[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 1884 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1884

   To assure a healthy American manufacturing sector, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2003

 Mr. Daschle (for Mr. Kerry) introduced the following bill; which was 
          read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To assure a healthy American manufacturing sector, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhance Domestic Manufacturing and 
Worker Assistance Act of 2003''.

    TITLE I--EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

SEC. 101. EXTENSION FOR WORKERS AND FIRMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 285(a) and (b)(1) and (2) of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 note) are amended by striking ``September 30, 
2007'' each place it appears and inserting ``September 30, 2012''.
    (b) Authorization.--
            (1) Workers.--Section 245 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
        U.S.C. 2317) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2007'' and 
        inserting ``September 30, 2012''.
            (2) Firms.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 256(b) of the Trade Act of 
                1974 (19 U.S.C. 2346(b)) is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``$16,000,000'' and 
                        inserting ``$32,000,000''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``2007'' and inserting 
                        ``2012''.
                    (B) Expansion of loans.--Section 255(h) of such Act 
                (19 U.S.C. 2345) is amended--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                        ``$3,000,000'' and inserting ``$6,000,000''; 
                        and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``$1,000,000'' and inserting ``$2,000,000''.
            (3) Farmers.--Section 298(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
        U.S.C. 2401g) is amended by striking ``2007'' and inserting 
        ``2012''.
    (c) Fishermen.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
purposes of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2271 et seq.) fishermen who harvest wild stock shall be eligible for 
adjustment assistance to the same extent and in the same manner as a 
group of workers under such chapter 2.

SEC. 102. TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2371 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

        ``CHAPTER 4--TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES

``SEC. 271. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this chapter:
            ``(1) Affected domestic producer.--The term `affected 
        domestic producer' means any manufacturer, producer, farmer, 
        rancher, fisherman or worker representative (including 
        associations of such persons) that was affected by a finding 
        under the Antidumping Act of 1921, or by an antidumping or 
        countervailing duty order issued under title VII of the Tariff 
        Act of 1930.
            ``(2) Agricultural commodity producer.--The term 
        `agricultural commodity producer' has the same meaning as the 
        term `person' as prescribed by regulations promulgated under 
        section 1001(5) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
        1308(5)).
            ``(3) Community.--The term `community' means a city, 
        county, or other political subdivision of a State or a 
        consortium of political subdivisions of a State that the 
        Secretary certifies as being negatively impacted by trade.
            ``(4) Community negatively impacted by trade.--A community 
        negatively impacted by trade means a community with respect to 
        which a determination has been made under section 273.
            ``(5) Eligible community.--The term `eligible community' 
        means a community certified under section 273 for assistance 
        under this chapter.
            ``(6) Fisherman.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `fisherman' means any 
                person who--
                            ``(i) is engaged in commercial fishing; or
                            ``(ii) is a United States fish processor.
                    ``(B) Commercial fishing, fish, fishery, fishing, 
                fishing vessel, person, and united states fish 
                processor.--The terms `commercial fishing', `fish', 
                `fishery', `fishing', `fishing vessel', `person', and 
                `United States fish processor' have the same meanings 
                as such terms have in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
                Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1802).
            ``(7) Job loss.--The term `job loss' means the total or 
        partial separation of an individual, as those terms are defined 
        in section 247.
            ``(8) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of Commerce.

