                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                  CHAPTER 21--NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
 
SUBCHAPTER IV--DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY 
                                  CASES
 
   Part A--Organizational, Administrative, and Procedural Provisions 
           Regarding Implementation of Chapter 19 of Agreement
 
Sec. 3433. Testimony and production of papers in extraordinary 
        challenges
        

(a) Authority of extraordinary challenge committee to obtain information

    If an extraordinary challenge committee (hereafter in this section 
referred to as the ``committee'') is convened under paragraph 13 of 
article 1904, and the allegations before the committee include a matter 
referred to in paragraph 13(a)(i) of article 1904, for the purposes of 
carrying out its functions and duties under Annex 1904.13, the 
committee--
        (1) shall have access to, and the right to copy, any document, 
    paper, or record pertinent to the subject matter under 
    consideration, in the possession of any individual, partnership, 
    corporation, association, organization, or other entity;
        (2) may summon witnesses, take testimony, and administer oaths;
        (3) may require any individual, partnership, corporation, 
    association, organization, or other entity to produce documents, 
    books, or records relating to the matter in question; and
        (4) may require any individual, partnership, corporation, 
    association, organization, or other entity to furnish in writing, in 
    such detail and in such form as the committee may prescribe, 
    information in its possession pertaining to the matter.

Any member of the committee may sign subpoenas, and members of the 
committee, when authorized by the committee, may administer oaths and 
affirmations, examine witnesses, take testimony, and receive evidence.

(b) Witnesses and evidence

    The attendance of witnesses who are authorized to be summoned, and 
the production of documentary evidence authorized to be ordered, under 
subsection (a) of this section may be required from any place in the 
United States at any designated place of hearing. In the case of 
disobedience to a subpoena authorized under subsection (a) of this 
section, the committee may request the Attorney General of the United 
States to invoke the aid of any district or territorial court of the 
United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and 
the production of documentary evidence. Such court, within the 
jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on, may, in case of 
contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any individual, 
partnership, corporation, association, organization, or other entity, 
issue an order requiring such individual or entity to appear before the 
committee, or to produce documentary evidence if so ordered or to give 
evidence concerning the matter in question. Any failure to obey such 
order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.

(c) Mandamus

    Any court referred to in subsection (b) of this section shall have 
jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus commanding compliance with the 
provisions of this section or any order of the committee made in 
pursuance thereof.

(d) Depositions

    The committee may order testimony to be taken by deposition at any 
stage of the committee review. Such deposition may be taken before any 
person designated by the committee and having power to administer oaths. 
Such testimony shall be reduced to writing by the person taking the 
deposition, or under the direction of such person, and shall then be 
subscribed by the deponent. Any individual, partnership, corporation, 
association, organization, or other entity may be compelled to appear 
and be deposed and to produce documentary evidence in the same manner as 
witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce documentary 
evidence before the committee, as provided in this section.

(Pub. L. 103-182, title IV, Sec. 403, Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2136.)
