Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act
Latest action · Nov 9, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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.
- IntroducedOct 10, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to allow the filing of a petition with the Secretary of Labor for certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) by adversely affected 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) instances where the workers' firm, subdivision, or public agency obtains or is likely to obtain such services from a foreign country.
Provides for industry-wide certification of adversely affected workers for TAA.
Increases the amount of payments for training of adversely affected workers under the Act.
TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the tax credit for the health insurance costs of certain TAA workers and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) pension recipients.
Sets forth requirements to prevent a lapse of health care coverage for TAA workers and their families.
Replaces alternative trade adjustment assistance for older workers provisions with eligibility requirements for wage insurance benefits to older workers who have received an industry-wide certification to apply for TAA.
Increases the maximum allowance to cover costs of an adversely affected worker for job search expenses and relocation expenses.
Establishes an Office of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Ombudsman.
Extends the TAA program for workers through FY2012.
Revises the TAA program for communities negatively impacted by trade. Establishes a TAA for communities program to coordinate the federal response.
Allows the filing of a petition with the Secretary of Commerce for certification of eligibility to apply for TAA by a service sector firm. Extends the TAA program for firms through FY2012.
Extends the TAA program for farmers through FY2012.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 10, 2007 to Oct 24, 2007; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-IL | Melissa L. Bean | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Oct 24, 2007 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 10, 2007 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Nov 9, 2007 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Oct 10, 2007 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Oct 10, 2007 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Oct 10, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 9, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Oct 10, 2007Introduced in House
- Oct 10, 2007Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight 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.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1848 | Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jul 23, 2007 |
| HR 3920 | Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007 | Related bill | Nov 8, 2007 |
| HR 3943 | Trade Adjustment Assistance and Training Improvements Act of 2007 | Related bill | Nov 9, 2007 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to address the impact of globalization, to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Administrative remedies
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Aquaculture
- Authorization
- Commerce
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Labor
- Dislocated workers
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee health benefits
- Executive reorganization
- Farmers
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fisheries
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health insurance continuation
- Income tax
- Job hunting
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Occupational retraining
- Older workers
- Ombudsman
- Relocation
- Retiree health benefits
- Service industries
- Social Welfare
- Tax credits
- Taxation
- Trade adjustment assistance
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 10, 2007Introduced in House
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