19 U.S.C. § 4012
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- (a)
- (b)
- (1)No State law, or the application thereof, may be declared invalid as to any person or circumstance on the ground that the provision or application is inconsistent with the Agreement, except in an action brought by the United States for the purpose of declaring such law or application invalid.
- (2)For purposes of this subsection, the term “State law” includes—
- (c)No person other than the United States—
- (1)shall have any cause of action or defense under the Agreement or by virtue of congressional approval thereof; or
- (2)may challenge, in any action brought under any provision of law, any action or inaction by any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the United States, any State, or any political subdivision of a State, on the ground that such action or inaction is inconsistent with the Agreement.