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19 U.S.C. § 2533

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State and private standards-related activities
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/us/usc/t19/s2533
Title
19 — Customs Duties
Chapter
CH13
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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(a) In generalIt is the sense of the Congress that no State agency and no private person should engage in any standards-related activity that creates unnecessary obstacles to the foreign commerce of the United States. (b) Presidential actionThe President shall take such reasonable measures as may be available to promote the observance 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.)

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