3.0.0 1807 2023-01-15T23:18:03Z 2023-01-15T23:18:03Z House H HR 2003-04-11 108 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2003-04-22T14:40:31Z Referred to 2003-04-11T14:06:35Z 2003-04-22 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2003-04-11 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2003-04-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-04-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000569 Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26] THOMAS REYNOLDS R NY M. 26 N G000280 Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] VIRGIL GOODE R VA H. 5 2003-05-09 False E000187 Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PHIL ENGLISH R PA 3 2003-05-09 False G000210 Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] PAUL GILLMOR R OH E. 5 2003-05-13 False M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 2003-05-13 False G000545 Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8] MARK GREEN R WI 8 2003-06-10 False S000033 Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] Bernard Sanders I VT 0 2003-07-08 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Business education Commerce Economics and Public Finance Entrepreneurs Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Labor and Employment Self-employed Subsidies Trade adjustment assistance Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2003-04-11 Introduced in House 2003-11-18T19:28:03Z Trade Adjustment Assistance for Self-Employment Act of 2003 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish an alternative trade adjustment assistance program for workers that provides for self-employment training and funds to pay, in whole or in part, the start up costs attributable to the individual's business enterprise.

Requires the Secretary to provide the opportunity for one or more workers in a group of workers on whose behalf a petition is filed for a trade adjustment assistance application eligibility to request that the individual workers be certified for the alternative trade adjustment assistance program.

Requires a worker covered by an group trade adjustment assistance eligibility certification who elects to receive alternative trade adjustment assistance program benefits to: (1) submit a self-employment business plan to the appropriate State agency for approval; (2) be likely to obtain self-employment in accordance with such plan within 26 weeks after separation from the adversely affected employment; (3) be likely to engage in self-employment on a full-time basis; and (4) be likely not to return to the employment from which the worker was separated.

Limits the total amount of payments made on behalf of a worker during the two-year eligibility period to: (1) $2,500 per worker for training costs; and (2) $10,000 per worker for start-up costs. Prohibits any other trade adjustment assistance benefits for a worker accepting alternative benefits under this Act.

]]> Trade Adjustment Assistance for Self-Employment Act of 2003 Display Title Trade Adjustment Assistance for Self-Employment Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To amend the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974 to establish a demonstration project to provide self-employment training and assistance to eligible adversely affected workers. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Trade Adjustment Assistance for Self-Employment Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-04-11T04:00:00Z 2003-04-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.