Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-110
§4015 Administration of Dispute Settlement Proceedings
Title 19 › CHAPTER 26 — DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-CENTRAL AMERICA FREE TRADE › SUBCHAPTER I — APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO, THE AGREEMENT › § 4015
Summary
The President can create or pick an office inside the Department of Commerce to give administrative help to the dispute panels under chapter 20 of the Agreement. That office cannot be treated as an agency under section 552 of title 5. Each fiscal year after fiscal year 2005, money may be provided as needed to set up and run the office and to pay the United States’ share of those panels’ costs.
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Title 19, §4015
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(a)Establishment or designation of office
The President is authorized to establish or designate within the Department of Commerce an office that shall be responsible for providing administrative assistance to panels established under chapter 20 of the Agreement. The office may not be considered to be an agency for purposes of section 552 of title 5.
(b)Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2005 to the Department of Commerce such sums as may be necessary for the establishment and operations of the office established or designated under subsection (a) and for the payment of the United States share of the expenses of panels established under chapter 20 of the Agreement.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Termination of SectionFor termination of section by section 107(d) of Pub. L. 109–53, see Effective and Termination Dates note below.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective and Termination Dates Section effective on the date the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement enters into force (Mar. 1, 2006) and to cease to have effect on the date the Agreement ceases to be in force with respect to the United States, and, during any period in which a country ceases to be a CAFTA–DR country, to cease to have effect with respect to such country, see section 107 of Pub. L. 109–53, set out as a note under section 4001 of this title.
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions Proc. No. 7987, Feb. 28, 2006, 71 F.R. 10828, provided in par. (3) that the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to exercise the President’s authority under subsec. (a) of this section to establish or designate an office within the Department of Commerce to carry out the functions set forth in this section.
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19 U.S.C. § 4015
Title 19, Customs Duties
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110