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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 1898

PUBLIC LAW 100-449—SEPT. 28, 1988 (2) If on the date on which the Agreement should cease to be in force a binational panel review under article 1904 of the Agreement is pending, or has been requested, with respect to a determination to which section 516A(g)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (as added by this Act) applies, such determination shall be reviewable under section 516A(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930. In the case of a determination to which the provisions of this paragraph apply, the time limits for commencing an action under section 516A(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 shall not begin to run until the date on which the Agreement ceases to be in force.

19 USC 2112 note.

TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATES AND SEVERABILITY SEC. 501. EFFECTIVE DATES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the provisions of this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on the date the Agreement enters into force. (h) EXCEPTIONS.—Sections 1 and 2, title I, section 304 (except subsection (f)), section 309, this section and section 502 shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. (c) TERMINATION OF PROVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS IF AGREEMENT

TERMINATES.—On the date on which the Agreement ceases to be in force, the provisions of this Act (other than this subsection and section 410(b)), and the amendments made by this Act, shall cease to have effect. SEC. 502. SEVERABILITY.

If any provision of this Act, any amendment made by this Act, or the application of such a provision or amendment to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the remainder of this Act, the remaining amendments made by this Act, and the application of such provision or amendment to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. Approved September 28, 1988.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5090: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-816, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Ways and Means), Pt. 2 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs), Pt. 3 (Comm. on Foreign Affairs), Pt. 4 (Comm. on the Judiciary), Pt. 5 (Comm. on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs), Pt. 6 (Comm. on Government Operations), Pt. 7 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce), and Pt. 8 (Comm. on Agriculture). SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-509 (Comm. on Finance; Comm. on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources; and Comm. on Governmental Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): Aug. 9, considered and passed House. Sept. 19, considered and passed Senate.