                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                CHAPTER 13--TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS)
 
                  Part B--Functions of Federal Agencies
 
Sec. 2542. Establishment and operation of technical offices


(a) Establishment

                  (1) For nonagricultural products

        The Secretary of Commerce shall establish and maintain within 
    the Department of Commerce a technical office that shall carry out 
    the functions prescribed under subsection (b) of this section with 
    respect to nonagricultural products.

                    (2) For agricultural products

        The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish and maintain within 
    the Department of Agriculture a technical office that shall carry 
    out the functions prescribed under subsection (b) of this section 
    with respect to agricultural products.

(b) Functions of offices

    The President shall prescribe for each technical office established 
under subsection (a) of this section such functions as the President 
deems necessary or appropriate to implement this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 96-39, title IV, Sec. 412, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 244.)

                         Delegation of Functions

    Functions of President under subsec. (b) of this section delegated 
to Secretary of Commerce regarding technical office established under 
subsec. (a)(1) of this section, and to Secretary of Agriculture 
regarding technical office established under subsec. (a)(2) of this 
section, see section 1-103(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 12188, Jan. 2, 1980, 45 
F.R. 990, set out as a note under section 2171 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2544 of this title.
