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19 U.S.C. § 2544 — State and private standards-related activities
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**(a) In general** It is the sense of the Congress that no State agency and no private person should engage in any standards-related activity that creates unnecessary obstacles to the foreign commerce of the United States.
**(b) Presidential action** The President shall take such reasonable measures as may be available to promote the observance by State agencies and private persons, in carrying out standards-related activities, of requirements equivalent to those imposed on Federal agencies under [section 2532 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2532&num=0&edition=prelim), and of procedures that provide for notification, participation, and publication with respect to such activities.
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**(a) In general** It is the sense of the Congress that no State agency and no private person should engage in any standards-related activity that creates unnecessary obstacles to the foreign commerce of the United States.
**(b) Presidential action** The President shall take such reasonable measures as may be available to promote the observance by State agencies and private persons, in carrying out standards-related activities, of requirements equivalent to those imposed on Federal agencies under [section 2532 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2532&num=0&edition=prelim), and of procedures that provide for notification, participation, and publication with respect to such activities.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 96–39, title III, § 306, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 240, related to labor surplus area studies.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal by Pub. L. 103–465 effective on the date on which the Agreement on Government Procurement, referred to in [section 3511(d)(17) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3511/d/17&num=0&edition=prelim), enters into force with respect to the United States (Jan. 1, 1995), see section 344(a) of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as an Effective Date of 1994 Amendment note under [section 2512 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2512&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The standards information center maintained under [section 2544 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2544&num=0&edition=prelim) shall, in addition to the functions specified therein, make available to the public relevant documents, at such reasonable fees as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, and information regarding—
(1) any sanitary or phytosanitary measure of general application, including any control or inspection procedure or approval procedure proposed, adopted, or maintained by a Federal or State agency;
(2) the procedures of a Federal or State agency for risk assessment, and factors the agency considers in conducting the assessment and in establishing the levels of protection that the agency considers appropriate;
(3) the membership and participation of the Federal Government and State governments in international and regional sanitary and phytosanitary organizations and systems, and in bilateral and multilateral arrangements regarding sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and the provisions of those systems and arrangements; and
(4) the location of notices of the type required under article 719 of the NAFTA, or where the information contained in such notices can be obtained.
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The standards information center maintained under [section 2544 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2544&num=0&edition=prelim) shall, in addition to the functions specified therein, make available to the public relevant documents, at such reasonable fees as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, and information regarding—
(1) the membership and participation of the Federal Government, State governments, and relevant nongovernmental bodies in the United States in international and regional standardizing bodies and conformity assessment systems, and in bilateral and multilateral arrangements regarding standards-related measures, and the provisions of those systems and arrangements;
(2) the location of notices of the type required under article 909 of the NAFTA, or where the information contained in such notice can be obtained; and
(3) the Federal agency procedures for assessment of risk, and factors the agency considers in conducting the assessment and establishing the levels of protection that the agency considers appropriate.
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 2544
(A) Organization member
The term ‘‘organization member’’ means
the private person who holds membership in
a private international standards organiza-
tion.
(B) Private international standards organiza-
tion
The term ‘‘private international standards
organization’’
means
any
international
standards organization before which the in-
terests of the United States are represented
by a private person who is officially recog-
nized by that organization for such purpose.
(2) In general
Except as otherwise provided for in this sub-
section, the representation of United States
interests before any private international
standards organization shall be carried out by
the organization member.
(3) Inadequate representation
If the Secretary concerned, after inquiry in-
stituted on his own motion or at the request of
any private person, Federal agency, or State
agency having an interest therein, has reason
to believe that the participation by the orga-
nization member in the proceedings of a pri-
vate international standards organization will
not result in the adequate representation of
United States interests that are, or may be,
affected by the activities of such organization
(particularly with regard to the potential im-
pact of any such activity on the international
trade of the United States), the Secretary con-
cerned shall immediately notify the organiza-
tion member concerned. During any such in-
quiry, the Secretary concerned may solicit
and consider the advice of the appropriate rep-
resentatives referred to in section 2547 of this
title.
(4) Action by organization member
If within the 90-day period after the date on
which notification is received under paragraph
(3) (or such shorter period as the Secreta
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