``SEC. 272. COMMUNITY TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--Within 6 months after the date of enactment 
of the Enhance Domestic Manufacturing and Worker Assistance Act of 
2003, the Secretary shall establish a Trade Adjustment Assistance for 
Communities Program at the Department of Commerce.
    ``(b) Personnel.--The Secretary shall designate such staff as may 
be necessary to carry out the responsibilities described in this 
chapter.
    ``(c) Coordination of Federal Response.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) provide leadership, support, and coordination for a 
        comprehensive management program to address economic 
        dislocation in eligible communities;
            ``(2) coordinate the Federal response to an eligible 
        community--
                    ``(A) by identifying all Federal, State, and local 
                resources that are available to assist the eligible 
                community in recovering from economic distress;
                    ``(B) by ensuring that all Federal agencies 
                offering assistance to an eligible community do so in a 
                targeted, integrated manner that ensures that an 
                eligible community has access to all available Federal 
                assistance;
                    ``(C) by assuring timely consultation and 
                cooperation between Federal, State, and regional 
                officials concerning economic adjustment for an 
                eligible community; and
                    ``(D) by identifying and strengthening existing 
                agency mechanisms designed to assist eligible 
                communities in their efforts to achieve economic 
                adjustment and workforce reemployment;
            ``(3) provide comprehensive technical assistance to any 
        eligible community in the efforts of that community to--
                    ``(A) identify serious economic problems in the 
                community that are the result of negative impacts from 
                trade;
                    ``(B) integrate the major groups and organizations 
                significantly affected by the economic adjustment;
                    ``(C) access Federal, State, and local resources 
                designed to assist in economic development and trade 
                adjustment assistance;
                    ``(D) diversify and strengthen the community 
                economy; and
                    ``(E) develop a community-based strategic plan to 
                address economic development and workforce dislocation, 
                including unemployment among agricultural commodity 
                producers, and fishermen;
            ``(4) establish specific criteria for submission and 
        evaluation of a strategic plan submitted under section 274(d);
            ``(5) establish specific criteria for submitting and 
        evaluating applications for grants under section 275; and
            ``(6) administer the grant programs established under 
        sections 274 and 275.

``SEC. 273. CERTIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION.

    ``(a) Certification.--Not later than 45 days after an event 
described in subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of Commerce shall 
determine if a community described in subsection (b)(1) is negatively 
impacted by trade, and if a positive determination is made, shall 
certify the community for assistance under this chapter.
    ``(b) Determination That Community Is Eligible.--
            ``(1) Community described.--A community described in this 
        paragraph means a community with respect to which--
                    ``(A) the Secretary of Labor certifies a group of 
                workers (or their authorized representative) in the 
                community as eligible for assistance pursuant to 
                section 223;
                    ``(B) the Secretary of Commerce certifies a firm 
                located in the community as eligible for adjustment 
                assistance under section 251;
                    ``(C) the Secretary of Agriculture certifies a 
                group of agricultural commodity producers (or their 
                authorized representative) in the community as eligible 
                for adjustment assistance under section 293;
                    ``(D) an affected domestic producer is located in 
                the community; or
                    ``(E) the Secretary determines that a significant 
                number of fishermen in the community is negatively 
                impacted by trade.
            ``(2) Negatively impacted by trade.--The Secretary shall 
        determine that a community is negatively impacted by trade, 
        after taking into consideration--
                    ``(A) the number of jobs affected compared to the 
                size of workforce in the community;
                    ``(B) the severity of the rates of unemployment in 
                the community and the duration of the unemployment in 
                the community;
                    ``(C) the income levels and the extent of 
                underemployment in the community;
                    ``(D) the outmigration of population from the 
                community and the extent to which the outmigration is 
                causing economic injury in the community; and
                    ``(E) the unique problems and needs of the 
                community.
    ``(c) Definition and Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Event described.--An event described in this 
        paragraph means one of the following:
                    ``(A) A notification described in paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) A certification of a firm under section 251.
                    ``(C) A finding under the Antidumping Act of 1921, 
                or an antidumping or countervailing duty order issued 
                under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930.
                    ``(D) A determination by the Secretary that a 
                significant number of fishermen in a community have 
                been negatively impacted by trade.
            ``(2) Notification.--The Secretary of Labor, immediately 
        upon making a determination that a group of workers is eligible 
        for trade adjustment assistance under section 223, (or the 
        Secretary of Agriculture, immediately upon making a 
        determination that a group of agricultural commodity producers 
        is eligible for adjustment assistance under section 293, as the 
        case may be) shall notify the Secretary of Commerce of the 
        determination.
    ``(d) Notification to Eligible Communities.--Immediately upon 
certification by the Secretary of Commerce that a community is eligible 
for assistance under subsection (b), the Secretary shall notify the 
community--
            ``(1) of the determination under subsection (b);
            ``(2) of the provisions of this chapter;
            ``(3) how to access the clearinghouse established by the 
        Department of Commerce regarding available economic assistance;
            ``(4) how to obtain technical assistance provided under 
        section 272(c)(3); and
            ``(5) how to obtain grants, tax credits, low income loans, 
        and other appropriate economic assistance.

