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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Trade and Globalization
Assistance Act of 2007
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Title I—Trade adjustment assistance for workers
Subtitle A—Trade adjustment assistance for service sector
workers; expansion of covered shifts in production; expansion of downstream
secondary worker eligibility
Sec. 101. Extension of trade adjustment assistance to services
sector; shifts in production.
Sec. 102. Determinations by Secretary of Labor.
Sec. 103. Monitoring and reporting relating to service
sector.
Subtitle B—Industry-wide trade adjustment assistance
Sec. 111. Industry-wide determinations.
Sec. 112. Notifications regarding affirmative determinations
and safeguards.
Sec. 113. Notification to Secretary of Commerce.
Subtitle C—Program benefits
Sec. 121. Qualifying requirements for workers.
Sec. 122. Weekly amounts.
Sec. 123. Limitations on trade readjustment allowances;
allowances for extended training and breaks in training.
Sec. 124. Special rules for calculation of eligibility
period.
Sec. 125. Application of State laws and regulations on good
cause for waiver of time limits or late filing of claims.
Sec. 126. Employment and case management services.
Sec. 127. Training.
Sec. 128. Prerequisite education; approved training
programs.
Sec. 129. Eligibility for unemployment insurance and program
benefits while in training.
Sec. 130. Administrative expenses and employment and case
management services.
Sec. 131. Job search and relocation allowances.
Subtitle D—Health care provisions
Sec. 141. Modifications relating health insurance assistance
for certain TAA and PBGC pension recipients.
Sec. 142. Extension of COBRA benefits for certain TAA-eligible
individuals and PBGC recipients.
Subtitle E—Wage insurance
Sec. 151. Reemployment trade adjustment assistance program for
older workers.
Subtitle F—Other matters
Sec. 161. Restriction on eligibility for program
benefits.
Sec. 162. Agreements with States.
Sec. 163. Fraud and recovery of overpayments.
Sec. 164. Technical amendments.
Sec. 165. Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance; Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Trade Adjustment Assistance.
Sec. 166. Collection of data and reports; information to
workers.
Sec. 167. Extension of TAA program.
Sec. 168. Judicial review.
Sec. 169. Liberal construction of certification of workers and
firms.
Title II—Trade adjustment assistance for firms
Sec. 201. Trade adjustment assistance for firms.
Sec. 202. Extension of authorization of trade adjustment
assistance for firms.
Sec. 203. Industry-wide programs for the development of new
services.
Sec. 204. Demonstration project on strategic trade
transformation assistance.
Title III—Trade adjustment assistance for farmers
Sec. 301. Eligibility of certain other producers.
Title IV—Unemployment insurance
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Special transfers to State accounts in the
Unemployment Trust Fund.
Sec. 403. Extension of FUTA tax.
Sec. 404. Safety Net Review Commission.
Title V—Manufacturing redevelopment zones
Sec. 501. Manufacturing redevelopment zones.
Sec. 502. Delay in application of worldwide interest
allocation.
Title VI—Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification
Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Amendments to the WARN Act.
Sec. 603. Effective date.
2.Congress makes the following
findings:
(1)Since January 2001, the United States
economy has lost nearly 3 million jobs in the manufacturing sector
alone.
(2)Today, over 7.1
million people in the United States are unemployed, and nearly 1.2 million of
those individuals have been unemployed for 6 months or longer.
(3)While the United
States manufacturing sector has been the hardest hit by increased unemployment,
the United States service sector has also seen declines as jobs have moved to
low-cost labor markets, such as China, India, and the Philippines.
(4)Promoting the
economic growth and competitiveness of the United States requires—
(A)opening substantial
new markets for United States goods, services, and farm products;
(B)building a strong
framework of rules for international trade to level the playing field for
United States workers and businesses in all sectors of the economy; and
(C)helping those
affected by globalization overcome its challenges and succeed.
(5)Congress created
the trade adjustment assistance program in 1962 to provide United States
workers who lose their jobs because of foreign competition with
government-funded training and associated income support to enable such workers
to transition to new, good-paying jobs.
(6)Unfortunately, the
trade adjustment assistance program has not kept pace with globalization and it
is failing to ensure that all workers adversely affected by trade receive the
assistance they need and deserve.
(7)Workers in the
service sector, who make up approximately 80 percent of the United States
workforce, are ineligible for trade adjustment assistance.
