19 USC § 2576 - General

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identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s2576"
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title: "19 USC § 2576 - General"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "2576"
section_name: "General"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS)"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Standards and Measures Under the North American Free Trade Agreement"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 471, as added Pub. L. 103–182, title III, § 351(a), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2120.)"
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# § 2576. General

**(a)** **No bar to engaging in standards activity** Nothing in this subpart shall be construed—

**(1)** to prohibit a Federal agency from engaging in activity related to standards-related measures, including any such measure relating to safety, the protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers; or

**(2)** to limit the authority of a Federal agency to determine the level it considers appropriate of safety or of protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers.

**(b)** **Exclusion** This subpart does not apply to—

**(1)** technical specifications prepared by a Federal agency for production or consumption requirements of the agency; or

**(2)** sanitary or phytosanitary measures under subpart 1.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 471, as added Pub. L. 103–182, title III, § 351(a), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2120.)