Concerns Over Numbering Changes Led to Pause in Reorganization of Customs Chapter in US Code
The Office of Law Revision Counsel found that people who refer to Title 19 tend to know the substance of the provisions by the section number, so a reorganization that would create a change in numbers “posed a greater concern than the OLRC was aware of,” Law Revision Counsel Ralph Seep said in an Oct. 29 e-mail. The OLRC planned to reorganize trade laws from a chronological system to chapters based on subject matter, but recently announced it would hold off (see 2010220050).
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“We are pausing to take another look at our proposed enumeration with an eye to easing this difficulty,” Seep said. The reorganization was originally scheduled for next spring. “In addition, there were substantive issues raised concerning the structure of the subtitle on International Trade Agreements,” he said. The OLRC “is awaiting feedback from a number of people well acquainted with the substance of Title 19,” he said.