                        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. 2355. Assistance to industry; authorization of 
        appropriations
        

(a) Technical assistance

    The Secretary may provide technical assistance, on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate, for the establishment of 
industrywide programs for new product development, new process 
development, export development, or other uses consistent with the 
purposes of this part. Such technical assistance may be provided through 
existing agencies, private individuals, firms, universities and 
institutions, and by grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to 
associations, unions, or other nonprofit industry organizations in which 
a substantial number of firms or workers have been certified as eligible 
to apply for adjustment assistance under section 2273 or 2341 of this 
title.

(b) Expenditures

    Expenditures for technical assistance under this section may be up 
to $10,000,000 annually per industry and shall be made under such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate.

(Pub. L. 93-618, title II, Sec. 265, as added Pub. L. 97-35, title XXV, 
Sec. 2527, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 893; amended Pub. L. 98-369, div. B, 
title VI, Sec. 2673, July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1172.)


                               Amendments

    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2673(1), inserted ``or 
workers'' after ``of firms'' and inserted reference to section 2273 of 
this title.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2673(2), substituted 
``$10,000,000'' for ``$2,000,000''.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Aug. 13, 1981, except as otherwise provided with 
respect to applications for adjustment assistance, see section 2529 of 
Pub. L. 97-35, set out as an Effective Date of 1981 Amendment note under 
section 2343 of this title.


                            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.
