§ 1584. — Civil actions under the North American Free Trade Agreement or the United StatesCanada FreeTrade Agreement.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC1584]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
CHAPTER 95--COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Sec. 1584. Civil actions under the North American Free Trade
Agreement or the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement
The United States Court of International Trade shall have exclusive
jurisdiction of any civil action which arises under section 777(f) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 and is commenced by the United States to enforce
administrative sanctions levied for violation of a protective order or
an undertaking.
(Added Pub. L. 100-449, title IV, Sec. 402(d)(1), Sept. 28, 1988, 102
Stat. 1884; amended Pub. L. 103-182, title IV, Sec. 414(a)(2), Dec. 8,
1993, 107 Stat. 2147.)
References in Text
Section 777(f) of the Tariff Act of 1930, referred to in text, is
classified to section 1677f(f) of Title 19, Customs Duties.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1584, added Pub. L. 96-417, title II, Sec. 201, Oct.
10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1729, provided that if a civil action within the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade was commenced
in a district court of the United States, the district court, in the
interest of justice, was to transfer such civil action to the Court of
International Trade, where such action would proceed as if it had been
commenced in the Court of International Trade in the first instance, and
that if a civil action within the exclusive jurisdiction of a district
court, a court of appeals, or the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
was commenced in the Court of International Trade, the Court of
International Trade, in the interest of justice, would transfer such
civil action to the appropriate district court or court of appeals or to
the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals where such action was to proceed
as if it had been commenced in such court in the first instance, prior
to repeal by Pub. L. 97-164, title I, Sec. 135, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat.
41, effective Oct. 1, 1982.
Amendments
1993--Pub. L. 103-182 amended section catchline generally, inserting
``the North American Free Trade Agreement or'', and in text substituted
``section 777(f)'' for ``section 777(d)''.
Effective Date of 1993 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 103-182 effective on the date the North
American Free Trade Agreement enters into force with respect to the
United States [Jan. 1, 1994], but not applicable to any final
determination described in section 1516a(a)(1)(B) or (2)(B)(i), (ii), or
(iii) of Title 19, Customs Duties, notice of which is published in the
Federal Register before such date, or to a determination described in
section 1516a(a)(2)(B)(vi) of Title 19, notice of which is received by
the Government of Canada or Mexico before such date, or to any
binational panel review under the United States-Canada Free-Trade
Agreement, or to any extraordinary challenge arising out of any such
review that was commenced before such date, see section 416 of Pub. L.
103-182, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3431 of Title
19.
Effective and Termination Dates
Section effective on date United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement
enters into force (Jan. 1, 1989), and to cease to have effect on date
Agreement ceases to be in force, see section 501(a), (c) of Pub. L. 100-
449, set out in a note under section 2112 of Title 19, Customs Duties.
Effect of Termination of NAFTA Country Status
For provisions relating to effect of termination of NAFTA country
status on sections 401 to 416 of Pub. L. 103-182, see section 3451 of
Title 19, Customs Duties.
