---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 307.1"
title: "13"
number: "307.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/307.1"
---

# §307.1. Purpose.


The purpose of Economic Adjustment Assistance Investments is to address the needs of communities experiencing adverse economic changes that may occur suddenly or over time, including those caused by:

- (a) Military base closures or realignments, defense contractor reductions in force, or U.S. Department of Energy defense-related funding reductions;
- (b) Federally Declared Disaster;
- (c) International trade;
- (d) Long-term economic deterioration;
- (e) Loss of a major community employer; or
- (f) **Loss of manufacturing jobs.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 56675, Sept. 27, 2006, as amended at 79 FR 76132, Dec. 19, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3211; 42 U.S.C. 3149; 42 U.S.C. 3161; 42 U.S.C. 3162; 42 U.S.C. 3233; Department of Commerce Organization Order 10-4.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 56675, Sept. 27, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 56675, Sept. 27, 2006, as amended at 79 FR 76132, Dec. 19, 2014]