Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
19 U.S.C. § 3511 — Definitions
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
For purposes of this Act:
(1) **GATT 1947; GATT 1994**
(A) *GATT 1947* — The term “GATT 1947” means the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, dated October 30, 1947, annexed to the Final Act Adopted at the Conclusion of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, as subsequently rectified, amended, or modified by the terms of legal instruments which have entered into force before the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement.
(B) *GATT 1994* — The term “GATT 1994” means the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade annexed to the WTO Agreement.
(2) **HTS** — The term “HTS” means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
(3) **International Trade Commission** — The term “International Trade Commission” means the United States International Trade Commission.
(4) **Multilateral trade agreement** — The term “multilateral trade agreement” means an agreement described in [section 3511(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3511/d&num=0&edition=prelim) (other than an agreement described in paragraph (17) or (18) of such section).
(5) **Schedule XX** — The term “Schedule XX” means Schedule XX—United States of America annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol to the GATT 1994.
(6) **Trade Representative** — The term “Trade Representative” means the United States Trade Representative.
(7) **Uruguay Round Agreements** — The term “Uruguay Round Agreements” means the agreements approved by the Congress under [section 3511(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3511/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(8) **World Trade Organization and WTO** — The terms “World Trade Organization” and “WTO” mean the or
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 19 U.S.C. § 3511
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Original supplied file — preserved unchanged
Download original Markdown file
File SHA-256: e710b3b730ab434937a71b315c6455365a69a0866aba083316660dce0e8bbea3. The original may include catalog metadata, neighboring provisions, or embedded records outside this collection's scope. Search shows only the selected federal record. Historical editions and unverified snapshots are not a statement of current law.
Authority boundary: historical or unconfirmed source not current law verified.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: federal_law:legal_authorities:record_usc_559ac3eb9f73e05a2929b745
Source file: Laws/federal/codes/united-states-code/title-19/section-3511-definitions--3e804efbdf.md
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: b7c6f9f78371b8cd617a2d5deb17b99259eb97a2307922a042b081e8bd79ae8a
Source location: Title 19, Chapter 22, § 3511; chapter-022-uruguay-round-trade-agreements.md
Stored source content
For purposes of this Act:
(1) **GATT 1947; GATT 1994**
(A) *GATT 1947* — The term “GATT 1947” means the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, dated October 30, 1947, annexed to the Final Act Adopted at the Conclusion of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, as subsequently rectified, amended, or modified by the terms of legal instruments which have entered into force before the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement.
(B) *GATT 1994* — The term “GATT 1994” means the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade annexed to the WTO Agreement.
(2) **HTS** — The term “HTS” means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
(3) **International Trade Commission** — The term “International Trade Commission” means the United States International Trade Commission.
(4) **Multilateral trade agreement** — The term “multilateral trade agreement” means an agreement described in [section 3511(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3511/d&num=0&edition=prelim) (other than an agreement described in paragraph (17) or (18) of such section).
(5) **Schedule XX** — The term “Schedule XX” means Schedule XX—United States of America annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol to the GATT 1994.
(6) **Trade Representative** — The term “Trade Representative” means the United States Trade Representative.
(7) **Uruguay Round Agreements** — The term “Uruguay Round Agreements” means the agreements approved by the Congress under [section 3511(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3511/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(8) **World Trade Organization and WTO** — The terms “World Trade Organization” and “WTO” mean the organization established pursuant to the WTO Agreement.
(9) **WTO Agreement** — The term “WTO Agreement” means the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization entered into on April 15, 1994.
(10) **WTO member and WTO member country** — The terms “WTO member” and “WTO member country” mean a state, or separate customs territory (within the meaning of Article XII of the WTO Agreement), with respect to which the United States applies the WTO Agreement.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
### Statutory Notes
#### Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is not published in the Code. A current version of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule is maintained and published periodically by the United States International Trade Commission and is available at their website and for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
#### Reference to Tariff Schedules To Be Treated as Reference to Harmonized Tariff Schedule
Reference in any law to “Tariff Schedules of the United States”, “the Tariff Schedules”, “such Schedules”, and any other general reference to the old Schedules to be treated as reference to Harmonized Tariff Schedule, see [section 3012 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3012&num=0&edition=prelim).
