§4648 Reports

Summary

The Interagency Labor Committee must send Congress a report no later than 180 days after January 29, 2020, and then every 180 days for 10 years unless changed under the rule below. Each report must say who is staffing the Committee and how it is helping build labor capacity with Mexico; describe Mexico’s budget resources for its labor reform and the deadlines in Mexico’s September 2019 policy statements and later policy statements; summarize petitions filed under the law and use of the USMCA rapid response tool (Annex 31‑A); give the latest assessment results required by the law; and, if the Independent Mexico Labor Expert Board makes a certain finding and the Committee disagrees, explain why and offer an oral briefing if asked. Five years after January 29, 2020, the Trade Representative and the Secretary of Labor may talk with the congressional committees about changing the report schedule, and with both committees’ approval they may switch to annual reports for the next five years. Within five years after the Committee is established, it must also give a full assessment of Mexico’s labor reform. That assessment must cover whether Mexico has reviewed and approved all collective bargaining agreements, handled prior labor disputes, set up and is operating the Federal Center for Conciliation and Labor Registration, established federal labor courts, and set up state conciliation centers and labor courts in every state. The report must include a strategic plan and recommendations to address any problems for the joint USMCA review on the sixth anniversary of the agreement.