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[USC02] 19 USC 2515: Monitoring and enforcement
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19 USC 2515: Monitoring and enforcement Text contains those laws in effect on February 20, 2020
( Pub. L. 96–39, title III, §305, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 239 ; Pub. L. 100–418, title VII, §7003, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1548 ; Pub. L. 103–465, title III, §§341, 342(c), 343(c), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4951 , 4953, 4955; Pub. L. 104–295, §20(c)(10), (13), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3528 .)
1996-Subsec. (d)(2)(B), (C). Pub. L. 104–295, §20(c)(10), struck out "or" at end of subpar. (B) and substituted semicolon for period at end of subpar. (C).
1994-Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 103–465, §342(c), substituted "April 30 of each year," for "April 30, 1990, and annually on April 30 thereafter,".
"(3) Sanctions after dispute resolution fails.-
"(A) Failures resulting in sanctions.-If-
"(i) within 18 months from the date dispute settlement procedures are initiated with a signatory country pursuant to this section-
"(B) Sanctions.-
"(i) In general.-If subparagraph (A) applies to any signatory country-
"(ii) Time sanctions are imposed.-Any sanction-
1988-Subsecs. (d) to (k). Pub. L. 100–418, §§7003, 7004, temporarily added subsecs. (d) to (k) which read as follows:
"(d) Annual Report on Foreign Discrimination.-
"(1) Annual report required.-The President shall, no later than April 30 1990, and annually on April 30 thereafter, submit to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, as well as other appropriate Senate committees, a report on the extent to which foreign countries discriminate against United States products or services in making government procurements.
"(2) Identifications required.-In the annual report, the President shall identify (and continue to identify subject to subsections (f)(5) and (g)(3) of this section) any countries, other than least developed countries, that-
"(3) Considerations in making identifications.-In making the identifications required by paragraph (1), the President shall-
"(B) take into account, among other factors, whether and to what extent countries that are signatories to the Agreement, and other countries described in paragraph (1) of this subsection-
"(4) Contents of reports.-The reports required by this subsection shall include, with respect to each country identified under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1), the following:
"(5) Information and advice from government agencies and united states businesses.-In developing the annual reports required by this subsection, the President shall seek information and advice from executive agencies through the interagency trade organization established under section 1872(a) of this title, and from United States businesses in the United States and in countries that are signatories to the Agreement and in other foreign countries whose products or services are acquired in significant amounts by the United States Government.
"(6) Impact of noncompliance.-The President shall take into account, in identifying countries in the annual report and in any action required by this section, the relative impact of any noncompliance with the Agreement or of other discrimination on United States commerce and the extent to which such noncompliance or discrimination has impeded the ability of United States suppliers to participate in procurements on terms comparable to those available to suppliers of the country in question when seeking to sell goods or services to the United States Government.
"(7) Impact on procurement costs.-Such report shall also include an analysis of the impact on United States Government procurement costs that may occur as a consequence of any sanctions that may be required by subsection (f) or (g) of this section.
"(e) Consultation.-No later than the date the annual report is submitted under subsection (d)(1) of this section, the United States Trade Representative, on behalf of the United States, shall request consultations with any countries identified in the report to obtain their compliance with the Agreement or the elimination of their discriminatory procurement practices unless the country is identified as discriminatory pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of this section in the preceding annual report.
"(f) Procedures With Respect to Violations of Agreement.-
"(1) Initiation of dispute settlement procedures.-If, within 60 days after the annual report is submitted under subsection (d)(1) of this section, a signatory country identified pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(A) of this section has not complied with the Agreement, then the United States Trade Representative shall promptly request proceedings on the matter under the formal dispute settlement procedures provided under the Agreement unless such proceedings are already underway pursuant to the identification of the signatory country under subsection (d)(1) of this section as not in compliance in a preceding annual report.
