                        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. 2545. Contracts and grants


(a) In general

    For purposes of carrying out this subchapter, and otherwise 
encouraging compliance with the Agreement, the Trade Representative and 
the Secretary concerned may each, with respect to functions for which 
responsible under this subchapter, make grants to, or enter into 
contracts with, any other Federal agency, any State agency, or any 
private person, to assist such agency or person to implement appropriate 
programs and activities, including, but not limited to, programs and 
activities--
        (1) to increase awareness of proposed and adopted standards-
    related activities;
        (2) to facilitate international trade through the appropriate 
    international and domestic standards-related activities;
        (3) to provide, if appropriate, and pursuant to section 2543 of 
    this title, adequate United States representation in international 
    standards-related activities; and
        (4) to encourage United States exports through increased 
    awareness of foreign standards-related activities that may affect 
    United States exports.

No contract entered into under this section shall be effective except to 
such extent, and in such amount, as is provided in advance in 
appropriation Acts.

(b) Terms and conditions

    Any contract entered into, or any grant made, under subsection (a) 
of this section shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the 
Trade Representative or Secretary concerned shall by regulation 
prescribe as being necessary or appropriate to protect the interests of 
the United States.

(c) Limitations

    Financial assistance extended under this section shall not exceed 75 
percent of the total costs (as established by the Trade Representative 
or Secretary concerned, as the case may be) of the program or activity 
for which assistance is made available. The non-Federal share of such 
costs shall be made in cash or kind, consistent with the maintenance of 
the program or activity concerned.

(d) Audit

    Each recipient of a grant or contract under this section shall make 
available to the Trade Representative or the Secretary concerned, as the 
case may be, and to the Comptroller General of the United States, for 
purposes of audit and examination, any book, document, paper, and record 
that is pertinent to the funds received under such grant or contract.

(Pub. L. 96-39, title IV, Sec. 415, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 246; Pub. L. 
103-182, title III, Sec. 351(b)(2)(A), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2122; 
Pub. L. 104-295, Sec. 21(b)(1), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3529.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-295 amended directory language of Pub. L. 103-182. 
See 1993 Amendment note below.
    1993--Pub. L. 103-182, as amended by Pub. L. 104-295, substituted 
``Trade Representative'' for ``Special Representative'' wherever 
appearing.
