109 HR 6208 IH: American Competitiveness and Adjustment Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2006-09-27
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1.This Act may be cited as the American Competitiveness and Adjustment Act
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<enum></enum><header>Trade Adjustment Assistance</header>
<section id="HF19AF2E995C94AE58100C2524400C0D4"><enum>101.</enum><header>Calculation of separation tolled during litigation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 233 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2293">19 U.S.C. 2293</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HA650F84780B64A4789F5873898E23E9C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Special rule for calculating separation</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any period during which a judicial or administrative appeal is pending with respect to the denial by the Secretary of a petition under section 223 shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the period of separation under subsection (a)(2), and an adversely affected worker that would otherwise be entitled to a trade readjustment allowance shall not be denied such allowance because of such appeal.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="H4DA51BA268984520AD09B6EB996E2633"><enum>102.</enum><header>Revision of eligibility criteria</header>
<subsection id="H6C3D0B78A00849F78612EE01B736809"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Downstream workers</header><text>Section 222(c)(3) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 (U.S.C. 2272(c)(3)) is amended by striking <quote>, if the certification of eligibility</quote> and all that follows through the end and inserting a period.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HA42E0B0BAC764107B457317282006C15"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Shifts in production</header><text>Section 222(a)(2)(B) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 (U.S.C. 2272(a)(2)(B)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HEC9D7077A52F40138F95D662CBE667D2" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>there has been a shift in production by such workers’ firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or subdivision.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="H8AD45A0DEE7C4B1DBABD5076F4B8AB3F"><enum>103.</enum><header>Health care tax credit</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB89D3946D42F45C4896D6044C2C4C62B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Removal of training requirement</header><text>Section 35(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/35">26 U.S.C. 35(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>subsection (a)(3)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (a)(3)(B) and (a)(5)</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3F0F00F0C4F47A086BD3006EA3E95F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Presumptive eligibility for petitioners for trade adjustment assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H36E3CB5426A84B4B9300CC61ACC75073"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/35">Section 35(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC39217FC23A4BFE88B1BDDA3FBDAD2E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Presumptive status as a TAA recipient</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible individual</term> shall include any individual who is covered by a petition filed with the Secretary of Labor under section 221 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name>. This paragraph shall apply to any individual only with respect to months which—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41371A3BE986415CB61969F06116BCD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">end after the date that such petition is so filed, and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0DE5B4E7A8540608306B2D339264332"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">begin before the earlier of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC2649C5E1A74A0BA3A97CF89F69D54B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the 90th day after the date of filing of such petition, or</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10E83453195644D891AE7BB100269272"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which the Secretary of Labor makes a final determination with respect to such petition.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H647DF6A8475A4E38A3BAF5946FBE00D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F368F9E505E4A519BAB0098E9A9B3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of section 7527(d) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>or an eligible alternative TAA recipient (as defined in section 35(c)(3))</quote> and inserting <quote>, an eligible alternative TAA recipient (as defined in section 35(c)(3)), or an individual who is an eligible individual by reason of section 35(c)(5)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B246366608E4833A6E755FEF796F220"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 173(f)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2918">29 U.S.C. 2918(f)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D1E13AEBC61488EB653C0A7489DE082"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H879CE38967F44A09AB21BFA990DE691E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting <quote>, and</quote> ; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB89D38B833B942348C4DB655A3AE046E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (C), the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0CD62A9728494C59B883AB57FBECD133"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual who is an eligible individual by reason of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/35">section 35(c)(5)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD6B3DECFC6DC4F26BAD8E82DA2D68B54"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarification of 3-month creditable coverage requirement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA368C693CCAB4BB4AEB5E33085F2C664"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/35">section 35(e)(2)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting <quote>(prior to the employment separation necessary to attain the status of an eligible individual)</quote> after <quote>9801(c)</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE4A13C314B78482998003BC8FF3E4C03"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 173(f)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2918">29 U.S.C. 2918(f)(2)(B)(ii)(I)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(prior to the employment separation necessary to attain the status of an eligible individual)</quote> after <quote>1986</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H405839CE8B8246E7AD3753B72F85C901"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Increase in tax credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/35">Section 35(a)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>65 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>75 percent</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F746C12FD5641FDA741D09D6CCDA87C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act in taxable years ending after that date.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H6E5F117BAF9B4DF99926F59ECB279B69"><enum>104.</enum><header>Alternative trade adjustment assistance</header>
<subsection id="HA422070C5DFE45F0A263E2AA7F8E534E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility of all workers; lower age requirement</header><text>Section 246(a)(3) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2318">19 U.S.C. 2318(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H5ED2B235E682405094F5E71586459108"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>A worker in a group that the Secretary has certified as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 may elect to receive benefits under the alternative trade adjustment assistance program if the worker—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4F0F92948C6C44CFA8009EC49C37C119"><enum>(A)</enum><text>obtains reemployment not more than 26 weeks after the date of separation from the adversely affected employment;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HED30CC6A845B4497B0793C4528F97391"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is at least 40 years of age;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H168AA8FF977247B8891165B5EFD15688"><enum>(C)</enum><text>earns not more than $50,000 a year in wages from reemployment;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE20DD1E6BABB41B1B39BD5007BBF9BED"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is employed on a full-time basis as defined by State law in the State in which the worker is employed; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2ED87D254D664C17B7935640F43C7155"><enum>(E)</enum><text>does not return to the employment from which the worker was separated.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="HFA258200476C45CCB2CAE768A8F55521"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text><?xm-replace_text "?></text>
<paragraph id="HFB691975AF23472DBE154503E4A415ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 246(a)(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2318">19 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2)</external-xref>) are amended by striking <quote>paragraph (3)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> each place it appears.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H26182F85C83A4630BBBEC5CAC389B5DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 246(b)(2) of that Act is amended by striking <quote>subsection (a)(3)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(3)</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75C1840B233B45108F706E69009D5BD0"><enum>(3)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/35">Section 35(c)(3)(A)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>246(a)(3)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>246(a)(3)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H106E894CB61244E396E2D307F656F38F"><enum>105.</enum><header>Training funds</header>
