                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                CHAPTER 13--TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS)
 
                Part A--Obligations of the United States
 
Sec. 2533. State and private standards-related activities


(a) In general

    It is the sense of the Congress that no State agency and no private 
person should engage in any standards-related activity that creates 
unnecessary obstacles to the foreign commerce of the United States.

(b) Presidential action

    The President shall take such reasonable measures as may be 
available to promote the observance by State agencies and private 
persons, in carrying out standards-related activities, of requirements 
equivalent to those imposed on Federal agencies under section 2532 of 
this title, and of procedures that provide for notification, 
participation, and publication with respect to such activities.

(Pub. L. 96-39, title IV, Sec. 403, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 243.)
