HR 4156 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act

Introduced Oct 27, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Adam Smith D-WA

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Latest action · Mar 24, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedOct 27, 2005
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment assistance (TAA) to workers in a service sector firm, its subdivision, or a public agency.

Revises group eligibility requirements for TAA to cover: (1) a shift, by a public agency to a foreign country, of production of articles or in provision of services, like or directly competitive with articles which are produced, or services which are provided by the workers' firm, subdivision, or public agency; and (2) the situation where the workers' firm, subdivision, or public agency obtains or is likely to obtain such services from a foreign country.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to certify as eligible to apply for TAA any adversely affected secondary workers in a service sector firm, its subdivision, or a public agency.

Specifies criteria for determination of the existence of increased imports of like or directly competitive articles or services.

Increases the amount of payments for training of adversely affected workers under the Act.

Authorizes the Secretary to waive training requirements for an individual receiving TAA if he or she has an advanced degree or postgraduate certification in a specialized field and there is a reasonable expectation of employment at equivalent wages in the foreseeable future.

Permits as a training program for an adversely affected worker continued enrollment for up to 104 weeks at an institution of higher education to obtain a degree, if there is a reasonable expectation of employment at equivalent wages in the foreseeable future.

Modifies the demonstration project for alternative TAA for older workers.

Directs the Secretary to implement a system to collect data on all adversely affected workers applying for or receiving TAA.

Provides for industry-wide certification of workers, including agricultural commodity producers, for TAA where bilateral or other safeguard provisions are invoked or antidumping or countervailing duties have been imposed.

Extends the TAA program through FY2012.

Establishes the Office of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Advisor in the Department of Labor.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the credit for health insurance costs of certain TAA recipients.

Cosponsors 110

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 27, 2005 to Sep 7, 2006; 75 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ALArtur DavisOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalOct 27, 2005
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NCBob EtheridgeOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NCBrad MillerOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-WABrian BairdOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-OKDan BorenOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ORDarlene HooleyOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CADennis A. CardozaOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-HIEd CaseOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-TXGene GreenOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.OriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CAJane HarmanOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-WAJay InsleeOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ILJerry F. CostelloOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-UTJim MathesonOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ILMelissa L. BeanOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NCMike McIntyreOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ARMike RossOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-WANorman D. DicksOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-VARick BoucherOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-WARick LarsenOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-WIRon KindOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-NJRush HoltOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MORuss CarnahanOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-SDStephanie Herseth SandlinOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-OHTed StricklandOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-PATim HoldenOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-OHTim RyanOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-ARVic SnyderOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOriginalOct 27, 2005
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerNov 4, 2005
D-VAJames P. MoranNov 4, 2005
D-FLJim DavisNov 4, 2005
D-GAJohn BarrowNov 4, 2005
D-CAMichael M. HondaNov 4, 2005
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzNov 10, 2005
D-TNJim CooperNov 10, 2005
D-NYJose E. SerranoNov 10, 2005
D-CAZoe LofgrenNov 10, 2005
D-CAAdam B. SchiffNov 18, 2005
D-MIBart StupakNov 18, 2005
D-GADavid ScottNov 18, 2005
D-CODiana DeGetteNov 18, 2005
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoNov 18, 2005
D-MNJames L. OberstarNov 18, 2005
D-MAJames P. McGovernNov 18, 2005
D-ILLane EvansNov 18, 2005
D-COMark UdallNov 18, 2005
D-HINeil AbercrombieNov 18, 2005
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioNov 18, 2005
D-NJRobert MenendezNov 18, 2005
D-OHSherrod BrownNov 18, 2005
D-NYTimothy H. BishopNov 18, 2005
D-ILDaniel LipinskiFeb 8, 2006
D-MABarney FrankFeb 15, 2006
D-GAJohn LewisMar 1, 2006
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterMar 1, 2006
D-PARobert A. BradyMar 1, 2006
D-MDElijah E. CummingsMar 2, 2006
D-MOIke SkeltonMar 9, 2006
D-PAMichael F. DoyleMar 9, 2006
D-WIGwen MooreApr 26, 2006
D-CAXavier BecerraApr 27, 2006
D-FLAllen BoydSep 7, 2006
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Sep 7, 2006

Committees 4

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Oct 27, 2005
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Oct 27, 2005
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred Mar 24, 2006
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
Referred Mar 24, 2006
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Oct 27, 2005
Health Subcommittee
Referred Nov 4, 2005
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Oct 27, 2005

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 24, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
  2. Mar 24, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
  3. Nov 4, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
  4. Oct 27, 2005Introduced in House
  5. Oct 27, 2005Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Government Reform, 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.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the trade adjustment assistance program to the service sector, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 27, 2005Introduced in House

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