The President is authorized to establish or designate within the Department of Commerce an office that shall be responsible for providing administrative assistance to panels established under chapter 20 of the Agreement. The office may not be considered to be an agency for purposes of section 552 of title 5.
There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2005 to the Department of Commerce such sums as may be necessary for the establishment and operations of the office established or designated under subsection (a) and for the payment of the United States share of the expenses of panels established under chapter 20 of the Agreement.
(Pub. L. 109–53, title I, §105, Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 466.)
For termination of section by section 107(d) of Pub. L. 109–53, see Effective and Termination Dates note below.
Sections: Previous 3913 4001 4002 4011 4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4031 4032 4033 4034 4035 4036 Next
Last modified: October 26, 2015