                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
               CHAPTER 22--URUGUAY ROUND TRADE AGREEMENTS
 
 SUBCHAPTER I--APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO, URUGUAY 
                            ROUND AGREEMENTS
 
       Part C--Uruguay Round Implementation and Dispute Settlement
 
Sec. 3531. Definitions

    For purposes of this part:

                     (1) Administering authority

        The term ``administering authority'' has the meaning given that 
    term in section 1677(1) of this title.

                         (2) Appellate Body

        The term ``Appellate Body'' means the Appellate Body established 
    under Article 17.1 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding.

      (3) Appropriate congressional committees; congressional 
                                 committees

        (A) Appropriate congressional committees

            The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the 
        committees referred to in subparagraph (B) and any other 
        committees of the Congress that have jurisdiction involving the 
        matter with respect to which consultations are to be held.

        (B) Congressional committees

            The term ``congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
        on Finance of the Senate.

                 (4) Dispute settlement panel; panel

        The terms ``dispute settlement panel'' and ``panel'' mean a 
    panel established pursuant to Article 6 of the Dispute Settlement 
    Understanding.

                     (5) Dispute Settlement Body

        The term ``Dispute Settlement Body'' means the Dispute 
    Settlement Body administering the rules and procedures set forth in 
    the Dispute Settlement Understanding.

                (6) Dispute Settlement Understanding

        The term ``Dispute Settlement Understanding'' means the 
    Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of 
    Disputes referred to in section 3511(d)(16) of this title.

                         (7) General Council

        The term ``General Council'' means the General Council 
    established under paragraph 2 of Article IV of the WTO Agreement.

                     (8) Ministerial Conference

        The term ``Ministerial Conference'' means the Ministerial 
    Conference established under paragraph 1 of Article IV of the WTO 
    Agreement.

                           (9) Other terms

        The terms ``Antidumping Agreement'', ``Agreement on Subsidies 
    and Countervailing Measures'', and ``Safeguards Agreement'' mean the 
    agreements referred to in section 3511(d)(7), (12), and (13) of this 
    title, respectively.

(Pub. L. 103-465, title I, Sec. 121, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4828.)

                       References in Text

    This part, referred to in text, was in the original ``this 
subtitle'', meaning subtitle C (Secs. 121 to 130) of title I of Pub. L. 
103-465, which enacted this part, amended sections 1516a, 2155, and 2254 
of this title, and enacted provisions set out below. For complete 
classification of subtitle C to the Code, see Tables.


                             Effective Date

    Section 130 of title I of Pub. L. 103-465 provided that: ``This 
subtitle [subtitle C (Secs. 121-130) of title I of Pub. L. 103-465, 
enacting this part and amending sections 1516a, 2155, and 2254 of this 
title] and the amendments made by this subtitle take effect on the date 
on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United 
States [Jan. 1, 1995].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2411, 3512 of this title.