``SEC. 274. STRATEGIC PLANS.

    ``(a) In General.--An eligible community may develop a strategic 
plan for community economic adjustment and diversification and shall be 
eligible for assistance as provided for under section 275.
    ``(b) Requirements for Strategic Plan.--A strategic plan shall 
contain, at a minimum, the following:
            ``(1) A description and justification of the capacity for 
        economic adjustment, including the method of financing to be 
        used.
            ``(2) A description of the commitment of the community to 
        the strategic plan over the long term and the participation and 
        input of groups affected by economic dislocation.
            ``(3) A description of the projects to be undertaken by the 
        eligible community.
            ``(4) A description of how the plan and the projects to be 
        undertaken by the eligible community will lead to job creation 
        and job retention in the community.
            ``(5) A description of how the plan will achieve economic 
        adjustment and diversification.
            ``(6) A description of how the plan and the projects will 
        contribute to establishing or maintaining a level of public 
        services necessary to attract and retain economic investment.
            ``(7) A description and justification for the cost and 
        timing of proposed basic and advanced infrastructure 
        improvements in the eligible community.
            ``(8) A description of how the plan will address the 
        occupational and workforce conditions in the eligible 
        community.
            ``(9) A description of the educational programs available 
        for workforce training and future employment needs.
            ``(10) A description of how the plan will adapt to changing 
        markets and business cycles.
            ``(11) A description and justification for the cost and 
        timing of the total funds required by the community for 
        economic assistance.
            ``(12) A graduation strategy through which the eligible 
        community demonstrates that the community will terminate the 
        need for Federal assistance.
    ``(c) Grants To Develop Strategic Plans.--The Secretary, upon 
receipt of an application from an eligible community, may award a grant 
to that community to be used to develop and implement the strategic 
plan.
    ``(d) Submission of Plan.--A strategic plan developed under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Secretary for evaluation and 
approval.

``SEC. 275. GRANTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, upon approval of a strategic plan 
from an eligible community, may award a grant to that community to 
carry out any project or program that is certified by the Secretary to 
be included in the strategic plan approved under section 274(d), or 
consistent with that plan.
    ``(b) Additional Grants.--Subject to paragraph (2), in order to 
assist eligible communities to obtain funds under Federal grant 
programs, other than the grants provided for in section 274(c) or 
subsection (a), the Secretary may, on the application of an eligible 
community, make a supplemental grant to the community if--
            ``(1) the purpose of the grant program from which the grant 
        is made is to provide technical or other assistance for 
        planning, constructing, or equipping public works facilities or 
        to provide assistance for public service projects; and
            ``(2) the grant is 1 for which the community is eligible 
        except for the community's inability to meet the non-Federal 
        share requirements of the grant program.
    ``(c) Rural Community Preference.--The Secretary shall develop 
guidelines to ensure that rural communities receive preference in the 
allocation of resources.

