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19 U.S.C. § 4501 — Border water infrastructure improvement authority
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**(a) In general** The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, in coordination with eligible public entities, carry out the planning, design, construction, and operation and maintenance of high priority treatment works in the covered area to treat wastewater (including stormwater), nonpoint sources of pollution, and related matters resulting from international transboundary water flows originating in Mexico.
**(b) Report to Congress** Not later than 1 year after January 29, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on activities carried out pursuant to this section.
**(c) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Covered area** — The term “covered area” means the portion of the Tijuana River watershed that is in the United States.
(2) **Eligible public entities** — The term “eligible public entities” means—
(A) the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission;
(B) the Corps of Engineers;
(C) the North American Development Bank;
(D) the Department of State;
(E) any other appropriate Federal agency;
(F) the State of California; and
(G) any of the following entities with jurisdiction over any part of the covered area:
(i) A local government.
(ii) An Indian Tribe.
(iii) A regional water board.
(iv) A public wastewater utility.
(3) **Treatment works** — The term “treatment works” has the meaning given that term in [section 1292 of title 33](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1292&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) In general** The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, in coordination with eligible public entities, carry out the planning, design, construction, and operation and maintenance of high priority treatment works in the covered area to treat wastewater (including stormwater), nonpoint sources of pollution, and related matters resulting from international transboundary water flows originating in Mexico.
**(b) Report to Congress** Not later than 1 year after January 29, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on activities carried out pursuant to this section.
**(c) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Covered area** — The term “covered area” means the portion of the Tijuana River watershed that is in the United States.
(2) **Eligible public entities** — The term “eligible public entities” means—
(A) the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission;
(B) the Corps of Engineers;
(C) the North American Development Bank;
(D) the Department of State;
(E) any other appropriate Federal agency;
(F) the State of California; and
(G) any of the following entities with jurisdiction over any part of the covered area:
(i) A local government.
(ii) An Indian Tribe.
(iii) A regional water board.
(iv) A public wastewater utility.
(3) **Treatment works** — The term “treatment works” has the meaning given that term in [section 1292 of title 33](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1292&num=0&edition=prelim).
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As used in this subchapter—
(1) The term “construction” means any one or more of the following: preliminary planning to determine the feasibility of treatment works, engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal, or economic investigations or studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, procedures, field testing of innovative or alternative waste water treatment processes and techniques meeting guidelines promulgated under [section 1314(d)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1314/d/3&num=0&edition=prelim), or other necessary actions, erection, building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or extension of treatment works, or the inspection or supervision of any of the foregoing items.
(2)
(A) The term “treatment works” means any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature to implement [section 1281 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1281&num=0&edition=prelim), or necessary to recycle or reuse water at the most economical cost over the estimated life of the works, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, pumping, power, and other equipment, and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and acquisition of the land that will be an integral part of the treatment process (including land used for the storage of treated wastewater in land treatment systems prior to land application) or will be used for ultimate disposal of residues resul
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**(a) Review of determination**
(1) **Review of certain determinations** — Within 30 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register of—
(A) a determination by the administering authority, under 1671a(c) 11 So in original. Probably should be preceded by “section”. or 1673a(c) of this title, not to initiate an investigation,
(B) a determination by the Commission, under [section 1675(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1675/b&num=0&edition=prelim), not to review a determination based upon changed circumstances,
(C) a negative determination by the Commission, under section 1671b(a) or 1673b(a) of this title, as to whether there is reasonable indication of material injury, threat of material injury, or material retardation, or
(D) a final determination by the administering authority or the Commission under [section 1675(c)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1675/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim),
an interested party who is a party to the proceeding in connection with which the matter arises may commence an action in the United States Court of International Trade by filing concurrently a summons and complaint, each with the content and in the form, manner, and style prescribed by the rules of that court, contesting any factual findings or legal conclusions upon which the determination is based.
(2) **Review of determinations on record**
(A) *In general* — Within thirty days after—
(i) the date of publication in the Federal Register of—
(I) notice of any determination described in clause (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), or (viii) of subparagraph (B),
(II) an antidumping or countervailing duty order based upon any determination de
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In this Act:
(1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.
