Title 19Customs DutiesRelease 119-73

§4732 Detail of personnel to Office of the United States Trade Representative

Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 29— - UNITED STATES–MEXICO–CANADA AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - ENVIRONMENT MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT › Part Part B— - Other Matters › § 4732

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the U.S. Trade Representative asks, the heads of the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may each send one employee to work for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico. The agencies can be paid back for the cost of sending those employees. Those employees must help a federal interagency environment committee monitor and enforce Mexico’s environmental responsibilities. They must also send that committee a report every three months on Mexico’s efforts to follow those environmental obligations.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §4732

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(a)Upon the request of the Trade Representative, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Administrator of the National Oceanic Atmospheric 11 So in original. Probably should be preceded by “and”. Administration may detail, on a reimbursable basis, one employee of each such respective agency to the Office of the United States Trade Representative to be assigned to the United States Embassy in Mexico to carry out the duties described in subsection (b).
(b)The duties described in this subsection are the following:
(1)Assist the Interagency Environment Committee to carry out monitoring and enforcement actions with respect to the environmental obligations of Mexico.
(2)Prepare and submit to the Interagency Environment Committee on a quarterly basis a report on efforts of Mexico to comply with its environmental obligations.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 4732

Title 19Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73