3.0.0 1848 2023-01-11T20:41:28Z 2023-01-11T20:41:28Z Senate S S 2007-07-23 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-23T18:41:18Z Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act 110 3801 HR 2007-11-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Related bill CRS Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007 110 3920 HR 2007-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Trade Adjustment Assistance and Training Improvements Act of 2007 110 3943 HR 2007-11-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Related bill CRS 2007-07-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-07-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9776-9777) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-07-23 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-07-23 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2007-07-23 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-07-23 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-07-23 True S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2007-07-23 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-07-23 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-07-23 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2007-07-23 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2007-07-23 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-07-23 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2007-07-24 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-07-24 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2007-07-24 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2007-07-24 False D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2007-07-26 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-09-04 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-09-04 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-09-04 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-09-17 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-09-20 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-10-25 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-10-30 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2007-12-04 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2008-01-28 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2008-01-31 False S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2008-03-11 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Agricultural subsidies Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Aquaculture Department of Labor Employee health benefits Executive reorganization Farmers Finance and Financial Sector Fishing boats Government Operations and Politics Health Health insurance Health insurance continuation Income tax Insurance premiums Job hunting Labor and Employment Older workers Ombudsman Relocation Retiree health benefits Social Welfare Tax credits Taxation Trade adjustment assistance Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2007-07-23 Introduced in Senate 2008-01-02T17:16:46Z Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007 - 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 December 31, 2012.

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.

Makes fishermen and aquaculture producers eligible for TAA without regard to whether such fishermen seek TAA based on an increase in imports of wild stock or an increase of imports of farm-raised stock.

Revises TAA group eligibility requirements for certain agricultural commodity producers.

Extends the TAA program for farmers through FY2012.

]]> Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1848is/xml/BILLS-110s1848is.xml 2007-07-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.