§ 3702. Statement of policy

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. 2000

   African Growth and Opportunity Act

   Pub. L. 106–200 title I § 103 · 114 Stat. 251

   Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 3702

   Pub. L. 106–200, title I, § 103, May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 253

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 106–200, title I, § 103, May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 253

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 103. STATEMENT OF POLICY. Congress supports— (1) encouraging increased trade and investment between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa; (2) reducing tariff and nontariff barriers and other obstacles to sub-Saharan African and United States trade; (3) expanding United States assistance to sub-Saharan Africa’s regional integration efforts; (4) negotiating reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade agreements, including the possibility of establishing free trade areas that serve the interests of both the United States and the countries of sub-Saharan Africa; (5) focusing on countries committed to the rule of law, economic reform, and the eradication of poverty; (6) strengthening and expanding the private sector in sub-Saharan Africa, especially enterprises owned by women and small businesses; (7) facilitating the development of civil societies and political freedom in sub-Saharan Africa; (8) establishing a United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum; and (9) the accession of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.

2. 2015

   AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015

   Pub. L. 114–27 title I § 106(a) · 129 Stat. 362

   Added · 19 U.S.C. § 3702(10)

   Pub. L. 114–27 added par. (10)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (10). Pub. L. 114–27 added par. (10).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Statement of Policy.— Section 103 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3702) is amended— (1) in paragraph (8), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon; (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(10) promoting the role of women in social, political, and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa.” .

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