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19 USC § 4693 - Final remedies 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s4693"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "19 USC § 4693 - Final remedies"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "4693"
section_name: "Final remedies"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES–MEXICO–CANADA AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "LABOR MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Enforcement Under Rapid Response Labor Mechanism"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 116–113, title VII, § 753, Jan. 29, 2020, 134 Stat. 90.)"
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# § 4693. Final remedies

**(a)** **In general** If a rapid response labor panel constituted in accordance with Annex 31–A of the USMCA determines with respect to a case that there has been a denial of rights within the meaning of such Annex, the Trade Representative may, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees—

**(1)** direct the Secretary of the Treasury, until the date of the notification described in subsection (b) and in accordance with Annex 31–A of the USMCA—

**(A)** to—

**(i)** deny entry to goods, produced wholly or in part, from any covered facility involved in such case; or

**(ii)** allow for the release of goods, produced wholly or in part, from such covered facilities only upon payment of duties and any penalty; and

**(B)** to apply any duties or penalties to customs entries for which liquidation was suspended pursuant to section 4692 of this title; and

**(2)** apply other remedies that are appropriate and available under Annex 31–A of the USMCA, until the denial of rights with respect to the case has been remedied.

**(b)** **Remediation notification** The Trade Representative shall promptly notify the Secretary when the denial of rights with respect to a case described in subsection (a) has been remedied.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 116–113, title VII, § 753, Jan. 29, 2020, 134 Stat. 90.)