                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 12--TRADE ACT OF 1974
 
     SUBCHAPTER II--RELIEF FROM INJURY CAUSED BY IMPORT COMPETITION
 
                Part 2--Adjustment Assistance for Workers
 
                      subpart c--general provisions
 
Sec. 2313. Payments to States


(a) Certification to Secretary of the Treasury for payment to 
        cooperating States

    The Secretary shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of 
the Treasury for payment to each cooperating State the sums necessary to 
enable such State as agent of the United States to make payments 
provided for by this part.

(b) Utilization or return of money

    All money paid a State under this section shall be used solely for 
the purposes for which it is paid; and money so paid which is not used 
for such purposes shall be returned, at the time specified in the 
agreement under this subpart, to the Secretary of the Treasury.

(c) Surety bonds

    Any agreement under this subpart may require any officer or employee 
of the State certifying payments or disbursing funds under the agreement 
or otherwise participating in the performance of the agreement, to give 
a surety bond to the United States in such amount as the Secretary may 
deem necessary, and may provide for the payment of the cost of such bond 
from funds for carrying out the purposes of this part.

(Pub. L. 93-618, title II, Sec. 241, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2025; Pub. 
L. 97-35, title XXV, Sec. 2513(b), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 889.)


                               Amendments

    1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-35 struck out provisions relating to 
payment to the State by the Secretary of the Treasury from the 
Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund prior to audit or settlement by the 
General Accounting Office.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-35 struck out provisions relating to 
crediting money returned to the Secretary of the Treasury to the 
Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund.


       Effective Date of 1981 Amendment and Transition Provisions

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-35 effective Aug. 1981, with transition 
provisions applicable, see section 2514 of Pub. L. 97-35, set out as a 
note under section 2291 of this title.


                            Termination Date

    No assistance, vouchers, allowances, or other payments may be 
provided under subparts A to C of this part after Sept. 30, 2001, see 
section 285 of Pub. L. 93-618, as amended, set out as a note preceding 
section 2271 of this title.
