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

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
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-29/section-4516.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "19 U.S.C. § 4516"
+description: "Trade Representative authority"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 19
+title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
+chapter_number: "29"
+chapter_name: "UNITED STATES–MEXICO–CANADA AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION"
+section: "4516"
+citation: "19 U.S.C. § 4516"
+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/s4516"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-19/usc19.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 19 U.S.C. § 4516 - Trade Representative authority
+
+## Text
+
+If a country (other than the United States) that has signed the USMCA does not enact implementing legislation, the Trade Representative is authorized to enter into negotiations with the other country that has signed the USMCA to consider how the applicable provisions of the USMCA can come into force with respect to the United States and that other country as promptly as possible.
+
+(Pub. L. 116–113, title I, § 106, Jan. 29, 2020, 134 Stat. 19.)