3.0.0 3289 2023-01-11T13:41:47Z 2023-01-11T13:41:47Z Senate S 2018-07-26 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-07-26T19:24:28Z Assistance for Firms Harmed by Tariffs on Exports Act 115 6396 HR 2018-07-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Related bill CRS Assistance for Workers Harmed by Tariffs on Exports Act 115 6395 HR 2018-07-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Related bill CRS 2018-07-26 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2018-07-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO N Foreign Trade and International Finance Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Tariffs Trade adjustment assistance Trade agreements and negotiations Trade restrictions Unemployment War and emergency powers Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2018-07-26 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-20T22:49:47Z Assistance for Workers Harmed by Tariffs on Exports Act

This bill provides financial assistance to workers harmed by retaliatory foreign tariffs by expanding the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers program. The program currently provides assistance to workers adversely affected by competing imported goods and services.

Under the bill, workers at firms that have seen a significant decrease in sales, production, or exports of goods or services, in whole or in part as a result of tariffs imposed by foreign countries in response to U.S. tariff increases, may petition the Department of Labor for trade adjustment assistance.

]]> Assistance for Workers Harmed by Tariffs on Exports Act Display Title Assistance for Workers Harmed by Tariffs on Exports Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide adjustment assistance to certain workers adversely affected by reduced exports resulting from tariffs imposed as retaliation for United States tariff increases, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Assistance for Workers Harmed by Tariffs on Exports Act Introduced in Senate 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3289is/xml/BILLS-115s3289is.xml 2018-07-26 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.