<subsection id="H7C1519AE764946BDB94FBD37A0006001"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding for training</header><text>Section 236(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2296">19 U.S.C. 2296(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBF6419531B894346BF27C0319350F3D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Upon such approval</quote> and all that follows to the end; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D5DC351C2454353911D66348667CA25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H81CE3B3532ED49E2BAE3524700663BA8"><enum>(2)(A)</enum><text>Upon approval of a training program under paragraph (l), and subject to the limitations imposed by this section, an adversely affected worker covered by a certification issued under section 223 shall be eligible to have payment of the costs of that training, including any costs of an approved training program incurred by a worker before a certification was issued under section 223, made on behalf of the worker by the Secretary directly or through a voucher system.</text>
<subparagraph id="H7A79562C956E48A100FB4D00016BC413" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the American Competitiveness and Adjustment Act, the Secretary shall develop and submit to Congress for approval a formula that provides workers with an individual entitlement for training costs to be administered pursuant to sections 239 and 240. The formula shall take into account—</text>
<clause id="H1205DE0D60204AB69800D3F346C067AB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of workers enrolled in trade adjustment assistance;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H5B8385FD89C94F78A5C267D7BC3291CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the duration of the assistance;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HCF0DA7B37AA243CCAC8E4E3C9D5E8464"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the anticipated training costs for workers; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HC793CAE9E2484E4DA4FBCAAC71EF19DF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other factors the Secretary deems appropriate.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0838B82A11254FF689A73223DCD9D6B" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Until such time as Congress approves the formula, the total amount of payments that may be made under subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year shall not exceed 50 percent of the amount of trade readjustment allowances paid to workers during that fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B8D40F8FE1A48AF8EC3CE142428CD84"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modification of enrollment deadlines</header><text>Section 231(a)(5)(A)(ii) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2291">19 U.S.C. 2291(a)(5)(A)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA63A26FEDA5A487694A9B800EEF288EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>16th week</quote> and inserting <quote>32nd week</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADD7516CDF51437AB518BFD5AD003B8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>8th week</quote> and inserting <quote>16th week</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HECCF51F61E464374A6EFCC7C6E6803C4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Approved training programs</header><text>Section 236(a)(5) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2296">19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(5)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H55F19FBE19324277B0F7B7CA7DF4A069"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (E);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF9CE4DCCD44F40A298546575E1187375"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H419C274050A94A3C9019E92F7D3F5239"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H105EE78C76984D63AA084CB961CE8DF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>entrepreneurial training; and</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H9A261F74D5E441F49452EE688F297FE5"><enum>106.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as provided in section 103(e), the amendments made by this title take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and apply to petitions filed or recertified on or after that effective date.</text> </section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Data Collection</header>
<section id="H2248001157B14FC9B7F0D7C2E290E4A0"><enum>201.</enum><header>Data collection; study; information to workers</header>
<subsection id="HEBB9F12113094D8F978D306BD623273"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Data collection; evaluations</header><text>Subchapter C of chapter 2 of title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> is amended by inserting after section 249 the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H36A4E5A700DE4CCA9B12637B6D589995"><enum>250.</enum><header>Data collection; evaluations; reports</header>
<subsection id="H5D0298FD03774BCBA553780000D70062"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Data collection</header><text>The Secretary shall, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary, collect any data necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H1089251F239A4FB49E353F257C9413B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Performance evaluations</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an effective performance measuring system to evaluate the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H57088AE807EA4A6392978875EB956153"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program performance</header><text>A comparison of the trade adjustment assistance program before and after the effective date of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H492F8FE8B4744C78A268A8AC975B454F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of workers certified and the number of workers actually participating in the trade adjustment assistance program;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7BFAB3C9B38B4859A28C142813570416"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the time for processing petitions;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF2918ACFE28B4E3FBEFA4CE9BD16D09E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of training waivers granted;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H58160D61585944C99DF547D07CC1EAF7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the coordination of programs under this chapter with programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H572BF453E0DB4C9E8B623823EF68AB00"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the effectiveness of individual training providers in providing appropriate information and training;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7248739D516142098100770035009C1E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the extent to which States have designed and implemented health care coverage options under title II of the Trade Act of 2002, including any difficulties States have encountered in carrying out the provisions of title II;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H724C47611794493ABAB9A852A3F19FF2"><enum>(G)</enum><text>how Federal, State, and local officials are implementing the trade adjustment assistance program to ensure that all eligible individuals receive benefits, including providing outreach, rapid response, and other activities; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE5045371A45445DBACDF66F40260E2F0"><enum>(H)</enum><text>any other data necessary to evaluate how individual States are implementing the requirements of this chapter.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H87C5EC484E6148838CFCEDA2DCBC21C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program participation</header><text>The effectiveness of the program relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9ABB2465F53C4C55B09B4FF1B3DD28CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of workers receiving benefits and the type of benefits being received both before and after the effective date of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA21A74B977C643EB85CA9C039D31EF95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of workers enrolled in, and the duration of, training by major types of training both before and after the effective date of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H231F7CB846334E07BF8871AEECEF22AE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>earnings history of workers that reflects wages before separation and wages in any job obtained after receiving benefits under this Act;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4DCEDABCA3DE45FFA84851C9CA7B00E0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reemployment rates and sectors in which dislocated workers have been employed;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3359E492851842F7BD841D2511A75317"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the cause of dislocation identified in each petition that resulted in a certification under this chapter; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H80861FC2F2FE4E8AA12DB9E866A64593"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the number of petitions filed and workers certified in each congressional district of the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFCAF8B337663434594647B359FDAB027"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State participation</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, through oversight and effective internal control measures the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H43A3ABFFFDA94AD18535E81BBCB53469"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State participation</header><text>Participation by each State in the performance measurement system established under subsection (b) and shall provide incentives for States to supplement employment and wage data obtained through the use of unemployment insurance wage records.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H27D4CD596A5A42FD9898687348ED7B73"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Monitoring</header><text>Monitoring by each State of internal control measures with respect to performance measurement data collected by each State.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D11F3682C934EA48EE992F6BF9BD3B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Response</header><text>The quality and speed of the rapid response provided by each State under section 134(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2864">29 U.S.C. 2864(a)(2)(A)</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0457D71A16BF4922B9008CCB5EC71DB2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="HE2B4B69FA2CC45C981FF8C004B46FD9D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reports by the Secretary</header>
