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§ 2391. GAO study and report
(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 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) Assistance from Labor and Commerce Departments
(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 280, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2040.)
§ 2392. Adjustment Assistance Coordinating Committee

There is established the Adjustment Assistance Coordinating Committee to consist of a Deputy United States Trade Representative as Chairman, and the officials charged with adjustment assistance responsibilities of the Departments of Labor and Commerce and the Small Business Administration. It shall be the function of the Committee to coordinate the adjustment assistance policies, studies, and programs of the various agencies involved and to promote the efficient and effective delivery of adjustment assistance benefits.

(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 281, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2040; 1979 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 1(c), eff. Jan. 2, 1980, 44 F.R. 69274, 93 Stat. 1381.)
§ 2393. Trade monitoring system

The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor shall establish and maintain a program to monitor imports of articles into the United States which will reflect changes in the volume of such imports, the relation of such imports to changes in domestic production, changes in employment within domestic industries producing articles like or directly competitive with such imports, and the extent to which such changes in production and employment are concentrated in specific geographic regions of the United States. A summary of the information gathered under this section shall be published regularly and provided to the Adjustment Assistance Coordinating Committee, the International Trade Commission, and to the Congress.

(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 282, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2040; Pub. L. 111–5, div. B, title I, § 1804(a), Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 372; Pub. L. 112–40, title II, § 201(b), (c), Oct. 21, 2011, 125 Stat. 403; Pub. L. 114–27, title IV, § 402(b), (c), June 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 374.)
§ 2394. Firms relocating in foreign countriesBefore 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)1
1 So in original. The first paragraph was not designated subsec. (a).
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 subchapter,
(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.
(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 283, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2041.)
§ 2395. Judicial review
(a) Petition for review; time and place of filing
(b) Findings of fact by Secretary; conclusiveness; new or modified findings
(c) Determination; review by Supreme Court
(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 284, as added Pub. L. 96–417, title VI, § 613(a), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1746; amended Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 163(a)(5), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 103–182, title V, § 503(d), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2151; Pub. L. 107–210, div. A, title I, §§ 123(b)(4), 142(a), Aug. 6, 2002, 116 Stat. 944, 953; Pub. L. 108–429, title II, § 2004(a)(11)(A), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2590; Pub. L. 111–5, div. B, title I, § 1873(b)(1), Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 414; Pub. L. 112–40, title II, § 201(b), (c), Oct. 21, 2011, 125 Stat. 403; Pub. L. 114–27, title IV, § 402(b), (c), June 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 374.)
§ 2396. Omitted
§ 2397. Omitted
§ 2397a. Omitted