                        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. 2348. Protective provisions


(a) Recordkeeping

    Each recipient of adjustment assistance under this part 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 may prescribe.

(b) Audit and examination

    The Secretary 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 this part.

(c) Certifications

    No adjustment assistance under this part shall be extended to any 
firm unless the owners, partners, or officers certify to the Secretary--
        (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) Conflicts of interest

    No financial assistance shall be provided to any firm under this 
part 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 
1 year prior thereto, shall have served as an officer, attorney, agent, 
or employee occupying a position or engaging in activities which the 
Secretary shall have determined involve discretion with respect to the 
provisions of such financial assistance.

(Pub. L. 93-618, title II, Sec. 258, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2033.)


                            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.
