---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 4693"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "4693"
heading: "Final remedies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/4693"
units:
  - "Chapter 29 — United States–mexico–canada Agreement Implementation"
  - "Subchapter VI — Labor Monitoring and Enforcement"
  - "Part E — Enforcement Under Rapid Response Labor Mechanism"
---

# §4693. Final remedies

- (a) **In general—** If a rapid response labor panel constituted in accordance with Annex 31–A of the [USMCA](/usc/19/4502.md?p=9) determines with respect to a case that there has been a denial of rights within the meaning of such Annex, the [Trade Representative](/usc/19/4502.md?p=8) may, in consultation with the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/19/4502.md?p=1)—
  - (1) direct the [Secretary](/usc/19/1681.md?p=1) of the Treasury, until the date of the notification described in [subsection (b)](#b) and in accordance with Annex 31–A of the [USMCA](/usc/19/4502.md?p=9)—
    - (A) to—
      - (i) deny [entry](/usc/19/1677.md?p=23) to goods, produced wholly or in part, from any covered facility involved in such case; or
      - (ii) allow for the release of goods, produced wholly or in part, from such covered facilities only upon payment of duties and any penalty; and
    - (B) to apply any duties or penalties to customs [entries](/usc/19/1677.md?p=23) for which liquidation was suspended pursuant to [section 4692 of this title](/usc/19/4692.md); and
  - (2) apply other remedies that are appropriate and available under Annex 31–A of the [USMCA](/usc/19/4502.md?p=9), until the denial of rights with respect to the case has been remedied.
- (b) **Remediation notification—** The [Trade Representative](/usc/19/4502.md?p=8) shall promptly notify the [Secretary](/usc/19/1681.md?p=1) when the denial of rights with respect to a case described in [subsection (a)](#a) has been remedied.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–113, title VII, § 753, Jan. 29, 2020, 134 Stat. 90.)