Trade Readjustment and Development Enhancement for America's Communities Act of 2003
Latest action · Jun 19, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 19, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Trade Readjustment and Development Enhancement for America's Communities Act of 2003 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) provide leadership, support, and coordination for a comprehensive management program to address economic dislocation in eligible communities; (2) coordinate the Federal response, and provide technical assistance, to eligible communities; (3) establish specific criteria for submission and evaluation of strategic plans; (4) administer grant programs established by this Act; (5) establish an interagency Community Trade Readjustment and Development Enhancement Working Group to examine other options for addressing trade impacts on communities; and (6) determine if a community that files an application is negatively impacted by trade and, if so, to certify the community as eligible for assistance. Sets forth: (1) criteria for making that determination; and (2) priorities in making grants, with preference to rural communities.
Repeals the continued dumping and subsidy offset program (under which sums are distributed to affected domestic producers).
Establishes the Community Trade Readjustment and Development Enhancement Trust Fund, which shall be available for the payment of readjustment assistance to communities.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 19, 2003 to Jun 26, 2003, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Jun 19, 2003 |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Jun 26, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Jun 19, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Jun 19, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8242-8243)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Administrative procedure
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Business cycles
- Commerce
- Community development
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Commerce
- Depressed areas
- Diversification in industry
- Economic development
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fisheries
- Fishing boats
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Grants-in-aid
- Housing and Community Development
- Infrastructure
- Investment of public funds
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Strategic planning
- Trade adjustment assistance
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