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Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-102

§2419 Administration

Title 19 › CHAPTER 12 — TRADE ACT OF 1974 › SUBCHAPTER III — ENFORCEMENT OF UNITED STATES RIGHTS UNDER TRADE AGREEMENTS AND RESPONSE TO CERTAIN FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES › § 2419

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Trade Representative must write rules for how to file petitions and how investigations and hearings are run under this part. They must keep the person who filed the petition regularly told about decisions and developments, and explain any undue delays. Every six months the Trade Representative must send a report to the House and Senate describing the petitions filed and the decisions (and reasons), the progress and current status of each investigation or proceeding, the actions taken or reasons for no action, and the commercial effects of any actions.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §2419

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The Trade Representative shall—
(1)issue regulations concerning the filing of petitions and the conduct of investigations and hearings under this subchapter,
(2)keep the petitioner regularly informed of all determinations and developments regarding the investigation conducted with respect to the petition under this subchapter, including the reasons for any undue delays, and
(3)submit a report to the House of Representatives and the Senate semiannually describing—
(A)the petitions filed and the determinations made (and reasons therefor) under section 2412 of this title,
(B)developments in, and the current status of, each investigation or proceeding under this subchapter,
(C)the actions taken, or the reasons for no action, by the Trade Representative under section 2411 of this title with respect to investigations conducted under this subchapter, and
(D)the commercial effects of actions taken under section 2411 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section applicable to petitions filed, and investigations initiated, under section 2412 of this title on or after Aug. 23, 1988, and petitions filed, and investigations initiated, before Aug. 23, 1988, if by such date no decision had been made under section 2414 of this title regarding the petition or investigation, see section 1301(c) of Pub. L. 100–418, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1988 Amendment note under section 2411 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

19 U.S.C. § 2419

Title 19, Customs Duties

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102