109 HR 5515 IH: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize trade U.S. House of Representatives 2006-05-25 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5515 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 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Trade Readjustment Allowances for Adversely Affected Workers Act of 2006.

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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.