19 U.S.C. § 104
IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS IN ANTICIPATION OF ENTRY INTO FORCE AND INITIAL REGULATIONS.
“(a)Implementing Actions.—“(1)Proclamation authority.—After the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 3, 2003]—“(A) the President may proclaim such actions, and“(B) other appropriate officers of the United States Government may issue such regulations,as may be necessary to ensure that any provision of this Act, or amendment made by this Act, that takes effect on the date the Agreement enters into force [Jan. 1, 2004] is appropriately implemented on such date, but no such proclamation or regulation may have an effective date earlier than the date of entry into force.“(2)Waiver of 15-day restriction.—The 15-day restriction contained in section 103(b) on the taking effect of proclaimed actions is waived to the extent that the application of such restriction would prevent the taking effect on the date the Agreement enters into force of any action proclaimed under this section.“(b)Initial Regulations.—Initial regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the actions required by or authorized under this Act or proposed in the statement of administrative action referred to in section 101(a)(2) to implement the Agreement shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be issued within 1 year after the date of entry into force of the Agreement [Jan. 1, 2004]. In the case of any implementing action that takes effect on a date after the date of entry into force of the Agreement, initial regulations to carry out that action shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be issued within 1 year after such effective date.