Title 19 — Customs Duties
Chapter 19 — Telecommunications Trade
§ 3111. International obligations
Statutory text
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to require actions inconsistent with the international obligations of the United States, including 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).
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.
Telecommunications Trade Act of 1988
Pub. L. 100–418 title I § 1382 · 102 Stat. 1107
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 3111
Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1382, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1224
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1382, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1224Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1382. INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS. Nothing in this part may be construed to require actions inconsistent with the international obligations of the United States, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.Pub. L. 103–465 title VI § 621(a)(7) · 108 Stat. 4809
Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 3111
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
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
(7) Section 1382 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 3111) 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.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—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”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–465 effective on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States (), see section 621(b) of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 1677k of this title.
Credits
1988–1994 · 2 acts
- 1988Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1382, , 102 Stat. 1224
- 1994Pub. L. 103–465, title VI, § 621(a)(7), , 108 Stat. 4993.
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(Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1382, , 102 Stat. 1224; Pub. L. 103–465, title VI, § 621(a)(7), , 108 Stat. 4993.)