Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-19/chapter-13/section-2576.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "19 U.S.C. § 2576"
+description: "General"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 19
+title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
+chapter_number: "13"
+chapter_name: "TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979"
+section: "2576"
+citation: "19 U.S.C. § 2576"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc19@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s2576"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-19/usc19.xml"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 19 U.S.C. § 2576 - General
+
+## Text
+
+(a) No bar to engaging in standards activity Nothing in this subpart shall be construed—
+
+(1) to prohibit a Federal agency from engaging in activity related to standards-related measures, including any such measure relating to safety, the protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers; or
+
+(2) to limit the authority of a Federal agency to determine the level it considers appropriate of safety or of protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers.
+
+(b) Exclusion This subpart does not apply to—
+
+(1) technical specifications prepared by a Federal agency for production or consumption requirements of the agency; or
+
+(2) sanitary or phytosanitary measures under subpart 1.
+
+(Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 471, as added Pub. L. 103–182, title III, § 351(a), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2120.)