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legal/us/code/title-19/chapter-13/section-2577.md

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+title: "19 U.S.C. § 2577"
+description: "Definitions"
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+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: "2577"
+citation: "19 U.S.C. § 2577"
+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/s2577"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 19 U.S.C. § 2577 - Definitions
+
+## Text
+
+Notwithstanding section 2571 of this title, for purposes of this part—
+
+(1) NAFTA The term “NAFTA” means the North American Free Trade Agreement.
+
+(2) State The term “State” means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
+
+(Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 481, as added Pub. L. 103–182, title III, § 351(a), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2122.)