Title 19 — Customs Duties
Part B · Chapter 26 — Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade
§ 4083. Period of relief
Statutory text
In general
Subject to subsection (b), any import relief that the President provides under subsection (b) of section 4082 of this title may not, in the aggregate, be in effect for more than 3 years.
Extension
If the initial period for any import relief provided under section 4082 of this title is less than 3 years, the President may extend the effective period of any import relief provided under that section, subject to the limitation set forth in subsection (a), if the President determines that—
the import relief continues to be necessary to remedy or prevent serious damage and to facilitate adjustment by the domestic industry to import competition; and
there is evidence that the industry is making a positive adjustment to import competition.
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.
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Pub. L. 109–53 title III § 323 · 119 Stat. 462
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 4083
(Pub. L. 109–53, title III, § 323, Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 493.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 109–53, title III, § 323, Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 493.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 323. PERIOD OF RELIEF. (a) In General.— Subject to subsection (b), any import relief that the President provides under subsection (b) of section 322 may not, in the aggregate, be in effect for more than 3 years. (b) Extension.— If the initial period for any import relief provided under section 322 is less than 3 years, the President may extend the effective period of any import relief provided under that section, subject to the limitation set forth in subsection (a), if the President determines that— (1) the import relief continues to be necessary to remedy or prevent serious damage and to facilitate adjustment by the domestic industry to import competition; and (2) there is evidence that the industry is making a positive adjustment to import competition.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Notes
Termination of Section
For termination of section by section 107(d) of Pub. L. 109–53, see Effective and Termination Dates note below.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective and Termination Dates
Section effective on the date the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement enters into force () and to cease to have effect on the date the Agreement ceases to be in force with respect to the United States, and, during any period in which a country ceases to be a CAFTA–DR country, to cease to have effect with respect to such country, see section 107 of Pub. L. 109–53, set out as a note under section 4001 of this title.