§ 3107. Compensation authority

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. 1988

   Telecommunications Trade Act of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–418 title I § 1378 · 102 Stat. 1107

   Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 3107

   Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1378, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1222

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1378, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1222

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1378. COMPENSATION AUTHORITY. If— (1) the President has taken action under section 1376(a) with respect to any foreign country, and (2) such action is found to be inconsistent with the international obligations of the United States, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the President may enter into trade agreements with such foreign country for the purpose of granting new concessions as compensation for such action in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions.

2. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–465 title VI § 621(a)(6) · 108 Stat. 4809

   Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 3107(2)

   Pub. L. 103–465 substituted “the WTO Agreement and the multilateral trade agreements (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (9) and (4), respectively, of section 3501 of this title)” for “the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (2). Pub. L. 103–465 substituted “the WTO Agreement and the multilateral trade agreements (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (9) and (4), respectively, of section 3501 of this title)” for “the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (6) Section 1378(2) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 3107(2)) is amended by striking “the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade” and inserting “the WTO Agreement and the multilateral trade agreements (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (9) and (4), respectively, of section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act)”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by 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 621(b) of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 1677k of this title.

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