[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4708 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4708

To allow workers certified to receive trade adjustment assistance under 
the Trade Act of 1974 who are rehired by the same employer to continue 
  to receive such assistance if they are subsequently unable to work 
        because of a lock-out in the course of a labor dispute.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2004

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To allow workers certified to receive trade adjustment assistance under 
the Trade Act of 1974 who are rehired by the same employer to continue 
  to receive such assistance if they are subsequently unable to work 
        because of a lock-out in the course of a labor dispute.

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

SECTION 1. CONTINUATION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN 
              WORKERS INVOLVED IN LABOR DISPUTES.

    Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2293) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Special Rule for Certain Employees.--In any case in which an 
adversely affected worker covered by a certification under subchapter 
A--
            ``(1) is separated from employment from the firm whose 
        workers are covered by the certification,
            ``(2) is eligible to receive a trade adjustment allowance 
        under this chapter by reason of such separation,
            ``(3) is thereafter recalled to work by the firm,
            ``(4) is subsequently denied employment with the firm 
        because of a lockout by the firm in the course of a labor 
        dispute, and
            ``(5) would, but for having been recalled to work with the 
        firm, be entitled to receive such trade adjustment allowance,
such worker is eligible to receive such trade adjustment allowance, 
during the period covered by the certification, for each week during 
which the lockout continues, and the Secretary shall issue a waiver 
under section 231(c) to the worker, for a period of 6 months, of the 
requirement to be enrolled in training.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 1 applies to any adversely affected 
worker who is covered by a certification under subchapter A of chapter 
2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 that is made before, on, or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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