Title II — Extension of trade adjustment assistance program

S. 2964 · 113th Congress · Nov 20, 2014 · Lineage

II Extension of trade adjustment assistance program

A Extension provisions

Sec. 201 Extension of termination provisions

Section 285 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended by striking “2013” each place it appears and inserting “2020”.

Sec. 202 Training funds

Section 236(a)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(2)(A)) is amended—

(1)

in clause (i), by striking “and 2013” and inserting “through 2020”; and

(2)

in clause (ii), by striking “2013” each place it appears and inserting “2020”.

Sec. 203 Reemployment trade adjustment assistance

Section 246(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2318(b)(1)) is amended by striking “2013” and inserting “2020”.

Sec. 204 Authorizations of appropriations

(a)

Trade adjustment assistance for workers— Section 245(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(a)) is amended by striking “2013” and inserting “2020”.

(b)

Trade adjustment assistance for firms— Section 255(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2345(a)) is amended—

(1)

by striking “$16,000,000” and inserting “$50,000,000”;

(2)

by striking “and 2013” and inserting “through 2020”;

(3)

by striking “$4,000,000” and inserting “$6,250,000”; and

(4)

by striking “October 1, 2013, and ending on December 31, 2013” and inserting “October 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020”.

(c)

Trade adjustment assistance for communities— Section 272(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2372(a)) is amended—

(1)

by striking “and 2010” and inserting “through 2020”; and

(2)

by striking “October 1, 2010, and ending December 31, 2010” and inserting “October 1, 2020, and ending December 31, 2020”.

(d)

Trade adjustment assistance for farmers— Section 298(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2401g(a)) is amended—

(1)

by striking “and 2013” and inserting “through 2020”; and

(2)

by striking “October 1, 2013, and ending on December 31, 2013” and inserting “October 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020”.

B Other provisions

Sec. 211 Extension of trade adjustment assistance to public agency workers

(a)

Definitions— Section 247 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2319) is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (3)—

(A)

in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “The” and inserting “Subject to section 222(d)(5), the”; and

(B)

in subparagraph (A), by striking “or service sector firm” and inserting “, service sector firm, or public agency”; and

(2)

by adding at the end the following:

“(19) The term public agency means a department or agency of a State or local government or of the Federal Government, or a subdivision thereof.”

(b)

Group eligibility requirements— Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272) is amended—

(1)

by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively;

(2)

by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

“(c) Adversely affected workers in public agencies—A group of workers in a public agency shall be certified by the Secretary as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under this chapter pursuant to a petition filed under section 221 if the Secretary determines that—

“(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the public agency have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

“(2) the public agency has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly competitive with services which are supplied by such agency; and

“(3) the acquisition of services described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or threat of separation.”

(3)

in subsection (d) (as redesignated), by adding at the end the following:

“(5) Reference to firm—For purposes of subsections (a) and (b), the term firm does not include a public agency.”

(4)

in paragraph (2) of subsection (e) (as redesignated), by striking “subsection (a) or (b)” and inserting “subsection (a), (b), or (c)”.

Sec. 212 Limitations on trade readjustment allowances

(a)

Limitations— Section 233(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2293(a)) is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting after “104-week period” the following: “(or, in the case of an adversely affected worker who requires a program of remedial education (as described in section 236(a)(5)(D)) or a program of prerequisite education (as described in section 236(a)(5)(E)) in order to complete training approved for the worker under section 236, the 130-week period)”; and

(2)

in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “65 additional weeks” and inserting “78 additional weeks”.

(b)

Payment of trade readjustment allowances To complete training— Section 233(f) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2293(f)) is amended by striking “13” each place it appears and inserting “26”.

Sec. 213 Job search and relocation allowances

(a)

Job search allowances— Section 237 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2297) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a)(1)—

(A)

by striking “Each State” and all that follows through “an adversely affected worker” and inserting “An adversely affected worker”; and

(B)

by striking “to file” and inserting “may file”; and

(2)

in subsection (b)—

(A)

in paragraph (1), by striking “not more than 90 percent” and inserting “100 percent”; and

(B)

in paragraph (2), by striking “$1,250” and inserting “$1,500”.

(b)

Relocation allowances— Section 238 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2298) is amended—

(1)