§ 360kk.
(a)
Promulgation of regulations
(1)
The Secretary shall by regulation prescribe performance standards for electronic products to control the emission of electronic product radiation from such products if he determines that such standards are necessary for the protection of the public health and safety. Such standards may include provisions for the testing of such products and the measurement of their electronic product radiation emissions, may require the attachment of warning signs and labels, and may require the provision of instructions for the installation, operation, and use of such products. Such standards may be prescribed from time to time whenever such determinations are made, but the first of such standards shall be prescribed prior to January 1, 1970. In the development of such standards, the Secretary shall consult with Federal and State departments and agencies having related responsibilities or interests and with appropriate professional organizations and interested persons, including representatives of industries and labor organizations which would be affected by such standards, and shall give consideration to—
(A)
the latest available scientific and medical data in the field of electronic product radiation;
(B)
the standards currently recommended by (i) other Federal agencies having responsibilities relating to the control and measurement of electronic product radiation, and (ii) public or private groups having an expertise in the field of electronic product radiation;
(C)
the reasonableness and technical feasibility of such standards as applied to a particular electronic product;
(D)
the adaptability of such standards to the need for uniformity and reliability of testing and measuring procedures and equipment; and
(E)
in the case of a component, or accessory described in paragraph (2)(B) of
section 360hh of this title, the performance of such article in the manufactured or assembled product for which it is designed.
(2)
The Secretary may prescribe different and individual performance standards, to the extent appropriate and feasible, for different electronic products so as to recognize their different operating characteristics and uses.
(3)
The performance standards prescribed under this section shall not apply to any electronic product which is intended solely for export if (A) such product and the outside of any shipping container used in the export of such product are labeled or tagged to show that such product is intended for export, and (B) such product meets all the applicable requirements of the country to which such product is intended for export.
(4)
The Secretary may by regulation amend or revoke any performance standard prescribed under this section.
(5)
The Secretary may exempt from the provisions of this section any electronic product intended for use by departments or agencies of the United States provided such department or agency has prescribed procurement specifications governing emissions of electronic product radiation and provided further that such product is of a type used solely or predominantly by departments or agencies of the United States.
(d)
Judicial review
(1)
In a case of actual controversy as to the validity of any regulation issued under this section prescribing, amending, or revoking a performance standard, any person who will be adversely affected by such regulation when it is effective may at any time prior to the sixtieth day after such regulation is issued file a petition with the United States court of appeals for the circuit wherein such person resides or has his principal place of business, for a judicial review of such regulation. A copy of the petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Secretary or other officer designated by him for that purpose. The Secretary thereupon shall file in the court the record of the proceedings on which the Secretary based the regulation, as provided in
section 2112 of title 28.
(2)
If the petitioner applies to the court for leave to adduce additional evidence, and shows to the satisfaction of the court that such additional evidence is material and that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to adduce such evidence in the proceeding before the Secretary, the court may order such additional evidence (and evidence in rebuttal thereof) to be taken before the Secretary, and to be adduced upon the hearing, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as to the court may seem proper. The Secretary may modify his findings, or make new findings, by reason of the additional evidence so taken, and he shall file such modified or new findings, and his recommendations, if any, for the modification or setting aside of his original regulation, with the return of such additional evidence.
(3)
Upon the filing of the petition referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the court shall have jurisdiction to review the regulation in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5 and to grant appropriate relief as provided in such chapter.
(4)
The judgment of the court affirming or setting aside, in whole or in part, any such regulation of the Secretary shall be final, subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in
section 1254 of title 28.
(5)
Any action instituted under this subsection shall survive, notwithstanding any change in the person occupying the office of Secretary or any vacancy in such office.
(6)
The remedies provided for in this subsection shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedies provided by law.
([June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 534], formerly [act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 534], formerly § 358, as added [Pub. L. 90–602, § 2(3)], Oct. 18, 1968, [82 Stat. 1177]; amended [Pub. L. 91–515, title VI, § 601(b)(2)], (3), Oct. 30, 1970, [84 Stat. 1311]; renumbered § 534 and amended [Pub. L. 101–629, § 19(a)(1)(B)], (2)(B), (3), (4), Nov. 28, 1990, [104 Stat. 4529], 4530; [Pub. L. 103–80], §§ 3(w), 4(a)(2), Aug. 13, 1993, [107 Stat. 778], 779.)