---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 2394"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "2394"
heading: "Firms relocating in foreign countries"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/2394"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Trade Act of 1974"
  - "Subchapter II — Relief from Injury Caused by Import Competition"
  - "Part 5"
---

# §2394. Firms relocating in foreign countries


Before moving productive facilities from the [United States](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) to a foreign [country](/usc/19/1677.md?p=3), every firm should—

- (1) provide notice of the move to its employees who are likely to be totally or partially separated as a result of the move at least 60 days before the date of such move, and
- (2) provide notice of the move to the [Secretary](/usc/19/2401.md?p=6) of Labor and the [Secretary](/usc/19/2401.md?p=6) of [Commerce](/usc/19/2481.md?p=10) on the same day it notifies employees under [paragraph (1)](#1).
- (b) [^1] It is the sense of the Congress that every such firm should—
  - (1) apply for and use all adjustment assistance for which it is eligible under this subchapter,
  - (2) offer employment opportunities in the [United States](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8), if any exist, to its employees who are totally or partially separated workers as a result of the move, and
  - (3) assist in relocating employees to other locations in the [United States](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) where employment opportunities exist.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. The first paragraph was not designated subsec. (a).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 283, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2041.)