19 USC § 2419 - Administration

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identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s2419"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "19 USC § 2419 - Administration"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "2419"
section_name: "Administration"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "TRADE ACT OF 1974"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "ENFORCEMENT OF UNITED STATES RIGHTS UNDER TRADE AGREEMENTS AND RESPONSE TO CERTAIN FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–618, title III, § 309, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1301(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1175.)"
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# § 2419. Administration

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–618, title III, § 309, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1301(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1175.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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