US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

19 U.S.C. § 4013

Implementing actions in anticipation of entry into force and initial regulations

(a)

Implementing actions

(1)

Proclamation authority

After —
(A)
the President may proclaim such actions, and
(B)
other appropriate officers of the United States Government may issue such regulations,
as may be necessary to ensure that any provision of this chapter, or amendment made by this chapter, that takes effect on the date the Agreement enters into force is appropriately implemented on such date, but no such proclamation or regulation may have an effective date earlier than the date the Agreement enters into force.
(2)

Effective date of certain proclaimed actions

section 4014 of this titleAny action proclaimed by the President under the authority of this chapter that is not subject to the consultation and layover provisions under may not take effect before the 15th day after the date on which the text of the proclamation is published in the Federal Register.

(3)

Waiver of 15-day restriction

The 15-day restriction contained in paragraph (2) on the taking effect of proclaimed actions is waived to the extent that the application of such restriction would prevent the taking effect on the date the Agreement enters into force of any action proclaimed under this section.

(b)

Initial regulations

section 4011(a)(2) of this titleInitial regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the actions required by or authorized under this chapter or proposed in the statement of administrative action submitted under to implement the Agreement shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be issued within 1 year after the date on which the Agreement enters into force. In the case of any implementing action that takes effect on a date after the date on which the Agreement enters into force, initial regulations to carry out that action shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be issued within 1 year after such effective date.

Pub. L. 109–53, title I, § 103119 Stat. 465(, , .)

Termination of Section

section 107(d) of Pub. L. 109–53For termination of section by , see Effective and Termination Dates note below.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 109–53119 Stat. 462section 4001 of this titleThis chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (2) and (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective and Termination Dates

section 107 of Pub. L. 109–53section 4001 of this titleSection effective on the date the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement enters into force () and to cease to have effect on the date the Agreement ceases to be in force with respect to the United States, and, during any period in which a country ceases to be a CAFTA–DR country, to cease to have effect with respect to such country, see , set out as a note under .