Congress 107 - HR 3670 - Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, Farmers, Fishermen, Communities, and Firms Act of 2002

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Agricultural subsidies Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Authorization Business education Business income tax Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Commerce Dislocated workers Economic development Economics and Public Finance Employment tax credits Entrepreneurs Executive reorganization Farmers Federal aid to community development Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Fisheries Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Health Health insurance continuation Housing and Community Development Import relief Income tax Infrastructure Insurance premiums Job hunting Labor and Employment Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Medicaid Medical economics Medically uninsured Personal income tax Relocation of employees Rural economic development Small business Social Welfare Strategic planning Tax credits Taxation Trade adjustment assistance Unemployment insurance

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Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, Farmers, Fishermen, Communities, and Firms Act of 2002 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements with respect to: (1) agreements between the United States and cooperating States for certain services for workers adversely affected by import competition; (2) eligibility certification of a group of adversely affected workers for trade adjustment assistance; (3) payment to them of trade adjustment allowances; (4) training programs for them; and (5) the maximum amount of job search and relocation allowances payable to an adversely affected worker.

Provides for the eligibility certification for such assistance of adversely affected secondary workers employed at a downstream producer (a firm that performs additional, value-added production processes to articles produced by another firm) or a supplier.

Establishes a self-employment training pilot program to be administered by the Small Business Administration for adversely affected workers.

Reauthorizes the trade adjustment assistance program for firms adversely affected by import competition.

Revises eligibility requirements for certification of communities for trade adjustment assistance.

Establishes trade adjustment assistance programs for adversely affected groups of agricultural commodity producers and commercial fishermen or U.S. fish processors.

Establishes a program to provide 75 percent of the premium for COBRA continuation health coverage for workers (and their families) eligible for trade adjustment assistance.

Allows a State to elect to provide temporary coverage under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for: (1) certain uninsured workers; and (2) for the unsubsidized portion of COBRA continuation premiums.

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Jun 12, 2002

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3458-3459)
May 9, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
May 9, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Mar 5, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 4, 2002

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 4, 2002

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