[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4466 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4466

 To provide for certain additional benefits for individuals receiving 
                      trade adjustment assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for certain additional benefits for individuals receiving 
                      trade adjustment assistance.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Adjustment Assistance 
Modifications Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF BENEFIT PERIOD FOR TRADE READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES 
              FOR ADVERSELY AFFECTED WORKERS ENROLLED IN TRAINING 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) Extension of Benefit Period.--Section 233(a)(3) of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2293(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``26'' each 
place it appears and inserting ``52''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply to 
any worker covered by a certification of eligibility issued under 
subchapter A or D of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974--
            (1) if the certification is issued on or after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act; or
            (2) if the certification is issued before such date of 
        enactment and the trade readjustment allowances payable with 
        respect to the period covered by the certification to that 
        worker have not exceeded the maximum allowable under section 
        233 of the Trade Act of 1974 on the day before such date of 
        enactment.

SEC. 3. CREDIT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS PAID BY INDIVIDUALS 
              RECEIVING TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable 
personal credits) is amended by inserting after section 25A the 
following new section:

``SEC. 25B. HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING TRADE 
              ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of an individual, there shall be 
allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the 
taxable year an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount paid during 
the taxable year for coverage for the taxpayer and the taxpayer's 
spouse and dependents under qualified health insurance during a period 
that the taxpayer or spouse is receiving trade adjustment assistance.
    ``(b) Qualified Health Insurance.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified health insurance' 
        means insurance which constitutes medical care, as defined in 
        section 213(d) without regard to--
                    ``(A) paragraph (1)(C) thereof, and
                    ``(B) so much of paragraph (1)(D) thereof as 
                relates to qualified long-term care insurance 
                contracts.
            ``(2) Exclusion of coverage provided under group health 
        plans, etc.--Such term shall not include insurance provided 
        through any group health plan of an employer or any other 
        entity.
    ``(c) Trade Adjustment Assistance.--For purposes of this section, 
the term `trade adjustment assistance' means assistance provided under 
subchapter A or D of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974.
    ``(d) Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Coordination with other deductions.--No deduction 
        shall be allowed under this chapter for any amount taken into 
        account in determining the credit under this section.
            ``(2) Denial of credit to dependents.--No credit shall be 
        allowed under this section to any individual with respect to 
        whom a deduction under section 151 is allowable to another 
        taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar year in 
        which such individual's taxable year begins.''
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart A part 
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 25A the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 25B. Health insurance costs of 
                                        individuals receiving trade 
                                        adjustment assistance.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000.

SEC. 4. TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR TEXTILE AND APPAREL WORKERS.

    Notwithstanding any the provision of law, workers in any firm 
producing textile or apparel goods whose employment is terminated, or 
threatened with termination, as a result of either--
            (1) a decrease in the firm's sales or production, or
            (2) a firm's plant or facility closure or relocation,
shall be certified by the Secretary of Labor as eligible to receive 
adjustment assistance under chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 
1974 at the same level of benefits as workers certified under 
subchapter D of chapter 2 of such title. The Secretary of Labor shall 
make such certification not later than 30 days after the date a 
petition for certification of eligibility for such assistance is filed 
under such title II.
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