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# 50 U.S.C. § 98h4 - Importation of strategic and critical ma­terials
## Text
The President may not prohibit or regulate the importation into the United States of any material determined to be strategic and critical pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, if such material is the product of any foreign country or area not listed in general note 3(b) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202), for so long as the importation into the United States of material of that kind which is the product of a country or area listed in such general note is not prohibited by any provision of law.
(June 7, 1939, ch. 190, § 13, formerly § 10, as added Pub. L. 92156, title V, § 503(2), Nov. 17, 1971, 85 Stat. 427; renumbered § 13, Pub. L. 9641, § 2(b)(1), July 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 324; amended Pub. L. 100180, div. C, title II, § 3206(b), (c), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1247; Pub. L. 100418, title I, § 1214(o), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1159; Pub. L. 104201, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3313, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2857.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
References in TextThe Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, referred to in text, is not set out in the Code. See Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule note set out under section 1202 of Title 19, Customs Duties.
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 98h1 of this title.
Amendments1996—Pub. L. 104201 substituted “not listed in general note” for “not listed as a Communist-dominated country or area in general note” and “product of a country or area listed in such general note” for “product of such Communist-dominated countries or areas”. 1988—Pub. L. 100418 substituted “general note 3(b) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States” for “general headnote 3(d) of the Tariff Schedules of the United States”. 1987—Pub. L. 100180 inserted section catchline and, in text, substituted “The President” for “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after January 1, 1972, the President”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1988 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 100418 effective Jan. 1, 1989, and applicable with respect to articles entered on or after such date, see section 1217(b)(1) of Pub. L. 100418, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3001 of Title 19, Customs Duties.