Stat. 144
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 2576
(Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 471, as added Pub. L. 103–182, title III, § 351(a), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2120.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 471, as added Pub. L. 103–182, title III, § 351(a), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2120.)
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Credits
(Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 471, as added Pub. L. 103–182, title III, § 351(a), , 107 Stat. 2120.)