<subparagraph id="H9712BB71CB5C4D14BA00ED18E8E208C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the American Competitiveness and Adjustment Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report that—</text>
<clause id="HB66987D51A634883857C88E426F1AD4C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describes the performance measurement system established under subsection (b);</text> </clause>
<clause id="HF0B6EEB5084840C49727581641E147D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes analysis of data collected through the system established under subsection (b); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HCC101C738CED41389E9FF3E8B39FBC52"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provides recommendations for program improvements.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA605C308E48D441C87D4ACF418EFA0CA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date the report is submitted under subparagraph (A), and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and release to the public a report that includes the information collected under clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE2BF9C9920C4FBCBC74B94322A507A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State reports</header><text>Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary, each State shall submit to the Secretary a report that details its participation in the programs established under this chapter, and that contains the data necessary to allow the Secretary to submit the report required under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBBA014F0AB3C40839F7598052C038800"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The Secretary shall make available to each State, to Congress, and to the public, the data gathered and evaluated through the performance measurement system established under subsection (b).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="H3C34DBFF354C4797990097C609B55FCD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H52B1D9761741476998A0A9BF3B81EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>Section 281 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2392">19 U.S.C. 2392</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Departments of Labor and Commerce</quote> and inserting <quote>Departments of Labor, Commerce, and Agriculture</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H699A84C5776E4AE5929B7DE9B408785B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Trade monitoring system</header><text>Section 282 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2393">19 U.S.C. 2393</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, and Agriculture</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB6BB30B8C5A74350B728DC12F5736100"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 249 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" id="H376334D5E1444824AC798809ABB846EA" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 250. Data collection; evaluations; reports.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A9501BE633847548C08026F01D04298"><enum>202.</enum><header>Determinations by the Secretary of Labor</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 223(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2273">19 U.S.C. 2273(c)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" id="HE14E4099755D4ACF80328CF9505463C4">
<subsection id="H318D5A29EB484FD0AE30E9EDF6D10018"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication of determinations</header><text>Upon reaching a determination on a petition, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H489FE24D4DA542F7A45CEECC706FCDC5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promptly publish a summary of the determination in the Federal Register, together with the Secretary’s reasons for making such determination; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H764DDB2AFD9C44D9BDAF75476654467E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make the full text of the determination available to the public on the Internet website of the Department of Labor, with full-text searchability.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="HD1B31043EC164CC3A34D4DEBD1D79D07"><enum>203.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by this title take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </section>
<enum>III<?xm-replace_text "?></enum><header>Industry-wide Certifications</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB49DDA57A014ABBB5B6F432FAC9E6C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Notification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 224 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2274">19 U.S.C. 2274</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF4671F99A02470BA15F7B96795B8337" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5094F3E929D94D8985E83400A5C3153" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>224.</enum><header>Notifications regarding affirmative determinations and safeguards</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9FE79F8192F4ACCA800BE26BEE10D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notifications regarding chapter <enum-in-header>1</enum-in-header> investigations and determinations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever the International Trade Commission (in this chapter referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>) makes a report under section 202(f) containing an affirmative finding regarding serious injury, or the threat thereof, to a domestic industry, the Commission shall immediately—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80ECB56889F943A582007BCD3487423B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify the Secretary of Labor of that finding; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25A53421ECC646A7BB9CD8E919BC3042"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a finding with respect to an agricultural commodity, as defined in section 291, notify the Secretary of Agriculture of that finding.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50FE41552D804DEFA651BE6641EC9641"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification regarding bilateral safeguards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall immediately notify the Secretary of Labor and, in an investigation with respect to an agricultural commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture, whenever the Commission makes an affirmative determination pursuant to one of the following provisions:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA22F00D68BF34AF8AEAF7B4D3C509E56"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 421 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2451">19 U.S.C. 2451</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H583E2B1D88444CB2A90374E6636BA8FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 312 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H183FEE92D0674E2FB634D7CC3E5299"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 312 of the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64E27F826F5247F4A230BD475506CD24"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312 of the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1954F771834A47E2808098FD44B83401"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312 of the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19A87490E0864E29AD24C7DDEDF695F1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312 of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2D3CF52DD9645D6BC5B2CE8C6107279"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312 of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BA006E9AE414CAD8E34F4B6AF499232"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(b) of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3352">19 U.S.C. 3352(b)</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D999073E44F400DA2BDF5DFA40039B4"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 212 of the United States-Jordan Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2112">19 U.S.C. 2112</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1F1DA6CA993148BCB240811C71033C00"><enum>(10)</enum><text>A comparable provision in any other legislation implementing a free trade agreement between the United States and one or more other countries.