Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73not60

§2576a Inquiry Point

Title 19 › Chapter 13— TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979 › Subchapter II— TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS) › Part E— Standards and Measures Under the North American Free Trade Agreement › Subpart 2— standards-related measures › § 2576a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The standards information center must give the public access to relevant documents and information, and it can charge reasonable fees set by the Secretary of Commerce. That information must show who from the Federal Government, state governments, and relevant non-government groups takes part in international and regional standards bodies, conformity-assessment systems, and related bilateral or multilateral agreements and what those systems say. It must show where to find notices required under article 909 of the NAFTA or how to get that information, and it must show each federal agency’s risk-assessment procedures, the factors they use, and the protection levels they set.

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Title 19, §2576a

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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)the membership and participation of the Federal Government, State governments, and relevant nongovernmental bodies in the United States in international and regional standardizing bodies and conformity assessment systems, and in bilateral and multilateral arrangements regarding standards-related measures, and the provisions of those systems and arrangements;

(2)the location of notices of the type required under article 909 of the NAFTA, or where the information contained in such notice can be obtained; and

(3)the Federal agency procedures for assessment of risk, and factors the agency considers in conducting the assessment and establishing the levels of protection that the agency considers appropriate.

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19 U.S.C. § 2576a

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60