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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Part 5 · Chapter 12 — Trade Act of 1974

§ 2391. GAO study and report

Statutory text

(a)

Adjustment assistance programs

The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the adjustment assistance programs established under parts 2, 3, and 4 of this subchapter and shall report the results of such study to the Congress no later than . Such report shall include an evaluation of—

(1)

the effectiveness of such programs in aiding workers, firms, and communities to adjust to changed economic conditions resulting from changes in the patterns of international trade; and

(2)

the coordination of the administration of such programs and other Government programs which provide unemployment compensation and relief to depressed areas.

(b)

Assistance from Labor and Commerce Departments

In carrying out his responsibilities under this section, the Comptroller General shall, to the extent practical, avail himself of the assistance of the Departments of Labor and Commerce. The Secretaries of Labor and Commerce shall make available to the Comptroller General any assistance necessary for an effective evaluation of the adjustment assistance programs established under this subchapter.

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 § 280 · 88 Stat. 1978

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 2391

    (Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 280, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2040.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 280, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2040.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Study, report to Congress.SEC. 280. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REPORT. Contents.(a) The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the adjustment assistance programs established under chapters 2, 3, and 4 of this title and shall report the results of such study 19 USC 2392. to the Congress no later than January 31, 1980. Such report shall include an evaluation of— (1) the effectiveness of such programs in aiding workers, firms, and communities to adjust to changed economic conditions resulting from changes in the patterns of international trade; and (2) the coordination of the administration of such programs and other Government programs which provide unemployment compensation and relief to depressed areas. (b) In carrying out his responsibilities under this section, the Comptroller General shall, to the extent practical, avail himself of the assistance of the Departments of Labor and Commerce. The Secretaries of Labor and Commerce shall make available to the Comptroller General any assistance necessary for an effective evaluation of the adjustment assistance programs established under this title.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 280, , 88 Stat. 2040.)

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