                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 12--TRADE ACT OF 1974
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--NEGOTIATING AND OTHER AUTHORITY
 
                         Part 2--Other Authority
 
Sec. 2131. Authorization of appropriation for GATT revision

    There are authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as may be 
necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the 
expenses of the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs 
and Trade. This authorization does not imply approval or disapproval by 
the Congress of all articles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade.

(Pub. L. 93-618, title I, Sec. 121, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1986; Pub. L. 
96-39, title XI, Sec. 1106(c)(2), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 311; Pub. L. 
100-418, title I, Sec. 1107(b)(2), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1135; Pub. 
L. 100-647, title IX, Sec. 9001(a)(1), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3806.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-647 substituted ``There are'' for ``(d) There 
are''.
    Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 100-418 struck out subsec. (a) which 
provided for bringing existing trade agreements into conformity with 
principles promoting open, nondiscriminatory, and fair world economic 
system, subsec. (b) which provided for agreements with foreign countries 
or instrumentalities, and subsec. (c) which provided for changes in 
Federal law through legislation implementing trade agreements.
    1979--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-39 substituted ``Such trade agreement 
may be entered into under section 2112 of this title'' for ``Such trade 
agreement may be submitted to the Congress for approval in accordance 
with the procedures of section 2191 of this title''.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-647 applicable as if such amendment took 
effect on Aug. 23, 1988, see section 9001(b) of Pub. L. 100-647, set out 
as an Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendments note under 
section 58c of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-39 effective July 26, 1979, see section 1114 
of Pub. L. 96-39, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2581 
of this title.