``SEC. 276. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations 
as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Not later 
than 60 days before implementing any regulation or guideline proposed 
by the Secretary with respect to this chapter, the Secretary shall 
submit the regulation or guideline to the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives for approval.
    ``(b) Supplement Not Supplant.--Funds appropriated under this 
chapter shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, 
State, and local public funds expended to provide economic development 
assistance for communities.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this chapter amounts as 
follows:
            ``(1) For fiscal year 2005, $350,000,000.
            ``(2) For each of fiscal years 2006 through 2015, the 
        amount authorized to be appropriated by this subsection for the 
        preceding fiscal year increased by a percentage equal to the 
        percentage by which--
                    ``(A) the Consumer Price Index (all items, United 
                States city average) for the 12-month period ending on 
                the August 31 of such preceding fiscal year, exceeds
                    ``(B) such Consumer Price Index for the 12-month 
                period preceding the 12-month period described in 
                subparagraph (A). Amounts appropriated pursuant to this 
                subsection shall remain available until expended.''.
    (b)  Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Termination.--Section 285(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 
        (19 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Assistance for communities.--Technical assistance and 
        other payments may not be provided under chapter 4 after 
        September 30, 2015.''.
            (2) Table of contents.--The table of contents for title II 
        of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking the items 
        relating to chapter 4 of title II and inserting after the items 
        relating to chapter 3 the following new items:

        ``Chapter 4--Trade Adjustment Assistance for Communities

        ``Sec. 271. Definitions.
        ``Sec. 272. Community Trade Adjustment Assistance Program.
        ``Sec. 273. Certification and notification.
        ``Sec. 274. Strategic plans.
        ``Sec. 275. Grants for economic development.
        ``Sec. 276. General provisions.''.
    (c) Judicial Review.--Section 284(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2395(a)) is amended by striking ``section 271'' and inserting 
``section 273''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The provisions of this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 2004.

SEC. 103. OFFICE OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2341 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 255 the 
following new section:

``SEC. 255A. OFFICE OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Enhance Domestic Manufacturing and Worker Assistance 
Act of 2003, there shall be established in the International Trade 
Administration of the Department of Commerce an Office of Trade 
Adjustment Assistance.
    ``(b) Personnel.--The Office shall be headed by a Director, and 
shall have such staff as may be necessary to carry out the 
responsibilities of the Secretary of Commerce described in this 
chapter.
    ``(c) Functions.--The Office shall assist the Secretary of Commerce 
in carrying out the Secretary's responsibilities under this chapter.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the Trade Act 
of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 255, 
the following new item:

``Sec. 255A. Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.''.

TITLE II--REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PARTNERSHIP 
                                PROGRAMS

SEC. 201. MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated for the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership Program amounts as follows:
            (1) For fiscal year 2005, $212,000,000.
            (2) For fiscal year 2006, $272,000,000.
            (3) For fiscal year 2007, $332,000,000.
            (4) For fiscal year 2008, $392,000,000.
            (5) For fiscal year 2009, $452,000,000.
            (6) For fiscal year 2010, $512,000,000.
            (7) For fiscal year 2011, $572,000,000.
            (8) For fiscal year 2012, $632,000,000.
            (9) For fiscal year 2013, $692,000,000.
            (10) For fiscal year 2014, $752,000,000.
            (11) For fiscal year 2015, $812,000,000.
    (b) Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program'' means 
the program of Manufacturing Extension Partnership carried out by the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology under section 26 of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278l), as 
provided in part 292 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations.

SEC. 202. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

    There are authorized to be appropriated for the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology for carrying out the Advanced Technology 
Program under section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n), $400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2004 through 2013.

                    TITLE III--SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE

SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title I of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2171) is amended by adding after section 141, the following new 
section:

``SEC. 141A. SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE.

    ``(a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Enhance Domestic Manufacturing and Worker Assistance 
Act of 2003, there shall be established in the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative an Office of Small Business.
    ``(b) Personnel.--The Office shall be headed by a Director, and 
shall have such staff as may be necessary to carry out the functions 
and responsibilities described in this section.
    ``(c) Functions.--The Office shall--
            ``(1) assist the United States Trade Representative in 
        carrying out the Trade Representative's responsibilities under 
        this chapter; and
            ``(2) ensure that small business manufacturing issues are 
        taken into consideration in carrying out those 
        responsibilities.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the Trade Act 
of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 141, 
the following new item:

``Sec. 141A. Office of Small Business.''.
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