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19 U.S.C. § 2502 — Definitions
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**(a) In general** As used in this part:
(1) **Agency** — The term “agency” means a Federal department or agency (or combination of Federal departments or agencies).
(2) **Commissioner** — The term “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Food and Drugs.
(3) **International standard-setting organization** — The term “international standard-setting organization” means an organization consisting of representatives of 2 or more countries, the purpose of which is to negotiate, develop, promulgate, or amend an international standard.
(4) **Sanitary or phytosanitary standard** — The term “sanitary or phytosanitary standard” means a standard intended to form a basis for a sanitary or phytosanitary measure.
(5) **International standard** — The term “international standard” means a standard, guideline, or recommendation—
(A) regarding food safety, adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, including a standard, guideline, or recommendation regarding decomposition elaborated by the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products, food additives, contaminants, hygienic practice, and methods of analysis and sampling;
(B) regarding animal health and zoonoses, developed under the auspices of the International Office of Epizootics;
(C) regarding plant health, developed under the auspices of the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention in cooperation with the North American Plant Protection Organization; or
(D) established by or developed under any other international organization agreed to by the USMCA countries (as defined in [section 4502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4502&num=0&edition=prelim)) or by the WTO members (as defined in [section 3501(10) of this title](https://uscode.house.g
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**(a) In general** As used in this part:
(1) **Agency** — The term “agency” means a Federal department or agency (or combination of Federal departments or agencies).
(2) **Commissioner** — The term “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Food and Drugs.
(3) **International standard-setting organization** — The term “international standard-setting organization” means an organization consisting of representatives of 2 or more countries, the purpose of which is to negotiate, develop, promulgate, or amend an international standard.
(4) **Sanitary or phytosanitary standard** — The term “sanitary or phytosanitary standard” means a standard intended to form a basis for a sanitary or phytosanitary measure.
(5) **International standard** — The term “international standard” means a standard, guideline, or recommendation—
(A) regarding food safety, adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, including a standard, guideline, or recommendation regarding decomposition elaborated by the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products, food additives, contaminants, hygienic practice, and methods of analysis and sampling;
(B) regarding animal health and zoonoses, developed under the auspices of the International Office of Epizootics;
(C) regarding plant health, developed under the auspices of the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention in cooperation with the North American Plant Protection Organization; or
(D) established by or developed under any other international organization agreed to by the USMCA countries (as defined in [section 4502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4502&num=0&edition=prelim)) or by the WTO members (as defined in [section 3501(10) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3501/10&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b) Other definitions** The definitions set forth in [section 2575b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2575b&num=0&edition=prelim) apply for purposes of this part except that in applying paragraph (7) of [section 2575b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2575b&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to a sanitary or phytosanitary measure of a foreign country, any reference in such paragraph to the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to that foreign country.
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**(a) Uranium purchases** To the maximum extent permitted by sound business practice, the Corporation shall purchase uranium in accordance with subsection (b) and overfeed it into the enrichment process to reduce the amount of power required to produce the enriched uranium ordered by enrichment services customers, taking into account costs associated with depleted tailings.
**(b) Use of domestic uranium** Uranium purchased by the Corporation for purposes of this section shall be of domestic origin and purchased from domestic uranium producers to the extent permitted under the multilateral trade agreements (as defined in [section 3501(4) of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3501/4&num=0&edition=prelim)) and the USMCA (as defined in [section 4502 of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4502&num=0&edition=prelim)).
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**(a) In general** Upon the request of the Trade Representative, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Administrator of the National Oceanic Atmospheric 11 So in original. Probably should be preceded by “and”. Administration may detail, on a reimbursable basis, one employee of each such respective agency to the Office of the United States Trade Representative to be assigned to the United States Embassy in Mexico to carry out the duties described in subsection (b).
**(b) Duties** The duties described in this subsection are the following:
(1) Assist the Interagency Environment Committee to carry out monitoring and enforcement actions with respect to the environmental obligations of Mexico.
