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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Part 2 · Chapter 12 — Trade Act of 1974

§ 2313. Payments to States

Statutory text

(a)

Certification to Secretary of the Treasury for payment to cooperating States

The Secretary shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each cooperating State the sums necessary to enable such State as agent of the United States to make payments provided for by this part.

(b)

Utilization or return of money

All money paid a State under this section shall be used solely for the purposes for which it is paid; and money so paid which is not used for such purposes shall be returned, at the time specified in the agreement under this subpart, to the Secretary of the Treasury.

(c)

Surety bonds

Any agreement under this subpart may require any officer or employee of the State certifying payments or disbursing funds under the agreement or otherwise participating in the performance of the agreement, to give a surety bond to the United States in such amount as the Secretary may deem necessary, and may provide for the payment of the cost of such bond from funds for carrying out the purposes of this part.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Trade Act of 1974

    Pub. L. 93–618 title II § 241 · 88 Stat. 1978

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 2313

    Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 241, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2025

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 241, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2025

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 241. PAYMENTS TO STATES. (a) The Secretary shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each cooperating State the sums necessary to enable such State as agent of the United States to make payments provided for by this chapter. The Secretary of the Treasury, prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall make payment to the State from the Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund established in section 245 in accordance with such certification. (b) All money paid a State under this section shall be used solely for the purposes for which it is paid; and money so paid which is not used for such purposes shall be returned, at the time specified in the agreement under this subchapter, to the Secretary of the Treasury and credited to Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund. 19 USC 2314.(c) Any agreement under this subchapter may require any officer or employee of the State certifying payments or disbursing funds under the agreement or otherwise participating in the performance of the agreement, to give a surety bond to the United States in such amount as the Secretary may deem necessary, and may provide for the payment of the cost of such bond from funds for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.

  2. Pub. L. 97–35 title XXV § 2513(b) · 95 Stat. 357

    Struck · 19 U.S.C. § 2313(a)

    Pub. L. 97–35 struck out provisions relating to payment to the State by the Secretary of the Treasury from the Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–35 struck out provisions relating to payment to the State by the Secretary of the Treasury from the Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Section 241 of such Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2313) is amended by striking out the last sentence in subsection (a), and by striking out “and credited to Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund” in subsection (b).

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Aug. 1981, with transition provisions applicable, see section 2514 of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as a note under section 2291 of this title.

  3. Pub. L. 97–35 title XXV § 2513(b) · 95 Stat. 357

    Struck · 19 U.S.C. § 2313(b)

    Pub. L. 97–35 struck out provisions relating to crediting money returned to the Secretary of the Treasury to the Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–35 struck out provisions relating to crediting money returned to the Secretary of the Treasury to the Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Section 241 of such Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2313) is amended by striking out the last sentence in subsection (a), and by striking out “and credited to Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund” in subsection (b).

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Aug. 1981, with transition provisions applicable, see section 2514 of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as a note under section 2291 of this title.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1981—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–35 struck out provisions relating to payment to the State by the Secretary of the Treasury from the Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–35 struck out provisions relating to crediting money returned to the Secretary of the Treasury to the Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1981 Amendment and Transition Provisions

Amendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Aug. 1981, with transition provisions applicable, see section 2514 of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as a note under section 2291 of this title.

Termination Date

No trade adjustment assistance, vouchers, allowances, or other payments or benefits may be provided under this part after , except as otherwise provided, see section 285 of Pub. L. 93–618, as modified by section 406(a)(7) of Pub. L. 114–27, set out as notes preceding section 2271 of this title.

Credits

1975–1981 · 2 acts
  1. 1975Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 241, , 88 Stat. 2025
  2. 1981Pub. L. 97–35, title XXV, § 2513(b), , 95 Stat. 889.
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(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 241, , 88 Stat. 2025; Pub. L. 97–35, title XXV, § 2513(b), , 95 Stat. 889.)

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