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD89FD982D5724C93B49998784E106D49"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agricultural safeguards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner of Customs shall immediately notify the Secretary of Labor and, in the case of an agricultural commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture, whenever the Commissioner of Customs assesses additional duties on a product pursuant to one of the following provisions:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0123AF1B05584A59AAF4AAC26C2CE8E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 202 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63FD8F78DE7D40F9B4000015002B7142"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202 of the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB154B5F1903D484087BB9FCFF2E14750"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202 of the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3BF07E066C324767BF4DDC6F07AD2BB5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201(c) of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEEA9EE779F548FE86A1C504AFFBF3E4"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 309 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3358">19 U.S.C. 3358</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H690449C0DC3549B7869E441286296EB4"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 301(a) of the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2112">19 U.S.C. 2112</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65947E0A808B4BDBA7112BDC3F81D0A9"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404 of the United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2112">19 U.S.C. 2112</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC24307ACDEC4493500013EA857EAEB63"><enum>(8)</enum><text>A comparable provision in any other legislation implementing a free trade agreement between the United States and one or more other countries.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6A0EF5C9877474000A5F1EA8351DE7D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Textile safeguards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall immediately notify the Secretary of Labor whenever the President makes a positive determination pursuant to one of the following provisions:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCDAEC4ECEA74F29A271D2E20071FB79"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE9ABC82B2EF641DDAEE88E2DDC9335A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 322 of the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E8853D5336D4459AB0416EB59C3C548"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H371877EDCE744835B03375E782F0FF76"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BE05911E733434AA920E6B737BD6341"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF5FA25CC36D458B9E9311380074F5C"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H64AFDDD8320047369C522E692DDB07F8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A comparable provision in any other legislation implementing a free trade agreement between the United States and one or more other countries.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB54AE67408D34B508E03CCD66F8221A2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Antidumping and countervailing duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever the Commission makes a final affirmative determination pursuant to section 705 or section 735 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 1671d or 1673d), the Commission shall immediately notify the Secretary of Labor and, in the case of an agricultural commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture, of that determination.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2222CE02239E4268AECA7C3B0769B16C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Other methods of requesting investigation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 221 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2271">19 U.S.C. 2271</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2081FC8BA49B4DEB89A988231786B500"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0961864EB6340878099B991F07BB1F6" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3EA5C98DBC33497FA50004A070A8CC8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other methods of initiating a petition</header><text>Upon the request of the President or the United States Trade Representative, or the resolution of either the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Secretary shall promptly initiate an investigation under this chapter to determine the eligibility for adjustment assistance of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5EB656A5796D4446BB6F1BC992CE6450"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a group of workers (which may include workers from more than one facility or employer); or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11858EF68443492A921CC0B8801F39E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all workers in an occupation as that occupation is defined in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classification System.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF0A526B850A340A59B9EA7AC74E7AC9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2), by inserting <quote>or a request or resolution filed under subsection (c),</quote> after <quote>paragraph (1),</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03EAF347785246B1866FDB9EAF6D0432"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3), by inserting <quote>, request, or resolution</quote> after <quote>petition</quote> each place it appears.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43EE6C7CB7A7406F96BBD9198DDF100" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Industry-Wide determination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 223 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2273">19 U.S.C. 2273</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB94DE392C114C389975DCF00A319AF" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAE629DA8AD4494E00BFEA2CF7F5E34"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Investigation regarding Industry-Wide certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary receives a request or a resolution under section 221(c) on behalf of workers in a domestic industry or occupation (described in section 221(c)(2)) or receives 3 or more petitions under section 221(a) within a 180-day period on behalf of groups of workers in a domestic industry or occupation, the Secretary shall make an industry-wide determination under subsection (a) of this section with respect to the domestic industry or occupation in which the workers are or were employed. If the Secretary does not make certification under the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall make a determination of eligibility under subsection (a) with respect to each group of workers in that domestic industry or occupation from which a petition was received.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H275E690DEAB54103A72BBA00B67395EF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Coordination with other trade provisions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAF28D5CBE9A49E48C34CCA163CE463"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Industry-Wide certification based on global safeguards</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6CD2EB503514B9183B72FF29AE0561"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recommendations by itc</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H562F0CDA570249659E46D518ED94D731"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202(e)(2)(D) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2252">19 U.S.C. 2252(e)(2)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, including the provision of trade adjustment assistance under chapter 2</quote>.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBCF903DE0E6476B9B45C64E624240A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(a)(3)(D) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2253">19 U.S.C. 2253(a)(3)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, including the provision of trade adjustment assistance under chapter 2</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49DFF1D26CB54E2794B84592149D78B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance for workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(a)(1)(A) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2253">19 U.S.C. 2253(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7CE4A65F72A24ED49C1D03FCAEF50720" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6DCD5C5B32F41A091023F17AD405004" indent="up1"><enum>(1)(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After receiving a report under section 202(f) containing an affirmative finding regarding serious injury, or the threat thereof, to a domestic industry—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD5F294BFC0B4C5589758BB4C5D999B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the President shall take all appropriate and feasible action within his power; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF418CE118AD6426AB23E008BBCE374A1"><enum>(ii)(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Labor shall certify as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 workers employed in the domestic industry defined by the Commission if such workers become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated, not earlier than 1 year before, or not later than 1 year after, the date on which the Commission made its report to the President under section 202(f); and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E1E713A68424DCCBD2B9D3CF411A244"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a finding with respect to an agricultural commodity as defined in section 291, the Secretary of Agriculture shall certify as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under section 293 agricultural commodity producers employed in the domestic production of the agricultural commodity that is the subject of the finding during the most recent marketing year.