19 U.S.C. § 2531 — Certain standards-related activities
submitted 47 years ago by Pub. L. 96-39 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 203 words · no verdicts yet
This subchapter does not stop Federal agencies from setting standards for safety, health, the environment, or consumers. Standards activities are allowed when they pursue legitimate domestic goals without unnecessarily blocking United States foreign trade.
(a) No bar to standards activity. This subchapter does not prohibit a Federal agency* from working on standards-related measures, including measures about safety, human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment, or consumers. It also does not limit an agency’s authority to choose the level of protection it considers appropriate.
(b) Unnecessary obstacles. A private person*, Federal agency, or State agency* may conduct standards-related activities that do not create unnecessary obstacles to United States foreign commerce. Such an activity is not considered an unnecessary obstacle if its demonstrable purpose is a legitimate domestic goal, including protecting health, safety, essential security, the environment, or consumers, and it does not exclude imported products that fully meet the activity’s objectives.
Nothing in this subchapter may be construed—
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
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.
Nothing in this subchapter may be construed as prohibiting any private person*, Federal agency, or State agency* from engaging in standards-related activities that do not create unnecessary obstacles to the foreign commerce of the United States. No standards-related activity* of any private person, Federal agency, or State* agency shall be deemed to constitute an unnecessary obstacle to the foreign commerce of the United States if the demonstrable purpose of the standards-related activity is to achieve a legitimate domestic objective including, but not limited to, the protection of legitimate health or safety, essential security, environmental, or consumer interests and if such activity does not operate to exclude imported products which fully meet the objectives of such activity.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 401, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 242; Pub. L. 103–465, title III, § 351(b), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4955.)
- 1979Enacted · Pub. L. 96-39 · 93 Stat. 242
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-465 · 108 Stat. 4955
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 96-39 on 1979-07-26.
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