"(2) Settlement of disputes.-If, before the end of a year following the initiation of dispute settlement procedures-
"(3) Sanctions after failure of dispute resolution.-If the dispute settlement procedures initiated pursuant to this subsection with any signatory country to the Agreement are not concluded within one year from their initiation or the country has not met the requirements of paragraph (2)(A) or (2)(B), then-
"(4) Withholding and modification of sanctions.-If the President determines that imposing or continuing the sanctions required by subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (3) would harm the public interest of the United States, the President may, to the extent necessary to apply appropriate limitations that are equivalent, in their effect, to the noncompliance with the Agreement by that signatory country-
"(5) Termination of sanctions and reinstatement of waivers.-The President may terminate the sanctions imposed under paragraph (3) or (4), reinstate the waiver of discriminatory purchasing requirements granted to that signatory country pursuant to section 2511(a) of this title, and remove that country from the report under subsection (d)(1) of this section at such time as the President determines that-
"(g) Procedures With Respect to Other Discrimination.-
"(1) Imposition of sanctions.-If, within 60 days after the annual report is submitted under subsection (d)(1) of this section, a country that is identified pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (C) of such subsection has not eliminated their discriminatory procurement practices, then, on the day after the end of such 60-day period-
"(2) Withholding and modification of sanctions.-If the President determines that imposing or continuing the sanction required by paragraph (1) would harm the public interest of the United States, the President may, to the extent necessary to impose appropriate limitations that are equivalent, in their effect, to the discrimination against United States products or services in government procurement by that country, modify or restrict the application of such sanction, subject to such terms and conditions as the President considers appropriate.
"(3) Termination of sanctions.-The President may terminate the sanctions imposed under paragraph (1) or (2) and remove a country from the report under subsection (d)(1) of this section at such time as the President determines that the country has eliminated the discrimination identified pursuant to subsection (d)(2)(B) or (C) of this section.
"(h) Limitations on Imposing Sanctions.-
"(1) Avoiding adverse impact on competition.-The President shall not take any action under subsection (f) or (g) of this section if the President determines that such action-
"(2) Advice from u.s. agencies and businesses.-The President, in taking any action under this subsection to limit government procurements from foreign countries, shall seek the advice of executive agencies through the interagency trade organization established under section 1872(a) of this title and the advice of United States businesses and other interested parties.
"(i) Renegotiation To Secure Full and Open Competition.-The President shall instruct the United States Trade Representative, in conducting renegotiations of the Agreement, to seek improvements in the Agreement that will secure full and open competition consistent with the requirements imposed by the amendments made by the Competition in Contracting Act (Public Law 98–369; 98 Stat. 1175).
"(j) Federal Register Notices of Actions.-
"(1) Notices required.-A notice shall be published in the Federal Register on the date of any action under this section, describing-
"(2) Publication of determinations lifting sanctions.-A notice describing the termination of any sanction under subsection (f)(5) or (g)(3) of this section shall include a copy of the President's determination under such subsection.
"(k) General Report on Actions Under This Section.-
"(1) Advice to congress.-The President shall, as necessary, advise the Congress and, by no later than April 30, 1994, submit to the the [sic] appropriate committees of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Governmental Affairs and other appropriate committees of the Senate, a general report on actions taken pursuant to this section.
"(2) Contents of report.-The general report required by this subsection shall include an evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness of actions taken pursuant to subsections (e), (f), and (g) of this section as a means toward eliminating discriminatory government procurement practices against United States businesses.
"(3) Legislative recommendations.-The general report may also include, if appropriate, legislative recommendations for enhancing the usefulness of this section or for other measures to be used as means for eliminating or responding to discriminatory foreign government procurement practices."
Pub. L. 96–609, title II, §205, Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3562 , provided that: "Notwithstanding subparagraph (1)(A) of subsection 5(a) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1979 (44 F.R. 69272, 93 Stat. 1381) [set out as a note under section 2171 of this title], the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate shall issue such advisory rulings and make such determinations as are authorized by subsection 305(b)(1) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2515(b)(1))."