(2) Prepare and submit to the Interagency Environment Committee on a quarterly basis a report on efforts of Mexico to comply with its environmental obligations.
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**(a) In General.—** The Director may exchange copies of specifications and drawings of United States patents and published applications for patents for those of foreign countries. The Director shall not enter into an agreement to provide such copies of specifications and drawings of United States patents and applications to a foreign country, other than a USMCA country or a WTO member country, without the express authorization of the Secretary of Commerce.
**(b) Definitions.—** In this section—
(1) the term “USMCA country” has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act ([19 U.S.C. 4502](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4502&num=0&edition=prelim)); and
(2) the term “WTO member country” has the meaning given that term in section 2(10) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act ([19 U.S.C. 3501(10)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3501/10&num=0&edition=prelim)).
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This subchapter does not apply to—
(1) any standards activity engaged in by any Federal agency or State agency for the use (including, but not limited to, use with respect to research and development, production, or consumption) of that agency or the use of another such agency; or
(2) any standards activity engaged in by any private person solely for use in the production or consumption of products by that person.
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**(a) Regulatory authority** The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe rules implementing the principles contained in subsection (b) for determining the origin of textiles and apparel products. Such rules shall be promulgated in final form not later than July 1, 1995.
**(b) Principles**
(1) **In general** — Except as otherwise provided for by statute, a textile or apparel product, for purposes of the customs laws and the administration of quantitative restrictions, originates in a country, territory, or insular possession, and is the growth, product, or manufacture of that country, territory, or insular possession, if—
(A) the product is wholly obtained or produced in that country, territory, or possession;
(B) the product is a yarn, thread, twine, cordage, rope, cable, or braiding and—
(i) the constituent staple fibers are spun in that country, territory, or possession, or
(ii) the continuous filament is extruded in that country, territory, or possession;
(C) the product is a fabric, including a fabric classified under chapter 59 of the HTS, and the constituent fibers, filaments, or yarns are woven, knitted, needled, tufted, felted, entangled, or transformed by any other fabric-making process in that country, territory, or possession; or
(D) the product is any other textile or apparel product that is wholly assembled in that country, territory, or possession from its component pieces.
(2) **Special rules**
(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D) and except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C)—
(i) the origin of a good that is classified under one of the following HTS headings or subheadings shall be determined under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1), as appropriate: 5609, 5807, 5811, 6209.20.50.40, 6213, 6214, 6301, 63
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 2502
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L.
110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the
date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of
Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of
Title 7, Agriculture.
CHAPTER 13—TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF
1979
Sec.
2501.
Short title.
2502.
Congressional statement of purposes.
2503.
Approval of trade agreements.
2504.
Relationship of trade agreements to United
States law.
SUBCHAPTER I—GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
2511.
General authority to modify discriminatory
purchasing requirements.
2512.
Authority to encourage reciprocal competi-
tive procurement practices.
2513.
Waiver of discriminatory purchasing require-
ments with respect to purchases of civil air-
craft.
2514.
Expansion of the coverage of the Agreement.
2515.
Monitoring and enforcement.
2516.
Repealed.
2517.
Availability of information to Members of
Congress designated as official advisers.
2518.
Definitions.
SUBCHAPTER II—TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO
TRADE (STANDARDS)
PART A—OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
2531.
Certain standards-related activities.
2532.
Federal standards-related activities.
2533.
State and private standards-related activi-
ties.
PART B—FUNCTIONS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES
2541.
Functions of Trade Representative.
2542.
Establishment and operation of technical of-
fices.
2543.
Representation of United States interests be-
fore international standards organizations.
2544.
Standards information center.
2545.
Contracts and grants.
2546.
Technical assistance.
2547.
Consultations with representatives of domes-
tic interests.
PART C—ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
REGARDING STANDARDS-RELATED
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