19 USC § 2021 - General authority

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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "19 USC § 2021 - General authority"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "2021"
section_name: "General authority"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "TARIFF ADJUSTMENT AND OTHER ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–283, title III, § 301, Oct. 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 1018.)"
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# § 2021. General authority

19 U.S.C. 190119 U.S.C. 1901

A petition may be filed for tariff adjustment or for a determination of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under title III of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 [ et seq.] as though the reduction or elimination of a duty proclaimed by the President pursuant to section 2011 or 2012 of this title were a concession granted under a trade agreement referred to in section 301 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 [].

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–283, title III, § 301, Oct. 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 1018.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Trade Expansion Act of 1962, referred to in text, is , , . Title III of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1901 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

Section 301 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, referred to in text, was classified to  and was repealed by , (e), , . See section 2251 et seq. of this title.

, referred to in text, was omitted from the Code.

### Codification

The words “subject to ” omitted in view of the omission of , which provided special authority after , and before , for filing of petitions for determination by the President of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance.