2020 US Code
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. 3539 - Fund for WTO dispute settlements

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Citation 19 U.S.C. § 3539 (2020)
Section Name §3539. Fund for WTO dispute settlements
Section Text (a) Establishment of fund

There is established in the Treasury a fund for the payment of settlements under this section.

(b) Authority of USTR to pay settlements

Amounts in the fund established under subsection (a) shall be available, as provided in appropriations Acts, only for the payment by the United States Trade Representative of the amount of the total or partial settlement of any dispute pursuant to proceedings under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, if—

(1) in the case of a total or partial settlement in an amount of not more than $10,000,000, the Trade Representative certifies to the Secretary of the Treasury that the settlement is in the best interests of the United States; and

(2) in the case of a total or partial settlement in an amount of more than $10,000,000, the Trade Representative certifies to the Congress that the settlement is in the best interests of the United States.

(c) Appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to the fund established under subsection (a)—

(1) $50,000,000; and

(2) amounts equivalent to amounts recovered by the United States pursuant to the settlement of disputes pursuant to proceedings under the auspices of the World Trade Organization.


Amounts appropriated to the fund are authorized to remain available until expended.

(d) Management of fund

Sections 9601 and 9602(b) of title 26 shall apply to the fund established under subsection (a) to the same extent as such provisions apply to trust funds established under subchapter A of chapter 98 of such title.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 107–210, div. E, title L, §5201, Aug. 6, 2002, 116 Stat. 1047.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of the Trade Act of 2002, and not as part of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act which enacted this chapter.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within 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. 3539 - Fund for WTO dispute settlements
Contains section 3539
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 116 Stat. 1047
Public Law References Public Law 107-210
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