                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                     SUBTITLE II--SPECIAL PROVISIONS
 
                  Part III--Promotion of Foreign Trade
 
Sec. 1354. Notice of intention to negotiate agreement; 
        opportunity to be heard; President to seek information and 
        advice
        
    Before any foreign trade agreement is concluded with any foreign 
government or instrumentality thereof under the provisions of this part, 
reasonable public notice of the intention to negotiate an agreement with 
such government or instrumentality shall be given in order that any 
interested person may have an opportunity to present his views to the 
President, or to such agency as the President may designate, under such 
rules and regulations as the President may prescribe; and before 
concluding such agreement the President shall request the International 
Trade Commission to make the investigation and report provided for by 
section 1360 of this title, and shall seek information and advice with 
respect to such agreement from the Departments of State, Agriculture, 
Commerce, and Defense, and from such other sources as he may deem 
appropriate.

(June 12, 1934, ch. 474, Sec. 4, 48 Stat. 945; July 5, 1945, ch. 269, 
Sec. 4, 59 Stat. 411; Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, Sec. 12(a), 63 Stat. 591; 
Sept. 26, 1949, ch. 585, Sec. 5, 63 Stat. 698; June 16, 1951, ch. 141, 
Sec. 3(c), 65 Stat. 73; Pub. L. 93-618, title I, Sec. 171(b), Jan. 3, 
1975, 88 Stat. 2009.)


                               Amendments

    1975--Pub. L. 93-618 substituted ``United States International Trade 
Commission'' for ``United States Tariff Commission''.
    1951--Act June 16, 1951, provided that the President request the 
Tariff Commission to make the investigation and report.
    1949--Act Sept. 26, 1949, changed the Tariff Commission's functions 
under these sections from investigatory to advisory functions.
    1945--Act July 5, 1945, inserted ``War, Navy,'' after ``Departments 
of State''.

                         Change of Name

    National Military Establishment changed to Department of Defense by 
act Aug. 10, 1949.


                                 Repeals

    Act Sept. 26, 1949, Sec. 2, repealed act June 26, 1948, ch. 678, 
Sec. 3(c), 62 Stat. 1054, formerly cited as a credit to this section.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1304, 1360, 1366 of this 
title.
