[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5515 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5515

    To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize trade readjustment 
    allowances under chapter 2 of title II of such Act to adversely 
             affected workers who are subject to a lockout.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2006

 Mr. Strickland (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Frank 
    of Massachusetts, Mr. Costello, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, and Mr. 
  McGovern) 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 authorize trade readjustment 
    allowances under chapter 2 of title II of such Act to adversely 
             affected workers who are subject to a lockout.

    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 Readjustment Allowances for 
Adversely Affected Workers Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF TRADE READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES UNDER CHAPTER 2 
              OF TITLE II OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 231(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2291(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``For purposes of this paragraph, any week in which 
employment is unavailable to such worker because of a lockout shall be 
treated as a week of employment under this paragraph.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The last sentence of section 231(a)(2) of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as added by subsection (a), applies with respect to 
any week described in such sentence beginning on or after January 1, 
2000.
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