19 U.S.C. § 4011: Approval and entry into force of the Agreement

(a) Approval of Agreement and statement of administrative actionPursuant to section 3805 of this title and section 2191 of this title, the Congress approves—(1) the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement entered into on August 5, 2004, with the Governments of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and submitted to the Congress on June 23, 2005; and (2) the statement of administrative action proposed to implement the Agreement that was submitted to the Congress on June 23, 2005. (b) Conditions for entry into force of the AgreementAt such time as the President determines that countries listed in subsection (a)(1) have taken measures necessary to comply with the provisions of the Agreement that are to take effect on the date on which the Agreement enters into force, the President is authorized to provide for the Agreement to enter into force with respect to those countries that provide for the Agreement to enter into force for them.