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19 U.S.C. 2466a: Designation of sub-Saharan African countries for certain benefits

Created in 2000 by Public Law 93-618. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 19 U.S.C. 2703a, 19 U.S.C. 3721.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Office of the United States Trade Representative (1).

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2015

    • Pub. L. 114–27, §105(a), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, and added subpar. (B). (Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 114–27, §104(a), added subpar. (C). (Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 114–27, §104(b), added par. (3). (Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 114–27, §105(b), added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d). (Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015) Law text · (c), (d)
    • Pub. L. 114–27, §105(c), added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsec. (d) as (e). (Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015) Law text · (d), (e)

    2004

    • Pub. L. 108–274, §7(a)(2)(A), inserted "or former beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries" after "countries". (AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 108–274, §7(a)(2)(B), substituted "subchapter—" for "subchapter,", inserted par. (1) designation before "the terms", and added par. (2). (AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004) Law text · (c)

    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.