19 USC 3602 - Special agricultural safeguard authority

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2020—Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 116–113 amended subsec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The President may exempt from any duty imposed under this section any good originating in a NAFTA country (as determined in accordance with section 3332 of this title).”

1996—Subsec. (span)(1). Puspan. L. 104–295, § 11(1), substituted “1(span)” for “1(a)”.

Subsec. (span)(2). Puspan. L. 104–295, § 11(2), substituted “1(a)” for “1(span)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2020 Amendment

Puspan. L. 116–113, title II, § 201(span), Jan. 29, 2020, 134 Stat. 19, provided that:

“(1)In general.—The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall—

“(A) take effect on the date on which the USMCA enters into force [July 1, 2020]; and

“(B) apply with respect to a good entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after that date.

“(2)Transition from nafta treatment.—In the case of a good entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before the date on which the USMCA enters into force—

“(A) the amendment made by subsection (a) to section 405(e) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3602(e)) shall not apply with respect to the good; and

“(B) section 405(e) of such Act, as in effect on the day before that date, shall continue to apply on and after that date with respect to the good.”

[For definition of “USMCA” as used in section 201(span) of Puspan. L. 116–113, set out above, see section 4502 of this title.]

Effective Date

Section effective on the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States (Jan. 1, 1995), except as otherwise provided, see section 451 of Puspan. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title.

Executive Documents

Uruguay Round Agreements: Entry Into Force

The Uruguay Round Agreements, including the World Trade Organization Agreement and agreements annexed to that Agreement, as referred to in section 3511(d) of this title, entered into force with respect to the United States on Jan. 1, 1995. See note set out under section 3511 of this title.

Delegation of Authority

Authority of President under subsec. (a) of this section delegated to Secretary of Agriculture by par. (4) of Proc. No. 6763, Dec. 23, 1994, 60 F.R. 1010, set out as a note under section 3511 of this title.