                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                  CHAPTER 21--NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
 
SUBCHAPTER IV--DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY 
                                  CASES
 
                       Part B--General Provisions
 
Sec. 3451. Effect of termination of NAFTA country status


(a) In general

    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, on the date on 
which a country ceases to be a NAFTA country, the provisions of this 
title \1\ (other than this section) and the amendments made by this 
title \1\ shall cease to have effect with respect to that country.
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(b) Transition provisions

    (1) Proceedings regarding protective orders and undertakings

        If on the date on which a country ceases to be a NAFTA country 
    an investigation or enforcement proceeding concerning the violation 
    of a protective order issued under section 1677f(f) of this title or 
    an undertaking of the Government of that country is pending, the 
    investigation or proceeding shall continue, and sanctions may 
    continue to be imposed, in accordance with the provisions of such 
    section 1677f(f) of this title.

     (2) Binational panel and extraordinary challenge committee 
                                   reviews

        If on the date on which a country ceases to be a NAFTA country--
            (A) a binational panel review under article 1904 of the 
        Agreement is pending, or has been requested; or
            (B) an extraordinary challenge committee review under 
        article 1904 of the Agreement is pending, or has been requested;

    with respect to a determination which involves a class or kind of 
    merchandise and to which section 1516a(g)(2) of this title applies, 
    such determination shall be reviewable under section 1516a(a) of 
    this title. In the case of a determination to which the provisions 
    of this paragraph apply, the time limits for commencing an action 
    under section 1516a(a) of this title shall not begin to run until 
    the date on which the Agreement ceases to be in force with respect 
    to that country.

(Pub. L. 103-182, title IV, Sec. 415, Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2148; Pub. 
L. 104-295, Sec. 21(c)(4), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3530.)

                       References in Text

    This title, referred to in subsec. (a), is title IV of Pub. L. 103-
182, Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2129, which enacted this subchapter, 
amended sections 1502, 1514, 1516a, 1677, and 1677f of this title and 
sections 1581, 1584, 2201, and 2643 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial 
Procedure, enacted provisions set out as a note under section 3431 of 
this title, and amended provisions set out as a note under section 2112 
of this title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104-295 substituted ``action under 
section 1516a(a)'' for ``action under 1516a(a)''.
