                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                CHAPTER 13--TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS)
 
   Part E--Standards and Measures Under the North American Free Trade 
                                Agreement
 
             subpart 1--sanitary and phytosanitary measures
 
Sec. 2575. General

    Nothing in this subpart may be construed--
        (1) to prohibit a Federal agency or State agency from engaging 
    in activity related to sanitary or phytosanitary measures to protect 
    human, animal, or plant life or health; or
        (2) to limit the authority of a Federal agency or State agency 
    to determine the level of protection of human, animal, or plant life 
    or health the agency considers appropriate.

(Pub. L. 96-39, title IV, Sec. 461, as added Pub. L. 103-182, title III, 
Sec. 351(a), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2118.)
