Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73

§4648 Reports

Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 29— - UNITED STATES–MEXICO–CANADA AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - LABOR MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT › Part Part A— - Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement › § 4648

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Interagency Labor Committee must send a report to the right congressional committees every 180 days, starting within 180 days after January 29, 2020, and continuing for 10 years unless changed as described below. Each report must say what staff and training work the Committee is doing with Mexico; give budget information and deadlines tied to Mexico’s September 2019 policy statements and later related statements; summarize petitions filed under section 4646 and use of the rapid response labor process in Annex 31–A of the USMCA; report the results of the latest assessment under section 4644; and, if the Committee disagrees with a determination from the Independent Mexico Labor Expert Board under section 4674, explain why and agree to give an oral briefing if asked. Starting on or after the date 5 years after January 29, 2020, the Trade Representative and the Secretary of Labor may consult with Congress about changing the report schedule and, with both committees’ approval, switch to annual reports for the next 5 years. Within 5 years after the Interagency Labor Committee is established under section 4641(a), the Committee must send a full assessment of how Mexico’s labor reform has been carried out (including review of collective bargaining agreements; resolution of prior labor disputes; and whether the Federal Center for Conciliation and Labor Registration, federal labor courts, and state conciliation centers and labor courts exist and how they work) and a strategic plan with recommendations for the joint review under article 34.7 of the USMCA on the sixth anniversary of entry into force.

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Title 19, §4648

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(a)Not later than 180 days after January 29, 2020, and every 180 days thereafter for 10 years except as provided in subsection (b), the Interagency Labor Committee shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes—

(1)a description of Committee staffing and capacity building activities with Mexico;

(2)information regarding the budget resources for Mexico’s labor reform and the deadlines in the September 2019 policy statements by the Government of Mexico on a national strategy for implementation of the labor justice system and in subsequent policy statements in accordance with Mexico’s labor reform;

(3)a summary of petitions filed in accordance with section 4646 of this title and the use of the rapid response labor mechanism under Annex 31–A of the USMCA;

(4)the results of the most recent assessment conducted under section 4644 of this title; and

(5)if, with respect to any report of the Independent Mexico Labor Expert Board submitted under section 4674 of this title that includes a determination described in paragraph (2) of such section, the Interagency Labor Committee does not concur with such determination, an explanation of the reasons for not concurring in such determination and a commitment to provide an oral briefing with respect to such explanation upon request.

(b)On or after the date that is 5 years after January 29, 2020, the Trade Representative and the Secretary of Labor may consult with the appropriate congressional committees with respect to the frequency of the reports required under subsection (a) and, with the approval of both such committees, may submit such report on an annual basis for the following 5 years.

(c)Not later than the date that is 5 years after the date of the establishment of the Interagency Labor Committee pursuant to section 4641(a) of this title, the Committee shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees—

(1)a comprehensive assessment of the implementation of Mexico’s labor reform, including with respect to—

(A)whether Mexico has reviewed and legitimized all existing collective bargaining agreements in Mexico;

(B)whether Mexico has addressed the pre-existing legal or administrative labor disputes;

(C)whether Mexico has established the Federal Center for Conciliation and Labor Registration, and an assessment of that Center’s operation;

(D)whether Mexico has established the federal labor courts, and an assessment of their operation; and

(E)whether Mexico has established the state conciliation centers and labor courts in all states and an assessment of their operation; and

(2)a strategic plan and recommendations for actions to address areas of concern relating to the implementation of Mexico’s labor reform, for purposes of the joint review conducted pursuant to article 34.7 of the USMCA on the sixth anniversary of the entry into force of the USMCA.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 4648

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73