(2) **HTS** — The term “HTS” means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
(3) **Identical goods** — The term “identical goods” means goods that are the same in all respects relevant to the rule of origin that qualifies the goods as originating goods.
(4) **International Trade Commission** — The term “International Trade Commission” means the United States International Trade Commission.
(5) **Mexico** — The term “Mexico” means the United Mexican States.
(6) **NAFTA** — The term “NAFTA” means the North American Free Trade Agreement approved by Congress under section 101(a)(1) of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act ([19 U.S.C. 3311(a)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3311/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)).11 See References in Text note below.
(7) **Preferential tariff treatment** — The term “preferential tariff treatment” means the customs duty rate that is applicable to an originating good (as defined in [section 4531(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4531/a&num=0&edition=prelim)) under the USMCA.
(8) **Trade Representative** — The term “Trade Representative” means the United States Trade Representative.
(9) **USMCA** — The term “USMCA” means the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, which is—
(A) attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement with the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican S
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**(a) Relationship of USMCA to United States law**
(1) **United States law to prevail in conflict** — No provision of the USMCA, 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 Act 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 Act.
**(b) Relationship of USMCA 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 USMCA, 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 USMCA with respect to private remedies** No person other than the United States—
(1) shall have any cause of action or defense under the USMCA 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 USMCA.
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**(a) Implementing actions**
(1) **Proclamation authority** — After January 29, 2020—
(A) the President may proclaim such actions, and
(B) other appropriate officers of the United States Government may prescribe such regulations,
as may be necessary to ensure that any provision of this Act, or amendment made by this Act, that takes effect on the date on which the USMCA enters into force is appropriately implemented on such date, but no such proclamation or regulation may have an effective date earlier than the date on which the USMCA enters into force.
(2) **Effective date of certain proclaimed actions** — Any action proclaimed by the President under the authority of this Act that is not subject to the consultation and layover provisions under [section 4514 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4514&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 on which the USMCA enters into force of any action proclaimed under this section.
**(b) Initial regulations**
(1) **In general** — Except as provided by paragraph (2) or (3), initial regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the actions required by or authorized under this Act or proposed in the statement of administrative action approved under [section 4511(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4511/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim) to implement the USMCA shall, to
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If a provision of this Act provides that the implementation of an action by the President by proclamation is subject to the consultation and layover requirements of this section, that action may be proclaimed only if—
(1) the President has obtained advice regarding the proposed action from—
(A) the appropriate advisory committees established under [section 2155 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2155&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) the International Trade Commission, which shall hold a public hearing on the proposed action before providing advice regarding the proposed action;
(2) the President has submitted to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report that sets forth—
(A) the proposed action and the reasons therefor; and
(B) the advice obtained under paragraph (1);
(3) a period of 60 calendar days, beginning on the first day on which the requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) have been met, has expired; and
(4) the President has consulted with the committees referred to in paragraph (2) regarding the proposed action during the period referred to in paragraph (3).
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Aquaculture** — The term “aquaculture” means the farming of aquatic organisms, including fish, molluscs, crustaceans, other aquatic invertebrates, and aquatic plants from seed stock such as eggs, fry, fingerlings, or larvae, by intervention in the rearing or growth processes to enhance production such as regular stocking, feeding, or protection from predators.
(2) **Customs Valuation Agreement** — The term “Customs Valuation Agreement” means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 referred to in [section 3511(d)(8) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3511/d/8&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Fungible good or fungible material** — The term “fungible good” or “fungible material” means a good or material, as the case may be, that is interchangeable with another good or material for commercial purposes and the properties of which are essentially identical to such other good or material.
(4) **Good wholly obtained or produced entirely in the territory of one or more USMCA countries** — The term “good wholly obtained or produced entirely in the territory of one or more USMCA countries” means any of the following:
(A) A mineral good or other naturally occurring substance extracted or taken from the territory of one or more USMCA countries.
(B) A plant, plant good, vegetable, or fungus grown, cultivated, harvested, picked, or gathered in the territory of one or more USMCA countries.
