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19 U.S.C. 2242: Identification of countries that deny adequate protection, or market access, for intellectual property rights

Created in 1988 by Public Law 93-618. Changed by 5 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

6 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 15 U.S.C. 8113, 19 U.S.C. 2412, 46 U.S.C. 46106, 49 U.S.C. 5323, 49 U.S.C. 20171.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2020

    • Pub. L. 116–113, §506(a)(1), substituted "article 32.6 of the USMCA (as defined in section 4502 of this title)" for "article 2106 of the North American Free Trade Agreement". (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act) Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 116–113, §506(a)(2), substituted "article 32.6 of the USMCA" for "article 2106 of the North American Free Trade Agreement" in introductory provisions. (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act) Law text · (f)

    2016

    • Pub. L. 114–125, §610(a), inserted ", trade secrets," after "copyrights". (Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 114–125, §610(b)(1), added subsecs. (g) and (h) and struck out former subsec. (g). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (g) read as follows: "The Trade Representative shall, by not later than the date by which countries are identified under subsection (a), transmit to the … (Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015) Law text · (g), (h)

    1999

    • Pub. L. 106–113 substituted "Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office" for "Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks". (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) Law text · (b)

    1994

    • Pub. L. 103–465, §313(1), added par. (4). · (b)
    • Pub. L. 103–465, §313(2)(A), amended introductory provisions generally. Prior to amendment, introductory provisions read as follows: "A foreign country denies fair and equitable market access if the foreign country effectively denies access to a market for a product protected by a c… · (d)
    • Pub. L. 103–465, §313(2)(B), added par. (4). · (d)
    • Pub. L. 103–465, §313(3), added subsec. (g). · (g)

    1993

    • Pub. L. 103–182 added subsec. (f). · (f)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.