                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
           SUBTITLE IV--COUNTERVAILING AND ANTIDUMPING DUTIES
 
                       Part IV--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1677c. Hearings


(a) Investigation hearings

                           (1) In general

        Except as provided in paragraph (2), the administering authority 
    and the Commission shall each hold a hearing in the course of an 
    investigation upon the request of any party to the investigation 
    before making a final determination under section 1671d or 1673d of 
    this title.

                            (2) Exception

        If investigations are initiated under part I and part II of this 
    subtitle regarding the same merchandise from the same country within 
    6 months of each other (but before a final determination is made in 
    either investigation), the holding of a hearing by the Commission in 
    the course of one of the investigations shall be treated as 
    compliance with paragraph (1) for both investigations, unless the 
    Commission considers that special circumstances require that a 
    hearing be held in the course of each of the investigations. During 
    any investigation regarding which the holding of a hearing is waived 
    under this paragraph, the Commission shall allow any party to submit 
    such additional written comment as it considers relevant.

(b) Procedures

    Any hearing required or permitted under this subtitle shall be 
conducted after notice published in the Federal Register, and a 
transcript of the hearing shall be prepared and made available to the 
public. The hearing shall not be subject to the provisions of subchapter 
II of chapter 5 of title 5, or to section 702 of such title.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title VII, Sec. 774, as added Pub. L. 96-39, 
title I, Sec. 101, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 186; amended Pub. L. 98-573, 
title VI, Sec. 616, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3037.)


                               Amendments

    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-573 designated existing provisions as 
par. (1), inserted ``Except as provided in paragraph (2),'', and added 
par. (2).


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-573 effective Oct. 30, 1984, see section 
626(a) of Pub. L. 98-573, set out as a note under section 1671 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1673e, 1675, 1676a, 1677f of 
this title.
