Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-110

§4644 Assessments

Title 19 › CHAPTER 29 — UNITED STATES–MEXICO–CANADA AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION › SUBCHAPTER VI — LABOR MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT › Part A — Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement › § 4644

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

For ten years starting January 29, 2020, the Interagency Labor Committee must check twice a year whether Mexico is meeting its duties under Annex 23‑A of the USMCA. Five years after January 29, 2020, the committee can consult with the relevant congressional committees and, if both agree, switch to once‑a‑year checks for the last five years. Each review must cover whether Mexico gave enough money for its labor reform, including $176,000,000 for 2021, $325,000,000 for 2022, and $328,000,000 for 2023; whether legal challenges to the reform have succeeded in court; and whether federal and state labor courts, the registration body, and conciliation centers were set up on the timeline in Mexico’s September 2019 policy statements and later statements.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §4644

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(a)Ongoing assessments

For the 10-year period beginning on January 29, 2020, except as provided in subsection (b), the Interagency Labor Committee shall assess on a biannual basis the extent to which Mexico is in compliance with its obligations under Annex 23–A of the USMCA.

(b)Consultation relating to annual assessment

On or after the date that is 5 years after January 29, 2020, the Interagency Labor Committee may consult with the appropriate congressional committees with respect to the frequency of the assessment required under subsection (a) and, with the approval of both such committees, may conduct such assessment on an annual basis for the following 5 years.

(c)Matters to be included

The assessment required under subsection (a) shall also include each of the following:

(1)Whether Mexico is providing adequate funding to implement and enforce Mexico’s labor reform, including specifically whether Mexico has provided funding consistent with commitments made to contribute the following amounts for the labor reform implementation budget:

(A)$176,000,000 for 2021.

(B)$325,000,000 for 2022.

(C)$328,000,000 for 2023.

(2)The extent to which any legal challenges to Mexico’s labor reform have succeeded in that court system.

(3)The extent to which Mexico has implemented the federal and state labor courts, registration entity, and federal and state conciliation centers consistent with the timeline set forth for Mexico’s labor reform, 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.

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19 U.S.C. § 4644

Title 19, Customs Duties

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110