</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9C87126075843E2B1F8938EC152781"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Industry-Wide certification based on bilateral safeguard provisions or antidumping or countervailing duty orders</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A01F7951095497C97A192B6DC51D379"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter A of chapter 2 of title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2271">19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 224 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA5707DDBB6441288063FFA0869DBCBA" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DC25F835C35417491606167C61DF0A7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>224A.</enum><header>Industry-Wide certification when bilateral safeguard provisions invoked or antidumping or countervailing duties imposed</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC344CB0C15C6474799A4F2ECFF0C315"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mandatory certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 10 days after the date on which the Secretary of Labor receives a notification with respect to the imposition of a trade remedy, safeguard determination, or antidumping or countervailing duty determination under section 224 (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e), the Secretary shall certify as eligible for trade adjustment assistance under section 223(a) workers employed in the domestic production of the article that is the subject of the trade remedy, safeguard determination, or antidumping or countervailing duty determination, as the case may be, if such workers become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated, not more than 1 year before or not more than 1 year after the applicable date.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5878041DE36D4CE8BEF6787F6192DF66"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>applicable date</term> means—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCE596519EF544FDA7B4E3BCD28386A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which the affirmative or positive determination or finding is made in the case of a notification under section 224 (a), (b), or (d);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26F76D3E2131490D92B1602B2C009965"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which a final determination is made in the case of a notification under section 224(e); or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2A2B415864740FC9873E6479E029214"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which additional duties are assessed in the case of a notification under section 224(c).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00106EB569C948F4B68F99B1435CABD1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agricultural commodity producers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 6 of title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2401">19 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by striking section 294 and inserting the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H947EE1906C924473B913BBB6A7F3D723" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>294.</enum><header>Industry-Wide certification for agricultural commodity producers where safeguard provisions invoked or antidumping or countervailing duties imposed</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3058C1BE11A4471989151656B44172BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 10 days after the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture receives a notification with respect to the imposition of a trade remedy, safeguard determination, or antidumping or countervailing duty determination under section 224 (b), (c), or (e), the Secretary shall certify as eligible for trade adjustment assistance under section 293(a) agricultural commodity producers employed in the domestic production of the agricultural commodity that is the subject of the trade remedy, safeguard determination, or antidumping or countervailing duty determination, as the case may be, during the most recent marketing year.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H397E002F1A7A4C778393F9E473EA56A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>applicable date</term> means—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7328304A1B64E73B02B20A2AF27D3B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which the affirmative or positive determination or finding is made in the case of a notification under section 224(b);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74964B48F78E4351A84FC0F63D929894"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which a final determination is made in the case of a notification under section 224(e); or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H958A9E99FAA94134BA28E42E62265451"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which additional duties are assessed in the case of a notification under section 224(c).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E341B27277E4F8EA08FE117572EEB2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header><text>The table of contents for title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC31F0E522F40499687C814B73BE6563"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the item relating to section 224 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 224. Notifications regarding affirmative determinations and safeguards.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE223A5E4F5664FE9B7DA533FDC95CEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after the item relating to section 224 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC0A640C03FE40FBA240A6F9B676150" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 224A. Industry-wide certification based on bilateral safeguard provisions invoked or antidumping or countervailing duties imposed.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5AE55F41B5DD43F1A38AD5A71FF5965C" indent="up1"><enum></enum><text>and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA875D0348AE74AF6BAB800597E9416E0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the item relating to section 294 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 294. Industry-wide certification for agricultural commodity producers where safeguard provisions invoked or antidumping or countervailing duties imposed.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B5E97331E364494887C5BD9D4ED0999" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Labor, and the International Trade Commission may promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the amendments made by this title.</text> </section>
<section id="H506CEA969AC54651B058B801BA103FA8"><enum>306.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by this title take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and apply to petitions filed or recertified on or after that effective date.</text> </section>
<enum>IV<?xm-replace_text "?></enum><header>Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB4105C8CE7140EE87BC0031840045D7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5E6BCE1B0EE4B10927BD572E395187E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 3 of title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2341">19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 255 the following new section:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H967833DBFAD048F58200BE724307638" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>255A.</enum><header>Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7759162457D4A8EAFBB0300A5C4AE44"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the American Competitiveness and Adjustment Act, there shall be established in the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce an Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BC56001474040968FC96CBCB1CFBA85"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C5A811DA868498E928FC774DA00D8CF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office shall assist the Secretary of Commerce in carrying out the Secretary’s responsibilities under this chapter.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7D517A15A5C4A0CBE674821241465B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 255 the following new item:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 255A. Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<enum>V<?xm-replace_text "?></enum><header>Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers</header>
<section id="H16EBC13D1ABB473997F53EED21E8DFA2"><enum>501.</enum><header>Clarification of marketing year and other provisions</header>
