Federal · Title 19 — Customs Duties

19 U.S.C. § 4512: Relationship of the USMCA to United States and State law

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No provision of the USMCA, nor the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance, which is inconsistent with any law of the United States, shall have effect. to amend or modify any law of the United States, or to limit any authority conferred under any law of the United States, No State law, or the application thereof, may be declared invalid as to any person or circumstance on the ground that the provision or application is inconsistent with the USMCA, except in an action brought by the United States for the purpose of declaring such law or application invalid. any law of a political subdivision of a State; and any State law regulating or taxing the business of insurance. shall have any cause of action or defense under the USMCA or by virtue of congressional approval thereof; or may challenge, in any action brought under any provision of law, any action or inaction by any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the United States, any State, or any political subdivision of a State, on the ground that such action or inaction is inconsistent with the USMCA.

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