[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3949 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3949

 To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to delegate to the Under Secretary of 
   Commerce for International Trade the functions relating to trade 
        adjustment assistance for firms, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2004

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to delegate to the Under Secretary of 
   Commerce for International Trade the functions relating to trade 
        adjustment assistance for firms, 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. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 
              FOR FIRMS.

    Section 256(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2346(b)) is 
amended by striking ``2007'' and inserting ``2012''.

SEC. 2. DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS TO CARRY OUT THE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 
              FOR FIRMS PROGRAM.

    (a) Delegation.--Section 256 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2346) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (c) as 
        subsections (b) through (d), respectively;
            (2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as redesignated) 
        the following:
    ``(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall 
delegate all functions of the Secretary under this chapter to the Under 
Secretary of Commerce for International Trade.''; and
            (3) in the heading, by striking ``to small business 
        administration''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 256 in the 
table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended to read as 
follows:

``Sec. 256. Delegation of functions; authorization of 
                            appropriations.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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