Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73

§2575a Inquiry point

Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 13— - TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979 › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS) › Part Part E— - Standards and Measures Under the North American Free Trade Agreement › Subpart subpart 1— - sanitary and phytosanitary measures › § 2575a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The standards information center must provide the public with relevant documents and information, for reasonable fees set by the Secretary of Commerce. That includes: health and plant/animal safety rules of general use (like control, inspection, or approval procedures by federal or state agencies); the risk‑assessment methods and the factors agencies use to decide protection levels; how the U.S. and states take part in international, regional, or multilateral sanitary and phytosanitary groups and their rules; and where to find notices required under NAFTA Article 719 or the information they contain.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §2575a

Customs Duties — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The standards information center maintained under section 2544 of this title shall, in addition to the functions specified therein, make available to the public relevant documents, at such reasonable fees as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, and information regarding—

(1)any sanitary or phytosanitary measure of general application, including any control or inspection procedure or approval procedure proposed, adopted, or maintained by a Federal or State agency;

(2)the procedures of a Federal or State agency for risk assessment, and factors the agency considers in conducting the assessment and in establishing the levels of protection that the agency considers appropriate;

(3)the membership and participation of the Federal Government and State governments in international and regional sanitary and phytosanitary organizations and systems, and in bilateral and multilateral arrangements regarding sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and the provisions of those systems and arrangements; and

(4)the location of notices of the type required under article 719 of the NAFTA, or where the information contained in such notices can be obtained.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 2575a

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73