                        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. 2576a. Inquiry point

    The standards information center maintained under section 2544 of 
this title shall, in addition to the functions specified therein, make 
available to the public relevant documents, at such reasonable fees as 
the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, and information regarding--
        (1) the membership and participation of the Federal Government, 
    State governments, and relevant nongovernmental bodies in the United 
    States in international and regional standardizing bodies and 
    conformity assessment systems, and in bilateral and multilateral 
    arrangements regarding standards-related measures, and the 
    provisions of those systems and arrangements;
        (2) the location of notices of the type required under article 
    909 of the NAFTA, or where the information contained in such notice 
    can be obtained; and
        (3) the Federal agency procedures for assessment of risk, and 
    factors the agency considers in conducting the assessment and 
    establishing the levels of protection that the agency considers 
    appropriate.

(Pub. L. 96-39, title IV, Sec. 472, as added Pub. L. 103-182, title III, 
Sec. 351(a), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2120.)