<subsection id="H37FCE1DA778A43FEBC94C84840771C67"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 291(5) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2401">19 U.S.C. 2401(5)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the end period the following: <quote>, or in the case of an agricultural commodity that has no officially designated marketing year, in a 12-month period for which the petitioner provides written request</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HFCD642DAAB024CA69661A501C6C8A09B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fishermen</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of chapter 2 of title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2271">19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.</external-xref>) 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.</text> </subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H802E68B0C0F64B0CBF000720351E06F2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<subsection id="H9A3BCD3CB3834A0C9E613ED98926A872"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 292(c)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2401a">19 U.S.C. 2401a(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>80 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>90 percent</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HAD6349F9E05446EA95E6607C9BAAC59"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Net farm income</header><text>Section 296(a)(1)(C) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2401e">19 U.S.C. 2401e(a)(1)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the end period the following: <quote>or the producer had no positive net farm income for the 2 most recent consecutive years in which no adjustment assistance was received by the producer under this chapter</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H54B98807EA9C44B4B0DA00E5D9E86F17"><enum>503.</enum><header>Petition process</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 293 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2401c">19 U.S.C. 2401c</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HE3875F6172BF43F28F4FCF2EBF4CA797"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Addition of commodity producers to petition</header><text>At any time after a petition is filed under section 292 by a group of agricultural commodity producers, including after the Secretary issues a certification of eligibility under subsection (a) to a group of agricultural producers, any other producer of that agricultural commodity may elect to join the group of producers who filed the petition. Any producer who makes an election under the preceding sentence is eligible for assistance under this chapter to the same extent as the producers who filed the petition.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HF1AB717C8FE2496FB9C44E6F8865AFF6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Amendment of petition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any case in which the Secretary issues a certification of eligibility under subsection (a) pursuant to a petition filed under section 292, the group of producers of an agricultural commodity to whom the certification applies may thereafter amend the petition to modify the countries described in section 292(c)(2) or to modify the heading or subheading under which the agricultural commodity is classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="H863BC4C3ED6449D6AFB5A424A9D6F469"><enum>504.</enum><header>Amount of cash benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 296(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2401e">19 U.S.C. 2401e(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H47FEE66976A34C2C8E6045EC4DFBB84B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the provisions of section 298, an adversely affected agricultural commodity producer described in subsection (a) shall be entitled to adjustment assistance under this chapter as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3DAF936337BD4EEEAEE8059970171276"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Commodities receiving assistance</header>
<clause id="H9E4A3F5CEE0348C3813F733C377889E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the agricultural commodity with respect to which the certification under this chapter applies is described in clause (ii), the adversely affected agricultural commodity producer shall be entitled to adjustment assistance under this chapter in an amount equal to the product of—</text>
<subclause id="H90D18364CD1B46A9B58797586C87A795"><enum>(I)</enum><text>one-half of the difference between—</text>
<item id="HC62BB4557F5F4A858C4948CA92E57CB0"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>an amount equal to 80 percent of the average of the national average price of the agricultural commodity covered by the application described in subsection (a) for the 5 marketing years preceding the most recent marketing year, and</text> </item>
<item id="H04DA97CEA2BA461AA8CF4D06A9B9C28"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the national average price of the agricultural commodity for the most recent marketing year, and</text> </item></subclause>
<subclause id="H393C43B8FCC447A5A1D59D6B9604C130"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of the agricultural commodity produced by the agricultural commodity producer in the most recent marketing year.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="HE06EB4789944407A9F6D3F2ECA12B38C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Agricultural commodities described</header><text>An agricultural commodity is described in this clause if it is—</text>
<subclause id="H41FAE89B4C62454EB0C064C0C8C022CB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a covered commodity for purposes of section 1103 or 1104 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7913">7 U.S.C. 7913</external-xref>, 7914);</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H1365B2D9AEF6456EA41C89255900BE4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a loan commodity for purposes of section 1202 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7932">7 U.S.C. 7932</external-xref>); or</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H761E25EA044C492182019C6F3227CE75"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a product eligible for assistance under subtitle C, D, or E of title I of that Act, or the amendments made by any such subtitle.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C606038B9CE41C6B250D2B2AAD38BCC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other commodities</header><text>If the agricultural commodity with respect to which the certification under this chapter applies is not covered under subparagraph (A), the adversely affected agricultural commodity producer shall be entitled to adjustment assistance under this chapter in an amount equal to the product of—</text>
<clause id="HEF1E44A4FADB43B99B697C90BBAD9DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the difference between—</text>
<subclause id="HA922D21638F94377B2993F21003D66ED"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an amount equal to 80 percent of the average of the national average price of the agricultural commodity covered by the application described in subsection (a) for the 5 marketing years preceding the most recent marketing year, and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H5B8C13F224BB43BAA4C43597BE31A7ED"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the national average price of the agricultural commodity for the most recent marketing year, and</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="HFF4EC4529BC84953950093A4F806F0EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of the agricultural commodity produced by the agricultural commodity producer in the most recent marketing year.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="HBD5DE026B98A4B5BB44CB3C87B1CA12F"><enum>505.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> The amendments made by this title apply to petitions filed or recertified under chapter 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 on or after January 1, 2007.</text> </section>
<enum>VI</enum><header>Trade adjustment assistance for firms</header>
<section id="H88BA104D892847B8A8855FCDBCEC99C8"><enum>601.</enum><header>Modification of eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 251(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2341">19 U.S.C. 2341(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBD2F237A06744AFF8C129D1ECEF9FD99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(C)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H42F89BC7528643FAA800DFBC15ABE409"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>increases of</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H54312B3919CB4D74B295ABDD86D26206"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>importantly</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4918A87A9C1A488385DBCEF6AC454F05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H16E48B9DCABA4FFE85BB6EC996107445" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced by the firm concerned exceed 75 percent of the market for such articles in the United States, the Secretary shall give substantially greater weight to the factors set forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) than to that set forth in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1).</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="HF91CACC2F6F04EBFAA1769A5E3798C5D"><enum>602.</enum><header>Demonstration project on strategic trade transformation assistance</header>
<subsection id="H0DA0C2EDF04E47A290EEA971F6E0E258"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a demonstration project (in this section referred to as the <quote>project</quote>) to demonstrate a programmatic framework that will allow American small- and medium-sized manufacturers to gain access to resources that will help them better compete domestically and globally. The project should include among its primary goals the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H5BB5B1E6B34B4B3200B9E2D2CAB94890"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Expanding the number of firms capable of taking advantage of a trade remedy program without drastically increasing the cost of the remedy to the taxpayer.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H558B3FD36538426FA2BCFF787202A81D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Certifying and providing assistance to approximately 700 firms.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89E5EB3A919541298D72852C95D8441E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Integrating the benefits of other applicable government programs into the project, and making benefits from the project subject to that integration.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B831E6C6F1040DD9C2F3C518100FE89"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Increasing the number of small- and medium-sized firms that export and increasing the value of exports from these firms.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE84050105384D8CB719C453C79DC3B6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Increasing revenues that small- and medium-sized firms derive from sales to the Federal Government and State and local governments.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC207B3DB6C1C4E1CBF6500489D920037"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Expanding technology availability to the small- and medium-sized firm segment by increasing access to, and adoption of, the latest technologies being developed at Federal laboratories and at universities.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DF5F7394EE945509BFFDD8BD53DAC0"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Improving the business and manufacturing practices of small- and medium-sized firms to enable them to become competitive in a global marketplace.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF446C077243D42D5BC6026796C4E23CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advisory board</header>
