19 USC § 2533 - State and private standards-related activities

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title: "19 USC § 2533 - State and private standards-related activities"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "2533"
section_name: "State and private standards-related activities"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS)"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Obligations of the United States"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 403, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 243.)"
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# § 2533. State and private standards-related activities

**(a)** **In general** It is the sense of the Congress that no State agency and no private person should engage in any standards-related activity that creates unnecessary obstacles to the foreign commerce of the United States.

**(b)** **Presidential action** section 2532 of this title

The President shall take such reasonable measures as may be available to promote the observance by State agencies and private persons, in carrying out standards-related activities, of requirements equivalent to those imposed on Federal agencies under , and of procedures that provide for notification, participation, and publication with respect to such activities.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 403, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 243.)