                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                   CHAPTER 7--TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM
 
    SUBCHAPTER III--TARIFF ADJUSTMENT AND OTHER ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
 
                 Part II--Adjustment Assistance to Firms
 
Sec. 1918. Protective provisions


(a) Maintenance of records by recipients of assistance

    Each recipient of adjustment assistance under section 1913, 1914, or 
1917 \1\ of this title, shall keep records which fully disclose the 
amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds, if any, of 
such adjustment assistance, and which will facilitate an effective 
audit. The recipient shall also keep such other records as the Secretary 
of Commerce may prescribe.
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(b) Access to books, documents, papers, and records for purpose of audit 
        and examination

    The Secretary of Commerce and the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any 
books, documents, papers, and records of the recipient pertaining to 
adjustment assistance under sections 1913, 1914, and 1917 \1\ of this 
title.

(c) Certification of names and fees of attorneys, agents, and other 
        persons engaged for purpose of expediting applications for 
        assistance

    No adjustment assistance shall be extended under section 1913, 1914, 
or 1917 \1\ of this title to any firm unless the owners, partners, or 
officers certify to the Secretary of Commerce--
        (1) the names of any attorneys, agents, and other persons 
    engaged by or on behalf of the firm for the purpose of expediting 
    applications for such adjustment assistance, and
        (2) the fees paid or to be paid to any such person.

(d) Agreement with respect to employment of persons who occupied a 
        position, or engaged in activities which the Secretary of 
        Commerce determines involved discretion

    No financial assistance shall be provided to any firm under section 
1914 \1\ of this title unless the owners, partners, or officers shall 
execute an agreement binding them and the firm for a period of 2 years 
after such financial assistance is provided, to refrain from employing, 
tendering any office or employment to, or retaining for professional 
services any person who, on the date such assistance or any part thereof 
was provided, or within one year prior thereto, shall have served as an 
officer, attorney, agent, or employee occupying a position or engaging 
in activities which the Secretary of Commerce shall have determined 
involve discretion with respect to the provision of such financial 
assistance.

(Pub. L. 87-794, title III, Sec. 318, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 891.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 1913, 1914, and 1917 of this title, referred to in text, 
were repealed by Pub. L. 93-618, title VI, Sec. 602(e), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 
Stat. 2072. For provisions covering sections 1913 and 1914, see sections 
2343 and 2344 of this title, respectively.
    Section 1917 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a) to (c), was 
in the original ``section 317'', meaning section 317 of Pub. L. 87-794, 
which enacted section 1917 of this title and amended sections 172(b), 
6501(h), and 6511(d)(2)(A) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