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 19 U.S.C. § 1202
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
No trademark by which the goods of the applicant may be distinguished from the goods of others shall be refused registration on the principal register on account of its nature unless it—
**(a)** Consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive, or scandalous matter; or matter which may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt, or disrepute; or a geographical indication which, when used on or in connection with wines or spirits, identifies a place other than the origin of the goods and is first used on or in connection with wines or spirits by the applicant on or after one year after the date on which the WTO Agreement (as defined in [section 3501(9) of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3501/9&num=0&edition=prelim)) enters into force with respect to the United States.
**(b)** Consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United States, or of any State or municipality, or of any foreign nation, or any simulation thereof.
**(c)** Consists of or comprises a name, portrait, or signature identifying a particular living individual except by his written consent, or the name, signature, or portrait of a deceased President of the United States during the life of his widow, if any, except by the written consent of the widow.
**(d)** Consists of or comprises a mark which so resembles a mark registered in the Patent and Trademark Office, or a mark or trade name previously used in the United States by another and not abandoned, as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods of the applicant, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive: Provided, That if the Director determines t
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 15 U.S.C. § 1052
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Automatic Protection and Term.—**
(1) **Term.—**
(A) Copyright subsists, in accordance with this section, in restored works, and vests automatically on the date of restoration.
(B) Any work in which copyright is restored under this section shall subsist for the remainder of the term of copyright that the work would have otherwise been granted in the United States if the work never entered the public domain in the United States.
(2) **Exception.—** — Any work in which the copyright was ever owned or administered by the Alien Property Custodian and in which the restored copyright would be owned by a government or instrumentality thereof, is not a restored work.
**(b) Ownership of Restored Copyright.—** A restored work vests initially in the author or initial rightholder of the work as determined by the law of the source country of the work.
**(c) Filing of Notice of Intent to Enforce Restored Copyright Against Reliance Parties.—** On or after the date of restoration, any person who owns a copyright in a restored work or an exclusive right therein may file with the Copyright Office a notice of intent to enforce that person’s copyright or exclusive right or may serve such a notice directly on a reliance party. Acceptance of a notice by the Copyright Office is effective as to any reliance parties but shall not create a presumption of the validity of any of the facts stated therein. Service on a reliance party is effective as to that reliance party and any other reliance parties with actual knowledge of such service and of the contents of that notice.
**(d) Remedies for Infringement of Restored Copyrights.—**
(1) **Enforcement of copyright in restored works in the absence of a reliance party.—** — As against any party who is not a reliance party, the remedie
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 17 U.S.C. § 104A
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Determination by Commission of reasonable indication of injury**
(1) **General rule** — Except in the case of a petition dismissed by the administering authority under [section 1671a(c)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1671a/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim), the Commission, within the time specified in paragraph (2), shall determine, based on the information available to it at the time of the determination, whether there is a reasonable indication that—
(A) an industry in the United States—
(i) is materially injured, or
(ii) is threatened with material injury, or
(B) the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded,
by reason of imports of the subject merchandise and that imports of the subject merchandise are not negligible. If the Commission finds that imports of the subject merchandise are negligible or otherwise makes a negative determination under this paragraph, the investigation shall be terminated.
