---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 4649"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "4649"
heading: "Consultations on appointment and funding of rapid response labor panelists"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/4649"
units:
  - "Chapter 29 — United States–mexico–canada Agreement Implementation"
  - "Subchapter VI — Labor Monitoring and Enforcement"
  - "Part A — Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement"
---

# §4649. Consultations on appointment and funding of rapid response labor panelists

- (a) **In general—** The Interagency Labor Committee shall consult with the Labor Advisory Committee established under [section 2155(c)(1) of this title](/usc/19/2155.md?p=c-1) and the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations established under [section 2155(b) of this title](/usc/19/2155.md?p=b) (or successor advisory committees) and the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/19/4502.md?p=1) with respect to the selection and appointment of candidates for the rapid response labor panelists described in Annex 31–A of the [USMCA](/usc/19/4502.md?p=9).
- (b) **Funding—** The [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9), in consultation with [Mexico](/usc/19/4631.md?p=3), shall provide adequate funding for rapid response labor panelists to carry out the responsibilities under the [USMCA](/usc/19/4502.md?p=9) promptly and fully.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–113, title VII, § 719, Jan. 29, 2020, 134 Stat. 86.)