Title 19 — Customs Duties
Part 5 · Chapter 12 — Trade Act of 1974
§ 2394. Firms relocating in foreign countries
Statutory text
Before moving productive facilities from the United States to a foreign country, every firm should—
provide notice of the move to its employees who are likely to be totally or partially separated as a result of the move at least 60 days before the date of such move, and
provide notice of the move to the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce on the same day it notifies employees under paragraph (1).
1 It is the sense of the Congress that every such firm should—
apply for and use all adjustment assistance for which it is eligible under this subchapter,
offer employment opportunities in the United States, if any exist, to its employees who are totally or partially separated workers as a result of the move, and
assist in relocating employees to other locations in the United States where employment opportunities exist.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. The first paragraph was not designated subsec. (a).
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.
Trade Act of 1974
Pub. L. 93–618 title II § 283 · 88 Stat. 1978
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 2394
(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 283, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2041.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 283, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2041.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 283. FIRMS RELOCATING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Before moving productive facilities from the United States to a foreign country, every firm should— (1) provide notice of the move to its employees who are likely to be totally or partially separated as a result of the move at least 60 days before the date of such move, and (2) provide notice of the move to the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce on the same day it notifies employees under paragraph (1). (b) It is the sense of the Congress that every such firm should— (1) apply for and use all adjustment assistance for which it is eligible under this title, (2) offer employment opportunities in the United States, if any exist, to its employees who are totally or partially separated workers as a result of the move, and (3) assist in relocating employees to other locations in the United States where employment opportunities exist.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision