                        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 2--standards-related measures
 
Sec. 2576. General


(a) No bar to engaging in standards activity

    Nothing in this subpart shall be construed--
        (1) to prohibit a Federal agency from engaging in activity 
    related to standards-related measures, including any such measure 
    relating to safety, the protection of human, animal, or plant life 
    or health, the environment or consumers; or
        (2) to limit the authority of a Federal agency to determine the 
    level it considers appropriate of safety or of protection of human, 
    animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers.

(b) Exclusion

    This subpart does not apply to--
        (1) technical specifications prepared by a Federal agency for 
    production or consumption requirements of the agency; or
        (2) sanitary or phytosanitary measures under subpart 1.

(Pub. L. 96-39, title IV, Sec. 471, as added Pub. L. 103-182, title III, 
Sec. 351(a), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2120.)
