[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2606 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2606

   To require the Secretary of Labor to establish a trade adjustment 
assistance program for certain service workers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 2002

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Labor to establish a trade adjustment 
assistance program for certain service workers, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, the Secretary shall establish 
a program to provide assistance under chapter 2 of title II of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.), as amended by the Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, to provide trade adjustment 
assistance to any domestic operator of a motor carrier who is adversely 
affected by competition from any foreign owned or operated motor 
carrier.

SEC. 2. DATA COLLECTION AND REPORT.

    (a) Data Collection System.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, the 
Secretary shall put in place a system to collect data on adversely 
affected service workers that includes the number of workers by State, 
industry, and cause of dislocation for each worker.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, the Secretary shall 
report to Congress proposed methods to extend the programs under 
chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) 
to adversely affected service workers. The report shall include any 
recommendations for legislation that the Secretary considers 
appropriate regarding such programs.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Labor.
            (2) Trade adjustment assistance reform act of 2002.--The 
        term ``Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002'' means 
        the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, or any 
        other Act enacted during the second session of the 107th 
        Congress to provide trade adjustment assistance.
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