19 USC § 2485 - Voluntary limitations on exports of steel to United States

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title: "19 USC § 2485 - Voluntary limitations on exports of steel to United States"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "2485"
section_name: "Voluntary limitations on exports of steel to United States"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "TRADE ACT OF 1974"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, § 607, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2073.)"
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# § 2485. Voluntary limitations on exports of steel to United States

No person shall be liable for damages, penalties, or other sanctions under the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.] or the Antitrust Acts (as defined in section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 44]), or under any similar State law, on account of his negotiating, entering into, participating in, or implementing an arrangement providing for the voluntary limitation on exports of steel and steel products to the United States, or any modification or renewal of such an arrangement, if such arrangement or such modification or renewal—

**(1)** was undertaken prior to January 3, 1975, at the request of the Secretary of State or his delegate, and

**(2)** ceases to be effective not later than January 1, 1975.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, § 607, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2073.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in text, is , , which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 41 et seq.) of chapter 2 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.