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19 U.S.C. § 4015 — Implementing actions in anticipation of entry into force and initial regulations
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**(a) Implementing actions**
(1) **Proclamation authority** — After August 2, 2005—
(A) the President may proclaim such actions, and
(B) other appropriate officers of the United States Government may issue such regulations,
as may be necessary to ensure that any provision of this chapter, or amendment made by this chapter, that takes effect on the date the Agreement enters into force is appropriately implemented on such date, but no such proclamation or regulation may have an effective date earlier than the date the Agreement enters into force.
(2) **Effective date of certain proclaimed actions** — Any action proclaimed by the President under the authority of this chapter that is not subject to the consultation and layover provisions under [section 4014 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4014&num=0&edition=prelim) may not take effect before the 15th day after the date on which the text of the proclamation is published in the Federal Register.
(3) **Waiver of 15-day restriction** — The 15-day restriction contained in paragraph (2) on the taking effect of proclaimed actions is waived to the extent that the application of such restriction would prevent the taking effect on the date the Agreement enters into force of any action proclaimed under this section.
**(b) Initial regulations** Initial regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the actions required by or authorized under this chapter or proposed in the statement of administrative action submitted under [section 4011(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4011/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim) to implement the Agreement shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be issued within 1 year after the da
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**(a) Implementing actions**
(1) **Proclamation authority** — After August 2, 2005—
(A) the President may proclaim such actions, and
(B) other appropriate officers of the United States Government may issue such regulations,
as may be necessary to ensure that any provision of this chapter, or amendment made by this chapter, that takes effect on the date the Agreement enters into force is appropriately implemented on such date, but no such proclamation or regulation may have an effective date earlier than the date the Agreement enters into force.
(2) **Effective date of certain proclaimed actions** — Any action proclaimed by the President under the authority of this chapter that is not subject to the consultation and layover provisions under [section 4014 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4014&num=0&edition=prelim) may not take effect before the 15th day after the date on which the text of the proclamation is published in the Federal Register.
(3) **Waiver of 15-day restriction** — The 15-day restriction contained in paragraph (2) on the taking effect of proclaimed actions is waived to the extent that the application of such restriction would prevent the taking effect on the date the Agreement enters into force of any action proclaimed under this section.
**(b) Initial regulations** Initial regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the actions required by or authorized under this chapter or proposed in the statement of administrative action submitted under [section 4011(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4011/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim) to implement the Agreement shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be issued within 1 year after the date on which the Agreement enters into force. In the case of any implementing action that takes effect on a date after the date on which the Agreement enters into force, initial regulations to carry out that action shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be issued within 1 year after such effective date.
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**(a) Relationship of Agreement to United States law**
(1) **United States law to prevail in conflict** — No provision of the Agreement, nor the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance, which is inconsistent with any law of the United States shall have effect.
(2) **Construction** — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed—
(A) to amend or modify any law of the United States, or
(B) to limit any authority conferred under any law of the United States,
unless specifically provided for in this chapter.
**(b) Relationship of Agreement to State law**
(1) **Legal challenge** — No State law, or the application thereof, may be declared invalid as to any person or circumstance on the ground that the provision or application is inconsistent with the Agreement, except in an action brought by the United States for the purpose of declaring such law or application invalid.
(2) **Definition of State law** — For purposes of this subsection, the term “State law” includes—
(A) any law of a political subdivision of a State; and
(B) any State law regulating or taxing the business of insurance.
**(c) Effect of Agreement with respect to private remedies** No person other than the United States—
(1) shall have any cause of action or defense under the Agreement or by virtue of congressional approval thereof; or
(2) may challenge, in any action brought under any provision of law, any action or inaction by any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the United States, any State, or any political subdivision of a State, on the ground that such action or inaction is inconsistent with the Agreement.
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**(a) Reports to Congress**
(1) **In general** — Not later than the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date the Agreement enters into force, and not later than the end of each 2-year period thereafter during the succeeding 14-year period, the President shall report to the Congress on the progress made by the CAFTA–DR countries in—
(A) implementing Chapter Sixteen and Annex 16.5 of the Agreement; and
(B) implementing the White Paper.
(2) **White Paper** — In this section, the term “White Paper” means the report of April 2005 of the Working Group of the Vice Ministers Responsible for Trade and Labor in the Countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic entitled “The Labor Dimension in Central America and the Dominican Republic - Building on Progress: Strengthening Compliance and Enhancing Capacity”.
(3) **Contents of reports** — Each report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) A description of the progress made by the Labor Cooperation and Capacity Building Mechanism established by article 16.5 and Annex 16.5 of the Agreement, and the Labor Affairs Council established by article 16.4 of the Agreement, in achieving their stated goals, including a description of the capacity-building projects undertaken, funds received, and results achieved, in each CAFTA–DR country.
(B) Recommendations on how the United States can facilitate full implementation of the recommendations contained in the White Paper.
(C) A description of the work done by the CAFTA–DR countries with the International Labor Organization to implement the recommendations contained in the White Paper, and the efforts of the CAFTA–DR countries with international organizations, through the Labor Cooperation and Capacity Building Mechanism referred to in subparagraph (
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 4031
any period in which a country ceases to be a
CAFTA–DR country, to cease to have effect with re-
spect to such country, see section 107 of Pub. L. 109–53,
set out as a note under section 4001 of this title.
Executive Documents
PROC. NO. 7987. TO IMPLEMENT THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-
CENTRAL
AMERICA-UNITED
STATES
FREE
TRADE
AGREEMENT
Proc. No. 7987, Feb. 28, 2006, 71 F.R. 10829, provided in
par. (8) that the United States Trade Representative is
authorized to exercise the President’s authority under
this section to obtain advice from the appropriate advi-
sory committees and the United States International
Trade Commission on the proposed implementation of
an action by presidential proclamation; to submit a re-
port on such proposed action to the appropriate con-
gressional committees; and to consult with those con-
gressional committees regarding the proposed action.
§ 4015. Administration of dispute settlement pro-
ceedings
(a) Establishment or designation of office
The President is authorized to establish or
designate within the Department of Commerce
an office that shall be responsible for providing
administrative assistance to panels established
under chapter 20 of the Agreement. The office
may not be considered to be an agency for pur-
poses of section 552 of title 5.
(b) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated for
each fiscal year after fiscal year 2005 to the De-
partment of Commerce such sums as may be
necessary for the establishment and operations
of the office established or designated under sub-
section (a) and for the payment of the United
States share of the expenses of panels estab-
lished under chapter 20 of the Agreement.
(Pub. L. 109–53, title I, § 105, Aug. 2,
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