<paragraph id="HF76E3C2F8FEC41748442FF40C27CCAC9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the project, the Secretary of Commerce shall establish an advisory board comprised of representatives described in paragraph (2) to provide advice and recommendations with respect to the establishment and operation of the project.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA45E6B521FB14DF7BF00A8023E7632F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Representatives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representatives referred to in paragraph (1) shall consist of the respective executive directors of each Trade Adjustment Assistance Center affiliated with the trade adjustment assistance for firms program under chapter 3 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2CEB61EE400D4A45B110AF19266F2D55"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Scope and duration</header>
<paragraph id="HEA88FD7A72D9430CB02229383F8FDC02"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The project shall cover at least 5 States.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4BCB965E112342B5AF24DEA4C12332F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct the project for the 3-year period beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H356180FDCF7B43999E70BD999FA6250"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administration of project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In implementing the project, the Secretary of Commerce shall give preference, in entering into contracts for the operation and administration of the project, to Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers affiliated with the trade adjustment assistance for firms program under chapter 3 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H357055E6D4F94F78B0C536A755A4FF31"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce shall submit to Congress a report on the project not later than 6 months after the date of its completion. Such report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H4037B5AA4AFD4D5E892B0052A858D0E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>information on the impact of the project on mitigating the impact of imports in terms of competitiveness; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1095FFE839E642A187DEB17D27666E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations on the cost-effectiveness of extending or expanding the project.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>VII</enum><header>Trade adjustment assistance for service workers and firms</header>
<section id="H4B9D1989D32C44869F8190B9A0009F42"><enum>701.</enum><header>Extension of trade adjustment assistance to services sector</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C29CBF89D274F1DADC877079E6C3188"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Adjustment assistance for workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 221(a)(1)(A) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2271">19 U.S.C. 2271(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>firm)</quote> and inserting <quote>firm, and workers in a service sector firm or subdivision of a service sector firm or public agency)</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7685DFD8DB147969E32F5FFE9D374B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Group eligibility requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 222 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2272">19 U.S.C. 2272</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5572AAA0A44D4D5284ED8500BD88FE24"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72ADE38868FC40019BB17967C9D2D4B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>agricultural firm)</quote> and inserting <quote>agricultural firm, and workers in a service sector firm or subdivision of a service sector firm or public agency)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFD06A2A2EBE43DA919965CCCF10497D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or public agency</quote> after <quote>of the firm</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF56562199246467DBF02E3A81CCA663"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAB09EF7644549119EBAFB9ED0AFC813"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking <quote>like or directly competitive with articles produced</quote> and inserting <quote>or services like or directly competitive with articles produced or services provided</quote>; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE1A948E57EA48C781B8A10094002E53"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (B) (as amended by section 102(b) of this Act) to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H078F7231A0F746B899218B118C00C499" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBFB70FC5BEFA4D5986B2142E4D882C00"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there has been a shift, by such workers' firm, subdivision, or public agency to a foreign country, of production of articles, or in provision of services, like or directly competitive with articles which are produced, or services which are provided, by such firm, subdivision, or public agency; or</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FE71AE252F043609BF0FAF508CCC6F" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such workers' firm, subdivision, or public agency has obtained or is likely to obtain such services from a foreign country.</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE03D26B511AC470FBF9C23AC6FCCC587"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACDA0833E20246508833F5CDA5D3001D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>agricultural firm)</quote> and inserting <quote>agricultural firm, and workers in a service sector firm or subdivision of a service sector firm or public agency)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACAE6A88FE74498686A87481E53E3983"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>or service</quote> after <quote>related to the article</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F31100ED6BF4C45986F1D3DC4B6F811"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting <quote>or services</quote> after <quote>component parts</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB232EE361DD84A81A400AFC72BCB2297"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43BA6C0DEAEA411091C6E7D46773AF27"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0394C38A39D84795B67741A2215307E2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or services</quote> after <quote>value-added production processes</quote>;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3597DE6DB9F94FACBFD9AEEBC734BE53"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or finishing</quote> and inserting <quote>, finishing, or testing</quote>;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H818AE47DB7FB4625854245C314CF7671"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or services</quote> after <quote>for articles</quote>; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7A83C39B35D4A6DB198781D001E8496"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(or subdivision)</quote> after <quote>such other firm</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD74F1830508841B4A3E4AF1094020296"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE725A9AF0A26411CB2779D6F45C706B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>for articles</quote> and inserting <quote>, or services, used in the production of articles or in the provision of services</quote>; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A4616B36D024345AA9700DDFC18BF6E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(or subdivision)</quote> after <quote>such other firm</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H725F91EB4EC1457EAA35ADCE395A4E4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C039EFD71A64D13A8683ECB00DCAFE5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Basis for secretary’s determinations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FF24DA937B848EB9499C36EDDDDEEA6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Increased imports of services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii), the Secretary may determine that increased imports of like or directly competitive services exist if the workers’ firm or subdivision or customers of the workers’ firm or subdivision accounting for not less than 20 percent of the sales of the workers’ firm or subdivision certify to the Secretary that they are obtaining such services from a foreign country.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3414C2E234C49D68DD614B8ED91E6E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Obtaining services abroad</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subsection (a)(2)(B)(ii), the Secretary may determine that the workers’ firm, subdivision, or public agency has obtained or is likely to obtain like or directly competitive services from a foreign country based on a certification thereof from the workers’ firm, subdivision, or public agency.