[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2254 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2254

To amend the trade adjustment assistance provisions of the Trade Act of 
  1974 to allow the reimbursement of training costs incurred and for 
which payment became due within 30 days before the training is approved 
                       by the Secretary of Labor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 1999

  Mr. Duncan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the trade adjustment assistance provisions of the Trade Act of 
  1974 to allow the reimbursement of training costs incurred and for 
which payment became due within 30 days before the training is approved 
                       by the Secretary of Labor.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN TRAINING COSTS.

    Section 236(a)(6) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(6)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking clause (ii) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(ii) from any source other than this section,
except that the Secretary shall reimburse an adversely affected worker 
for the costs of any training program approved under paragraph (1) for 
that worker to the extent that worker was enrolled in the training 
program during the 30-day period preceding the date on which the 
Secretary approved the program and such costs were incurred during that 
30-day period.''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``will not be 
        required'' and inserting ``, subject to the exception in 
        subparagraph (A), will not be required''.
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