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19 U.S.C. § 2542 — Certain standards-related activities
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**(a) No bar to engaging in standards activity** Nothing in this subchapter may be construed—
(1) to prohibit a Federal agency from engaging in activity related to standards-related measures, including any such measure relating to safety, the protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment, or consumers; or
(2) to limit the authority of a Federal agency to determine the level it considers appropriate of safety or of protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment, or consumers.
**(b) Unnecessary obstacles** Nothing in this subchapter may be construed as prohibiting any private person, Federal agency, or State agency from engaging in standards-related activities that do not create unnecessary obstacles to the foreign commerce of the United States. No standards-related activity of any private person, Federal agency, or State agency shall be deemed to constitute an unnecessary obstacle to the foreign commerce of the United States if the demonstrable purpose of the standards-related activity is to achieve a legitimate domestic objective including, but not limited to, the protection of legitimate health or safety, essential security, environmental, or consumer interests and if such activity does not operate to exclude imported products which fully meet the objectives of such activity.
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**(a) No bar to engaging in standards activity** Nothing in this subchapter may be construed—
(1) to prohibit a Federal agency from engaging in activity related to standards-related measures, including any such measure relating to safety, the protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment, or consumers; or
(2) to limit the authority of a Federal agency to determine the level it considers appropriate of safety or of protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment, or consumers.
**(b) Unnecessary obstacles** Nothing in this subchapter may be construed as prohibiting any private person, Federal agency, or State agency from engaging in standards-related activities that do not create unnecessary obstacles to the foreign commerce of the United States. No standards-related activity of any private person, Federal agency, or State agency shall be deemed to constitute an unnecessary obstacle to the foreign commerce of the United States if the demonstrable purpose of the standards-related activity is to achieve a legitimate domestic objective including, but not limited to, the protection of legitimate health or safety, essential security, environmental, or consumer interests and if such activity does not operate to exclude imported products which fully meet the objectives of such activity.
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary of Commerce shall maintain within the Department of Commerce a standards information center.
**(b) Functions** The standards information center shall—
(1) serve as the central national collection facility for information relating to (A) standards, technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures, and standards-related activities, whether such standards, technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures, or activities are public or private, domestic or foreign, or international, regional, national, or local and (B) the membership and participation of Federal, State, or local government bodies or private bodies in the United States in international and regional standardizing bodies and conformity assessment systems, as well as in bilateral and multilateral arrangements concerning standards-related activities;
(2) make available to the public at such reasonable fee as the Secretary shall prescribe, copies of information required to be collected under paragraph (1) other than information to which paragraph (3) applies;
(3) use its best efforts to make available to the public, at such reasonable fees as the Secretary shall prescribe, copies of information required to be collected under paragraph (1) that is of private origin, on a cooperative basis with the private individual or entity, foreign or domestic, who holds the copyright on the information;
(4) in case of such information that is of foreign origin, provide, at such reasonable fee as the Secretary shall prescribe, such translation services as may be necessary;
(5) serve as the inquiry point for requests for information regarding standards-related activities, whether adopted or proposed, within the United States, except that in carrying out this paragraph, the Se
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 2533
title III, § 351(e)(4), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4956, and, as so
amended, no longer contains clauses.
AMENDMENTS
1996—Par. (4). Pub. L. 104–295 inserted comma after
‘‘system, if any’’.
1994—Par. (4). Pub. L. 103–465 substituted ‘‘Access’’ for
‘‘Certification access’’ in heading, and, in text, sub-
stituted ‘‘conformity assessment procedure’’ for ‘‘cer-
tification system’’ and ‘‘an assessment of conformity
and the mark of the system, if any’’ for ‘‘certification
under that system’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–465 effective on the date
on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with re-
spect to the United States (Jan. 1, 1995), see section 352
of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 2531
of this title.
§ 2533. State and private standards-related activi-
ties
(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 un-
necessary 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 ob-
servance 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,
and of procedures that provide for notification,
participation, and publication with respect to
such activities.
(Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 403, July 26, 1979, 93
Stat. 243.)
PART B—FUNCTIONS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES
§ 2541. Functions of Trade Representative
(a) In general
The Trade Representative shall coordinate the
consideration of international
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