Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-110

§4511 Approval and Entry Into Force of the Usmca

Title 19 › CHAPTER 29 — UNITED STATES–MEXICO–CANADA AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION › SUBCHAPTER I — APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO, THE USMCA › § 4511

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Congress approves the agreement that replaces NAFTA with the USMCA and the papers that go with it. That includes the Protocol signed in Buenos Aires on November 30, 2018; the USMCA Agreement as changed by a Protocol of Amendment signed in Mexico City on December 10, 2019; and the statement of administrative action. All were sent to Congress on December 13, 2019. The President can make the USMCA take effect for Canada and Mexico no sooner than 30 days after he sends Congress the written notice required by section 4205(a)(1)(G). That notice must say the date when the USMCA will begin.

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Title 19, §4511

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(a)Approval of USMCA and statement of administrative action

Pursuant to section 4205 of this title and section 2191 of this title, Congress approves—

(1)the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement with the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, done at Buenos Aires on November 30, 2018, as submitted to Congress on December 13, 2019;

(2)the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, attached as an Annex to the Protocol, as amended by the Protocol of Amendment to the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, done at Mexico City on December 10, 2019, as submitted to Congress on December 13, 2019; and

(3)the statement of administrative action proposed to implement that Agreement, as submitted to Congress on December 13, 2019.

(b)Conditions for entry into force of the agreement

The President is authorized to provide for the USMCA to enter into force with respect to Canada and Mexico not earlier than 30 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress the written notice required by section 4205(a)(1)(G) of this title, which shall include the date on which the USMCA will enter into force.

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19 U.S.C. § 4511

Title 19, Customs Duties

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110