3.0.0 5718 2023-01-13T04:50:46Z 2023-01-13T04:50:46Z House H HR 2006-06-29 109 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-06-29T14:03:05Z 2006-06-29 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2006-06-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-06-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001029 Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8] ROBIN HAYES R NC 8 N C000556 Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] HOWARD COBLE R NC 6 2006-09-13 False T000067 Rep. Taylor, Charles H. [R-NC-11] CHARLES TAYLOR R NC H. 11 2006-09-13 False M001156 Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10] Patrick McHenry R NC 10 2006-09-13 False M001134 Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] SUE MYRICK R NC WILKINS 9 2006-09-13 False M000485 Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] MIKE MCINTYRE D NC 7 2006-09-13 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Administrative procedure Clothing Commerce Congressional reporting requirements Department of Labor Department of the Treasury Dislocated workers Employee health benefits Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Health Imports Income tax International Affairs Labor and Employment Law Occupational retraining Tax credits Taxation Textile industry Trade adjustment assistance Trade agreements Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2006-06-29 Introduced in House 2007-08-28T20:08:01Z Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to repeal group eligibility requirements for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) that: (1) the country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of the articles be a party to a free trade agreement with the United States; or (2) such country be a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.

Requires the Secretary of Labor, with respect to textile and apparel workers, to make group eligibility determinations without regard to the sales, imports, and production factors of the group eligibility requirements.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of allowing states to use a greater portion of their TAA funds for administrative expenses.

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

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the credit for health insurance costs of certain TAA and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) pension recipients.

Requires the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Labor each to carry out compatible and coordinated programs to simplify the TAA eligibility process.

]]> Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act Display Title Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the trade adjustment assistance program, and for other purpose. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act Introduced in House 2006-06-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5718ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5718ih.xml 2006-06-29 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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.