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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Chapter 19 — Telecommunications Trade

§ 3110. Study on telecommunications competitiveness in United States

Statutory text

(a)

In general

The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission and the United States Trade Representative, shall conduct a study of the competitiveness of the United States telecommunications industry and the effects of foreign telecommunications policies and practices on such industry in order to assist the Congress and the President in determining what actions might be necessary to preserve the competitiveness of the United States telecommunications industry.

(b)

Public comment

The Secretary of Commerce may, as appropriate, provide notice and reasonable opportunity for public comment as part of the study conducted under subsection (a).

(c)

Report

The Secretary of Commerce shall, by no later than the date that is 1 year after , submit to the Congress and the President a report on the findings and recommendations reached by the Secretary of Commerce as a result of the study conducted under subsection (a). Such report shall be referred to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate.

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. Telecommunications Trade Act of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–418 title I § 1381 · 102 Stat. 1107

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 3110

    (Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1381, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1224.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1381, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1224.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1381. STUDY ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPETITIVENESS IN THE UNITED STATES. (a) In General.— The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission and the United States Trade Representative, shall conduct a study of the competitiveness of the United States telecommunications industry and the effects of foreign telecommunications policies and practices on such industry in order to assist the Congress and the President in deter-mining what actions might be necessary to preserve the competitiveness of the United States telecommunications industry. (b) Public Comment.— The Secretary of Commerce may, as appropriate, provide notice and reasonable opportunity for public comment as part of the study conducted under subsection (a). (c) Report.— The Secretary of Commerce shall, by no later than the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Congress and the President a report on the findings and recommendations reached by the Secretary of Commerce as a result of the study conducted under subsection (a). Such report shall be referred to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1381, , 102 Stat. 1224.)

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