93 STAT. 144
PUBLIC LAW 96-39-JULY 26, 1979 Public Law 96-39 96th Congress An Act
July 26, 1979 [H.R. 4537]
Trade
-JQ approve and implement the trade agreements negotiated under the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
AffrGGmpnts Act
of 1979 19 USC 2501.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PURPOSES. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Trade Agreements
Act of 1979".
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; purposes. Sec. 2. Approval of trade agreements. Sec. 3. Relationship of trade agreements to United States law. TITLE I-COUNTERVAILING AND ANTIDUMPING DUTIES Sec. 101. Addition of new countervailing and antidumping duties title to Tariff Act of 1930. Sec. 102. Pending investigations; purposes. Sec. 103. Amendment of section 303 of the Tariff Act of 1930. Sec. 104. Transition rules for countervailing duty orders.
Sec. 105. Continuation of certain waivers. Sec. 106. Conforming changes. Sec. 107. Effective date. TITLE II-CUSTOMS VALUATION Subtitle A—Valuation Standards Amendments Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.
201. Valuation of imported merchandise. 202. Conforming amendments. 203. Presidential report on operation of the Agreement. 204. Transition to valuation standards under this title. Subtitle B—Final List and American Selling Price Rate Conversions
Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.
221. Amendment of tariff schedules. 222. Final list rate conversions. 223. American selling price rate conversions. 224. Treatment of converted rates as existing rates for purposes of trade agreement authority. Sec. 225. Modification of tariff treatment of certain chemicals and chemical products. TITLE III-GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT Sec. 301. General authority to modify discriminatory purchasing requirements. Sec. 302. Authority to encourage reciprocal competitive procurement practices. Sec. 303. Waiver of discriminatory purchasing requirements with respect to pur, chases of civil aircraft. Sec. 304. Expansion of the coverage of the Agreement. Sec. 305. Monitoring and enforcement. Sec. 306. Labor surplus area studies. Sec. 307. Availability of information to Congressional advisers. Sec. 308. Definitions. Sec. 309. Effective dates.
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