PRESIDENTIAL ACTION AFTER INVESTIGATIONS.

SEC. 202. PRESIDENTIAL ACTION AFTER INVESTIGATIONS. (a) After receiving a report from the Commission containing an affirmative finding under section 201(b) that increased imports have been a substantial cause of serious injury or the threat thereof with respect to an industry, the President— (1) (A) shall provide import relief for such industry pursuant to section 203, unless he determines that provision of such relief is not in the national economic interest of the United States, and (B) shall evaluate the extent to which adjustment assistance has been made available (or can be made available.) under chapters 2, 3, and 4 of this title to the workers and firms in such industry and to the communities in which such workers and firms are located, and, after such evaluation, may direct the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce that expeditious consideration be given to the petitions for adjustment assistance; or (2) if the Commission, under section 201(d), recommends the provision of adjustment assistance, shall direct the Secretaries of Labor and Commerce as described in paragraph (1) (B). (b) Within 60 days (30 days in the case of a supplemental report under subsection (d)) after receiving a report from the Commission containing an affirmative finding under section 201(b) (or a finding under section 201(b) which he considers to be an affirmative finding, by reason of section 330(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, within such 60-day (or 30-day) period), the President shall— (1) determine what method and amount of import relief he will provide, or determine that the provision of such relief is not in the national economic interest of the United States, and whether he will direct expeditious consideration of adjustment assistance petitions, and publish in the Federal Register that he has made such determination; or (2) if such report recommends the provision of adjustment assistance, publish in the Federal Register his order to the Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Commerce for expeditious consideration of petitions. (c) In determining whether to provide import relief and what method and amount of import relief he will provide pursuant to section 203, the President, shall take into account, in addition to such other considerations as he may deem relevant— (1) information and advice from the Secretary of Labor on the extent to which workers in the industry have applied for, are receiving, or are likely to receive adjustment assistance under chapter 2 or benefits from other manpower programs; (2) information and advice from the Secretary of Commerce on the extent to which firms in the industry have applied for, are receiving, or are likely to receive adjustment assistance under chapters 3 and 4; (3) the probable effectiveness of import relief as a means to promote adjustment, the efforts being made or to be implemented y the industry concerned to adjust to import competition, and other considerations relative to the position of the industry in the Nation’s economy; 88 Stat. 2015 (4) the effect of import relief on consumers (including the price and availability of the imported article and the like or directly competitive article produced in the United States) and on competition in the domestic markets for such articles; (5) the effect of import relief on the international economic interests of the United States; (6) the impact on United States industries and firms as a consequence of any possible modification of duties or other import restrictions which may result from international obligations with respect to compensation; (7) the geographic concentration of imported products marketed in the United States; (8) the extent to which the United States market is the focal point for exports of such article by reason of restraints on exerts of such article to, or on imports of such article into, third country markets; and (9) the economic and social costs which would be incurred by taxpayers, communities, and workers, if import relief were or were not provided. (d) The President may, within 15 days after the date on which he receives an affirmative finding of the Commission under section 201(b) with respect to an industry, request additional information from the Commission. The Commission shall, as soon as practicable but in no event more than 30 days after the date on which it receives the President’s request, furnish additional information with respect to such industry in a supplemental report.