# § 2355. Assistance to industries
**(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.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 265, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XXV, § 2527, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 893; amended Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VI, § 2673, July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1172; temporarily renumbered § 262, Pub. L. 111–5, div. B, title I, § 1864(a)(2), Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 397, and Pub. L. 112–40, title II, § 201(b), (c), Oct. 21, 2011, 125 Stat. 403, and Pub. L. 114–27, title IV, § 402(b), (c), June 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 374.)
### Termination of Assistance
For termination of assistance under this part after , see Termination Date note below.
## Editorial Notes
### Codification
Source credit of reflects the , reversion to section number in effect on . See Effective and Termination Dates of 2015 Revival note below.
, which provided for the , revival of the numbering of this section as in effect on , was repealed by , , , and the renumbering of this section, as in effect on , was temporarily revived, effective , until , by , §§ 402(b), (c), 406. See Effective and Termination Dates of 2015 Revival notes below.
, which provided for , termination of renumbering by , was repealed by , , , and the renumbering of this section by was temporarily revived, effective , until , by , §§ 201(b), (c), 233. See Effective and Termination Dates of 2011 Revival notes below.
### Amendments
1984—Subsec. (a). , inserted “or workers” after “of firms” and inserted reference to .
Subsec. (b). , substituted “$10,000,000” for “$2,000,000”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective and Termination Dates of 2015 Revival
For revival and applicability, beginning on , of the provisions of this section as in effect on , see section 402(b), (c) of , set out as a note preceding .
For reversion, beginning on , to the provisions of this section as in effect on , with certain exceptions and subject to , see , set out as a note preceding .
### Effective and Termination Dates of 2011 Revival
For revival and applicability, beginning on , of the provisions of this section as in effect on , see section 201(b), (c) of , set out as a note preceding .
, formerly set out as a note preceding , which provided for the reversion, beginning on , of the provisions of this section to those in effect on , subject to certain exceptions, was repealed by , , , effective . See Codification note above.
### Effective Date
Section effective , except as otherwise provided with respect to applications for adjustment assistance, see , set out as an Effective Date of 1981 Amendment note under .
### Termination Date
Except as otherwise provided, technical assistance and grants may not be provided under this part after , see , as modified by , set out as notes preceding .