Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73

§2394 Firms relocating in foreign countries

Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - TRADE ACT OF 1974 › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - RELIEF FROM INJURY CAUSED BY IMPORT COMPETITION › Part Part 5— - Miscellaneous Provisions › § 2394

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Before a company moves production from the United States to another country, it must give at least 60 days’ notice to employees who will likely lose all or part of their jobs. The company must also tell the U.S. Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce on the same day it notifies those employees. Congress expects such companies to apply for any adjustment help they qualify for under the law, to offer any available U.S. jobs to affected workers, and to help workers relocate to other U.S. places where jobs exist.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §2394

Customs Duties — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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)11 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.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 2394

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73