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 PUBLIC LAW 107-43—SEPT. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 251 (1) UNITED STATES LAW TO PREVAIL IN CONFLICT.—No provision of the Agreement, nor the apphcation of any such provision to any person or circumstance, that is inconsistent with any law of the United States shall have effect. (2) CONSTRUCTION.— Nothing in this Act shall be construed— (A) to amend or modify any law of the United States; or (B) to limit any authority conferred under any law of the United States, unless specifically provided for in this Act. (b) RELATIONSHIP OF AGREEMENT TO STATE LAW. — (1) LEGAL CHALLENGE.— 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 Agreement, except in an action brought by the United States for the purpose of declaring such law or application invalid. (2) DEFINITION OF STATE LAW.— For purposes of this subsection, the term "State law" includes— (A) any law of a political subdivision of a State; and (B) any State law regulating or taxing the business of insurance. (c) EFFECT OF AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO PRIVATE REM- EDIES.— No person other than the United States— (1) shall have any cause of action or defense under the Agreement; or (2) 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 Agreement. SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 19 USC 2112 There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2001 to the Department of Commerce not more than $100,000 for the payment of the United States share of the expenses incurred in dispute settlement proceedings under article 17 of the Agreement. SEC. 403. IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS. 19 USC 2112 After the date of enactment of this Act— (1) the President may proclaim such actions; and (2) other appropriate officers of the United States may issue such regulations, as may be necessary to ensure that any provision of this Act, or amendment made by this Act, that takes effect on the date the Agreement enters into force is appropriately implemented on such date, but no such proclamation or regulation may have an effective date earlier than the date the Agreement enters into force. SEC. 404. EFFECTIVE DATES; EFFECT OF TERMINATION. 19 USC 2112 (a) EFFECTIVE DATES.— Except as provided in subsection (b), the provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect on the date the Agreement enters into force. (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Sections 1 through 3 and this title take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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