(2) **Time for Commission determination** — The Commission shall make the determination described in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the case of a petition filed under [section 1671a(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1671a/b&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(i) within 45 days after the date on which the petition is filed, or
(ii) if the time has been extended pursuant to [section 1671a(c)(1)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1671a/c/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim), within 25 days after the date on which the Commission receives notice from the administering authority of initiation of the investigation, and
(B) in the case of an investigation initiated und
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 19 U.S.C. § 1671b
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Periodic review of amount of duty**
(1) **In general** — At least once during each 12-month period beginning on the anniversary of the date of publication of a countervailing duty order under this subtitle or under section 1303 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, an antidumping duty order under this subtitle or a finding under the Antidumping Act, 1921, or a notice of the suspension of an investigation, the administering authority, if a request for such a review has been received and after publication of notice of such review in the Federal Register, shall—
(A) review and determine the amount of any net countervailable subsidy,
(B) review, and determine (in accordance with paragraph (2)), the amount of any antidumping duty, and
(C) review the current status of, and compliance with, any agreement by reason of which an investigation was suspended, and review the amount of any net countervailable subsidy or dumping margin involved in the agreement,
and shall publish in the Federal Register the results of such review, together with notice of any duty to be assessed, estimated duty to be deposited, or investigation to be resumed.
(2) **Determination of antidumping duties**
(A) *In general* — For the purpose of paragraph (1)(B), the administering authority shall determine—
(i) the normal value and export price (or constructed export price) of each entry of the subject merchandise, and
(ii) the dumping margin for each such entry.
(B) *Determination of antidumping or countervailing duties for new exporters and producers*
(i) *In general* — If the administering authority receives a request from an exporter or producer of the subject merchandise establishing that—
(I) such exporter or producer did not export the merc
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 19 U.S.C. § 1675
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) In general**
(1) **Investigation by the commission upon request** — In the case of a countervailing duty order described in paragraph (2), which—
(A) applies to merchandise that is the product of a Subsidies Agreement country, and
(B)
(i) is in effect on the date on which such country becomes a Subsidies Agreement country, or
(ii) is issued on a date that is after the date described in clause (i) pursuant to a court order in an action brought under [section 1516a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1516a&num=0&edition=prelim),
the Commission, upon receipt of a request from an interested party described in section 1677(9)(C), (D), (E), (F), or (G) of this title for an injury investigation with respect to such order, shall initiate an investigation and shall determine whether an industry in the United States is likely to be materially injured by reason of imports of the subject merchandise if the order is revoked.
(2) **Description of countervailing duty orders** — A countervailing duty order described in this paragraph is an order issued under section 1303 11 See References in Text note below. of this title or [section 1671(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1671/c&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to which the requirement of an affirmative determination of material injury was not applicable at the time such order was issued.
(3) **Requirements of request for investigation** — A request for an investigation under this subsection shall be submitted—
(A) in the case of an order described in paragraph (1)(B)(i), within 6 months after the date on which the country described in paragraph (1)(A) becomes a Subsidies Agreement country,
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 19 U.S.C. § 1675b
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
For purposes of this subtitle—
(1) **Administering authority** — The term “administering authority” means the Secretary of Commerce, or any other officer of the United States to whom the responsibility for carrying out the duties of the administering authority under this subtitle are transferred by law.
(2) **Commission** — The term “Commission” means the United States International Trade Commission.
(3) **Country** — The term “country” means a foreign country, a political subdivision, dependent territory, or possession of a foreign country, and, except for the purpose of antidumping proceedings, may include an association of 2 or more foreign countries, political subdivisions, dependent territories, or possessions of countries into a customs union outside the United States.
(4) **Industry**
(A) *In general* — The term “industry” means the producers as a whole of a domestic like product, or those producers whose collective output of a domestic like product constitutes a major proportion of the total domestic production of the product.
(B) *Related parties*
(i) If a producer of a domestic like product and an exporter or importer of the subject merchandise are related parties, or if a producer of the domestic like product is also an importer of the subject merchandise, the producer may, in appropriate circumstances, be excluded from the industry.
(ii) For purposes of clause (i), a producer and an exporter or importer shall be considered to be related parties, if—
(I) the producer directly or indirectly controls the exporter or importer,
(II) the exporter or importer directly or indirectly controls the producer,
(III) a third party directly or indirectly controls the producer and the exporter or importer, or
(IV) the producer
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 19 U.S.C. § 1677
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Petitions and adjustment plans**
(1) A petition requesting action under this part for the purpose of facilitating positive adjustment to import competition may be filed with the Commission by an entity, including a trade association, firm, certified or recognized union, or group of workers, which is representative of an industry.
