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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Part A · Chapter 29 — United States–mexico–canada Agreement Implementation

§ 4585. Rules of procedure for panels and committees

Statutory text

(a)

Rules of procedure for binational panels

The administering authority shall prescribe rules, negotiated in accordance with paragraph 14 of article 10.12, governing, with respect to binational panel reviews—

(1)

requests for such reviews, complaints, other pleadings, and other papers;

(2)

the amendment, filing, and service of such pleadings and papers;

(3)

the joinder, suspension, and termination of such reviews; and

(4)

other appropriate procedural matters.

(b)

Rules of procedure for extraordinary challenge committees

The administering authority shall prescribe rules, negotiated in accordance with paragraph 2 of Annex 10–B.3, governing the procedures for reviews by extraordinary challenge committees.

(c)

Rules of procedure for safeguarding panel review system

The administering authority shall prescribe rules, negotiated in accordance with Annex 10–B.4, governing the procedures for special committees described in such Annex.

(d)

Publication of rules

The rules prescribed under subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall be published in the Federal Register.

(e)

Administering authority

As used in this section, the term “administering authority” has the meaning given such term in section 1677(1) 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.

  1. United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act

    Pub. L. 116–113 title IV § 415 · 134 Stat. 11

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 4585

    Pub. L. 116–113, title IV, § 415, formerly Pub. L. 103–182, title IV, § 405, Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2137

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 116–113, title IV, § 415, formerly Pub. L. 103–182, title IV, § 405, Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2137

    Effective date note
    Transfer to and amendment of this section by Pub. L. 116–113 effective on the date on which the USMCA enters into force (July 1, 2020), but not applicable to certain determinations under section 1516a of this title or binational panel reviews under NAFTA, see section 504(k) of Pub. L. 116–113, set out as a note under section 4581 of this title.

  2. United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act

    Pub. L. 116–113 § 504(f)(3)(A) · 134 Stat. 11

    Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 4585(a)

    Pub. L. 116–113, § 504(f)(3)(A), substituted “article 10.12” for “article 1904” in introductory provisions

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–113, § 504(f)(3)(A), substituted “article 10.12” for “article 1904” in introductory provisions.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “article 1904” and inserting “article 10.12”;

    Effective date note
    Transfer to and amendment of this section by Pub. L. 116–113 effective on the date on which the USMCA enters into force (July 1, 2020), but not applicable to certain determinations under section 1516a of this title or binational panel reviews under NAFTA, see section 504(k) of Pub. L. 116–113, set out as a note under section 4581 of this title.

  3. United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act

    Pub. L. 116–113 § 504(f)(3)(B) · 134 Stat. 11

    Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 4585(b)

    Pub. L. 116–113, § 504(f)(3)(B), substituted “Annex 10–B.3” for “Annex 1904.13”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–113, § 504(f)(3)(B), substituted “Annex 10–B.3” for “Annex 1904.13”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (B) in subsection (b), by striking “Annex 1904.13” and inserting “Annex 10–B.3”; and

    Effective date note
    Transfer to and amendment of this section by Pub. L. 116–113 effective on the date on which the USMCA enters into force (July 1, 2020), but not applicable to certain determinations under section 1516a of this title or binational panel reviews under NAFTA, see section 504(k) of Pub. L. 116–113, set out as a note under section 4581 of this title.

  4. United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act

    Pub. L. 116–113 § 504(f)(3)(C) · 134 Stat. 11

    Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 4585(c)

    Pub. L. 116–113, § 504(f)(3)(C), substituted “Annex 10–B.4” for “Annex 1905.6”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–113, § 504(f)(3)(C), substituted “Annex 10–B.4” for “Annex 1905.6”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (C) in subsection (c), by striking “Annex 1905.6” and inserting “Annex 10–B.4”.

    Effective date note
    Transfer to and amendment of this section by Pub. L. 116–113 effective on the date on which the USMCA enters into force (July 1, 2020), but not applicable to certain determinations under section 1516a of this title or binational panel reviews under NAFTA, see section 504(k) of Pub. L. 116–113, set out as a note under section 4581 of this title.

3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3435 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 116–113.

Amendments

2020—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–113, § 504(f)(3)(A), substituted “article 10.12” for “article 1904” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–113, § 504(f)(3)(B), substituted “Annex 10–B.3” for “Annex 1904.13”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–113, § 504(f)(3)(C), substituted “Annex 10–B.4” for “Annex 1905.6”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2020 Amendment

Transfer to and amendment of this section by Pub. L. 116–113 effective on the date on which the USMCA enters into force (), but not applicable to certain determinations under section 1516a of this title or binational panel reviews under NAFTA, see section 504(k) of Pub. L. 116–113, set out as a note under section 4581 of this title.

Credits

1993–2020 · 2 acts
  1. 1993Pub. L. 116–113, title IV, § 415, formerly Pub. L. 103–182, title IV, § 405, , 107 Stat. 2137
  2. 2020renumbered § 415 of Pub. L. 116–113 and amended Pub. L. 116–113, title V, § 504(f), , 134 Stat. 75.
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(Pub. L. 116–113, title IV, § 415, formerly Pub. L. 103–182, title IV, § 405, , 107 Stat. 2137; renumbered § 415 of Pub. L. 116–113 and amended Pub. L. 116–113, title V, § 504(f), , 134 Stat. 75.)

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