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF99B1B4CA924D34946616FD29D58DC1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority of the Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may obtain the certifications under paragraphs (1) and (2) through questionnaires or in such other manner as the Secretary determines is appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF0655579F7240E7B4A9C3E059472189"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 247 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2319">19 U.S.C. 2319</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0043E58DE5064264A7E5B3E8925B73AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H612E8E2514A44B31A130B6F3815D7477"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or public agency</quote> after <quote>of a firm</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DDE16E0745C482082CF00FEE28F7260"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or public agency</quote> after <quote>or subdivision</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F93C1520D40475EB0B45E75A35EF2EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting <quote>or public agency</quote> after <quote>the firm</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA027C71971D74CEE8943C544DEF3D604"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (17) as paragraphs (9) through (18), respectively; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C940921FE554849B82F7284A8272377"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B1A9833A2CF4E44889CCF7903560041"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>public agency</term> means a department or agency of a State or local government or of the Federal Government.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7233EC12DBDA451589FC2716834319EA"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>service sector firm</term> means an entity engaged in the business of providing services.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2683079596754FD49B16D47C51B988CD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 245(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2317">19 U.S.C. 2317(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, other than subchapter D</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B96B39E75F845908084F0E718513B29" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><header>Trade adjustment assistance for firms and industries</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BB0A66E359A48E5BD212814E8086685"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Firms</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6D29656CA734AC591F153D866ABF27B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 251 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2341">19 U.S.C. 2341</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3C40B6A9A0F4E579FF291425FEDE00"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>or service sector firm</quote> after <quote>(including any agricultural firm</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50C404D3312348CEAB512F7529FDA6FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E950314DB8443C394C718793CD7BB93"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or service sector firm</quote> after <quote>any agricultural firm</quote>;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF53338CD81BE4699BDAB9CFC2CA7BD30"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting <quote>or service</quote> after <quote>of an article</quote>; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A0528514FB64721AB6FB879E2E46476"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced</quote> and inserting <quote>articles or services like or directly competitive with articles or services which are produced or provided</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA87554FB6F340E2BFED8964D88FC549"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00E9ADA19FE84D6794B630E690CDC9EB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Basis for Secretary determination</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97F188A0812D4309B5D8824493A3C4E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Increased imports of services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subsection (c)(1)(C), the Secretary may determine that increases of imports of like or directly competitive services exist if customers accounting for not less than 20 percent of the sales of the workers’ firm certify to the Secretary that they are obtaining such services from a foreign country.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2786280E7B9492BB272D679FF2BA6DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority of the Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may obtain the certifications under paragraph (1) through questionnaires or in such other manner as the Secretary determines is appropriate. The Secretary may exercise the authority under section 249 in carrying out this subsection.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H635666BC15DD492387BB79F0FCF85ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 261 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2351">19 U.S.C. 2351</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD4C4F5B5E224D3C974344D5D87266BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>For purposes of</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Firm</header-in-text>.—For purposes of</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CE57BD3B9D04CAEBAAC8C1DDE0072DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03A39BA9A4904DF1A3E795455800AF30"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Service sector firm</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this chapter, the term <term>service sector firm</term> means a firm engaged in the business of providing services.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1447A646232742D400302027CD18E1FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Industries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 265(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2355">19 U.S.C. 2355(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>or service</quote> after <quote>new product</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67C6952C93254FF39189DB00F24C0572"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H862BCBAC80DB414AB0C3D6AD77F9DD71"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 249 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2321">19 U.S.C. 2321</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>subpena</quote> and inserting <quote>subpoena</quote> each place it appears in the heading and the text.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6753475E3AD94DCFBEE3E881A09EFE72"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking <quote>Subpena</quote> in the item relating to section 249 and inserting <quote>Subpoena</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H4804121E1E3A4DCCB90036220997917C"><enum>703.</enum><header>Monitoring and reporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 282 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2393">19 U.S.C. 2393</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H459065C64B3F4BB99C28500071BB74E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67DCBFD2EB4E4D48A721C300CBDEC377"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Monitoring Programs</header-in-text>.—The Secretary</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DE1AA8DBBFD4743B515754DEBDD2EC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and services</quote> after <quote>imports of articles</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B879C6C0F824A06BFFB7E22AE1284C3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and domestic provision of services</quote> after <quote>domestic production</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E916F980AFE4BF8BB8CF987109D3969"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or providing services</quote> after <quote>producing articles</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4AFE53D29E734CB29B9CA07B804442FE"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, or provision of services,</quote> after <quote>changes in production</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44A1309B2A56413AB2B1E207FD05AA33"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34E7F1F552954FC89F1142CAE18021F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Collection of data and reports on services sector</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61753F5245154118890009D511CCEA98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary of Labor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 months after the date of the enactment of the American Competitiveness and Adjustment Act, the Secretary of Labor shall implement a system to collect data on adversely affected service workers that includes the number of workers by State, industry, and cause of dislocation of each worker.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H873D892E805244BD9BE553C18DC41F7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary of Commerce</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after such date of enactment, the Secretary of Commerce shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, conduct a study and report to the Congress on ways to improve the timeliness and coverage of data on trade in services, including methods to identify increased imports due to the relocation of United States firms to foreign countries, and increased imports due to United States firms obtaining services from firms in foreign countries.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="HB9B4ED7EC44643179205768892B17677"><enum>704.</enum><header>Effective date </header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b), the amendments made by this title shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </section>