                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 12--TRADE ACT OF 1974
 
     SUBCHAPTER II--RELIEF FROM INJURY CAUSED BY IMPORT COMPETITION
 
                 Part 3--Adjustment Assistance for Firms
 
Sec. 2343. Technical assistance


(a) Discretion of Secretary; types of assistance

    The Secretary may provide a firm, on terms and conditions as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate, with such technical assistance 
as in his judgment will carry out the purposes of this part with respect 
to the firm. The technical assistance furnished under this part may 
consist of one or more of the following:
        (1) Assistance to a firm in preparing its petition for 
    certification of eligibility under section 2341 of this title.
        (2) Assistance to a certified firm in developing a proposal for 
    its economic adjustment.
        (3) Assistance to a certified firm in the implementation of such 
    a proposal.

(b) Utilization of existing agencies, private individuals, etc., in 
        furnishing assistance; grants to intermediary organizations

    (1) The Secretary shall furnish technical assistance under this part 
through existing agencies and through private individuals, firms, or 
institutions (including private consulting services), or by grants to 
intermediary organizations (including Trade Adjustment Assistance 
Centers).
    (2) In the case of assistance furnished through private individuals, 
firms, or institutions (including private consulting services), the 
Secretary may share the cost thereof (but not more than 75 percent of 
such cost for assistance described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection 
(a) of this section may be borne by the United States).
    (3) The Secretary may make grants to intermediary organizations in 
order to defray up to 100 percent of administrative expenses incurred in 
providing such technical assistance to a firm.

(Pub. L. 93-618, title II, Sec. 253, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2031; Pub. 
L. 97-35, title XXV, Sec. 2521, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 890; Pub. L. 99-
272, title XIII, Sec. 13006(a)(3), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 304.)


                               Amendments

    1986--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 99-272 substituted ``such cost for 
assistance described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of this 
section'' for ``such cost''.
    1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-35 amended subsec. (a) generally, 
incorporating provisions formerly contained in subsec. (b) and, in those 
provisions, substituted discretionary language for non-discretionary 
language relating to the assistance furnished and allowed the giving of 
assistance to firms in the preparation of their petitions for 
certification of eligibility under section 2341 of this title.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-35 amended subsec. (b) generally, 
incorporating in pars. (1) and (2) provisions formerly contained in 
subsec. (c), inserted reference to grants to intermediary organizations 
(including Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers) in par. (1), and added 
par. (3). Provisions formerly contained in subsec. (b) were transferred 
to subsec. (a).
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97-35 struck out subsec. (c) and transferred 
the provisions to subsec. (b)(1) and (2).


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Section 2529 of Pub. L. 97-35 provided that:
    ``(a) Subject to subsection (b), the amendments made by this 
subtitle [subtitle B (Secs. 2521-2529) of title XXV of Pub. L. 97-35, 
enacting section 2355 of this title, amending this section and sections 
2344 to 2347 of this title, and repealing section 2353 of this title] 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 13, 
1981].
    ``(b) Applications for adjustment assistance under chapter 3 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974 [this part] which the Secretary of 
Commerce accepted for processing before the date of the enactment of 
this Act [Aug. 13, 1981] shall continue to be processed in accordance 
with the requirements of such chapter as in effect before such date of 
enactment.''


                            Termination Date

    No technical assistance to be provided under 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2350 of this title.