(C) A live animal born and raised in the territory of one or more USMCA countries.
(D) A good obtained in the territory of one or more USMCA countries from a live animal.
(E) An animal obtained by hunting, trapping, fishing, gather
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**(a) “Good subject to USMCA drawback” defined** For purposes of this Act, the term “good subject to USMCA drawback” means any imported good other than the following:
(1) A good entered under bond for transportation and exportation to a USMCA country.
(2) A good exported to a USMCA country in the same condition as when imported into the United States. For purposes of this paragraph—
(A) processes such as testing, cleaning, repacking, sorting, marking, or inspecting a good, or preserving it in its same condition, shall not be considered to change the condition of the good, and
(B) except for a good referred to in paragraph 11 of Annex 3–B of the USMCA that is exported to Mexico, if a good described in the first sentence of this paragraph is commingled with fungible goods and exported in the same condition, the origin of the good may be determined on the basis of the inventory methods provided for in the regulations implementing this title.11 See References in Text note below.
(3) A good—
(A) that is—
(i) deemed to be exported from the United States,
(ii) used as a material in the production of another good that is deemed to be exported to a USMCA country, or
(iii) substituted for by a good of the same kind and quality that is used as a material in the production of another good that is deemed to be exported to a USMCA country, and
(B) that is delivered—
(i) to a duty-free shop,
(ii) for ship’s stores or supplies for ships or aircraft, or
(iii) for use in a project undertaken jointly by the United States and a USMCA country and destined to become the property of the United States.
(4) A good exported to a USMCA country for which a refund of customs duties is granted by reason of—
(A) the failure of the good to conform to sa
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**(a) Termination of USMCA country status** During any period in which a country ceases to be a USMCA country, this Act (other than this subsection and title IX) and the amendments made by this Act shall cease to have effect with respect to that country.
**(b) Termination of USMCA** On the date on which the USMCA ceases to be in force with respect to the United States, this Act and the amendments made by this Act (other than this subsection and title IX) shall cease to have effect.
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 4502
Sec.
SUCBCHAPTER V—TRANSITION TO AND
EXTENSION OF USMCA
PART A—JOINT REVIEWS REGARDING EXTENSION OF
USMCA
4611.
Participation in joint reviews with Canada
and Mexico regarding extension of the term
of the USMCA and other action regarding
the USMCA.
PART B—TERMINATION OF USMCA
4621.
Termination of USMCA.
SUBCHAPTER VI—LABOR MONITORING AND
ENFORCEMENT
4631.
Definitions.
PART A—INTERAGENCY LABOR COMMITTEE FOR
MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT
4641.
Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring
and Enforcement.
4642.
Duties.
4643.
Enforcement priorities.
4644.
Assessments.
4645.
Recommendation for enforcement action.
4646.
Petition process.
4647.
Hotline.
4648.
Reports.
4649.
Consultations on appointment and funding of
rapid response labor panelists.
PART B—MEXICO LABOR ATTACHE´ S
4661.
Establishment.
4662.
Duties.
4663.
Status.
PART C—INDEPENDENT MEXICO LABOR EXPERT BOARD
4671.
Establishment.
4672.
Membership; term.
4673.
Funding.
4674.
Reports.
PART D—FORCED LABOR
4681.
Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force.
4682.
Timeline required.
4683.
Reports required.
4684.
Duties related to Mexico.
PART E—ENFORCEMENT UNDER RAPID RESPONSE LABOR
MECHANISM
4691.
Transmission of reports.
4692.
Suspension of liquidation.
4693.
Final remedies.
SUBCHAPTER VII—ENVIRONMENT MONITORING
AND ENFORCEMENT
4701.
Definitions.
PART A—INTERAGENCY ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE FOR
MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT
4711.
Establishment.
4712.
Assessment.
4713.
Monitoring actions.
4714.
Enforcement actions.
4715.
Other monitoring and enforcement actions.
4716.
Report to Congress.
4717.
Regulations.
PART B—OTHER MATTERS
4731.
Border water infrastructure improvement au-
thority.
4732.
Detail of pers
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