(2) A petition under paragraph (1)—
(A) shall include a statement describing the specific purposes for which action is being sought, which may include facilitating the orderly transfer of resources to more productive pursuits, enhancing competitiveness, or other means of adjustment to new conditions of competition; and
(B) may—
(i) subject to subsection (d)(1)(C)(i), request provisional relief under subsection (d)(1); or
(ii) request provisional relief under subsection (d)(2).
(3) Whenever a petition is filed under paragraph (1), the Commission shall promptly transmit copies of the petition to the Office of the United States Trade Representative and other Federal agencies directly concerned.
(4) A petitioner under paragraph (1) may submit to the Commission and the United States Trade Representative (hereafter in this part referred to as the “Trade Representative”), either with the petition, or at any time within 120 days after the date of filing of the petition, a plan to facilitate positive adjustment to import competition.
(5)
(A) Before submitting an adjustment plan under paragraph (4), the petitioner and other entities referred to in paragraph (1) that wish to participate may consult with the Trade Representative and the officers and employees of any Federal agency that is considered appropriate by the Trade Representative, for purposes of evaluating the adequacy of the proposals being considered for inclusion
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 19 U.S.C. § 2254
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Overall negotiating objective** The President shall seek in the renegotiations provided for in article XXIV(7) of the Agreement more open and equitable market access abroad, and the harmonization, reduction, or elimination of devices which distort trade or commerce related to Government procurement, with the overall goal of maximizing the economic benefit to the United States through maintaining and enlarging foreign markets for products of United States agriculture, industry, mining, and commerce, the development of fair and equitable market opportunities, and open and nondiscriminatory world trade. In carrying out the provisions of this subsection, the President shall consider the assessment made in the report required under section 2516(a) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title.
**(b) Sector negotiating objectives** The President shall seek, consistent with the overall objective set forth in subsection (a) and to the maximum extent feasible, with respect to appropriate product sectors, competitive opportunities for the export of United States products to the developed countries of the world equivalent to the competitive opportunities afforded by the United States, taking into account all barriers to, and other distortions of, international trade affecting that sector.
**(c) Independent verification objective** The President shall seek to establish in the renegotiation provided for in article XXIV(7) of the Agreement a system for independent verification of information provided by parties to the Agreement to the Committee on Government Procurement pursuant to article XIX(5) of the Agreement.
**(d) Reports on negotiations**
(1) **Report in the event of inadequate progress** — If, during the renegotiations of the Agreement, the President at any ti
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 19 U.S.C. § 2518
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) In general** The President shall designate an agency to be responsible for informing the public of the sanitary and phytosanitary standard-setting activities of each international standard-setting organization.
**(b) Notification** Not later than June 1 of each year, the agency designated under subsection (a) with respect to each international standard-setting organization shall publish notice in the Federal Register of the information specified in subsection (c) with respect to that organization. The notice shall cover the period ending on June 1 of the year in which the notice is published, and beginning on the date of the preceding notice under this subsection, except that the first such notice shall cover the 1-year period ending on the date of the notice.
**(c) Required information** The information to be provided in the notice under subsection (b) is—
(1) the sanitary or phytosanitary standards under consideration or planned for consideration by that organization;
(2) for each sanitary or phytosanitary standard specified in paragraph (1)—
(A) a description of the consideration or planned consideration of the standard;
(B) whether the United States is participating or plans to participate in the consideration of the standard;
(C) the agenda for the United States participation, if any; and
(D) the agency responsible for representing the United States with respect to the standard.
**(d) Public comment** The agency specified in subsection (c)(2)(D) shall provide an opportunity for public comment with respect to the standards for which the agency is responsible and shall take the comments into account in participating in the consideration of the standards and in proposing matters to be considered by the organization.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 19 U.S.C. § 2582
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.