(8)Inadequate funding
for training leaves many dislocated workers without access to the retraining
they need to find good-paying jobs.
(9)Unnecessary,
unduly burdensome, and confusing program eligibility rules prevent workers from
gaining access to benefits for which they are eligible.
(10)The health coverage tax credit suffers from
fundamental flaws and, as a result, the credit is not being used by the vast
majority of people who are eligible for it, despite a clear need for access to
affordable health care.
(11)To meet the
challenges posed by globalization and to preserve the critical role that United
States workers play in promoting the strength and prosperity of the United
States, the trade adjustment assistance program must be reformed.
<enum>I</enum><header>Trade
adjustment assistance for workers</header>
<subtitle id="H78622DAF14E044D89582F9EEB005C714"><enum>A</enum><header>Trade adjustment
assistance for service sector workers; expansion of covered shifts in
production; expansion of downstream secondary worker eligibility</header>
<section id="H24B1BA6DE9BE4B54BEFFECF7195545"><enum>101.</enum><header>Extension of
trade adjustment assistance to services sector; shifts in production</header>
<subsection id="H7BF4FCBBE8BF495EA6093100B58EF9E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Petitions</header><text>Section
221(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2271">19 U.S.C. 2271(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBDC3D82770FE468C00228BCAEAA0028"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9A360AB7553342869D3FDD409834EDF8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="HAFB1034419624CC0B650C26EC307AC02"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of
Labor</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9F7D342E02C24235BDC1D9FEDD560000"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>or subdivision</quote> and inserting <quote>or public agency,
or subdivision of a firm or public agency,</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D38C32AE90A4A1584CE951C83D73901"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>firm)</quote> and inserting <quote>firm, and workers in
a service sector firm or subdivision of a service sector firm, or of a public
agency or subdivision thereof)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7FB2355109F0488B959E037F68E92985"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by inserting <quote>and on the Website of the Department of Labor</quote> after
<quote>Federal Register</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF755116DAB8C43638DA5BD924E19C9C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Group
eligibility Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H037A6DE8FF76445900509791FAE444CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2272">19 U.S.C. 2272</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D4B399570224AC3833224E43CFBC435"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(including workers in any
agricultural firm or subdivision of an agricultural firm)</quote> and inserting
<quote>(other than workers in a public agency)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H673D6DE1DD374982A2B1A896182E3BA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="HC6DF9522942D4A468FEE832780205DAD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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 id="H719433CF7872455A80FBD53D4DC1CA13"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2C79BDB04064554903C65A445CABFE" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF337A635F1354552BAE34011C6A1A5A4"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H24BF01B2DDA445CD9D359EFF5353B28F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>there has been a shift,
by such workers’ firm or subdivision to a foreign country, of production of
articles, or in provision of services, like or directly competitive with
articles produced, or services provided, by such firm or subdivision; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H8288DE1A6D834AC4B06701486340983E" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such workers’ firm or subdivision
has obtained or is likely to obtain articles or services described in clause
(i) from a foreign
country.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8202FAA27CF248E48DA66873999FB6C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Workers in
public agencies</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H365DF019FBE24E9B8E49FEDE52A00009"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C52A00FB7DD4F4C82F51C35F340229"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (a) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CC8D200F28245DB9663B4763223A644" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8B2F12F71E2A493F807FDA06558C7FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adversely
affected workers in public agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A group of workers in a public agency shall
be certified by the Secretary as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under this chapter pursuant to a petition filed under section 221 if the
Secretary determines that—</text>
<paragraph id="H5DE13AC266DB4B37A439D65DA920618"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the public agency, or an appropriate
subdivision of the public agency, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H561CF82CF2774338ADABB5D3E7DF9FDD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the public agency or subdivision has
obtained or is likely to obtain from a foreign country services that would
otherwise be provided by such agency or
subdivision.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0891533A31334182A602B33BB065E589"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adversely
affected secondary workers</header><text>Subsection (c) of such section (as
redesignated by paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H370376767A3B44ADB506203E2612D0AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H567E0072E87A47C3871910F282008657"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="HE9E61A2D09704CE4B89834C19747F978"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>or service</quote> after <quote>related to the
article</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H769B264732A844588E00D95504C3B665"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>(c)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>(d)(3)</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFAA0D1C9CC6545BEB09FF0D67C8148BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A), by striking <quote>it
supplied to the firm (or subdivision)</quote> and inserting <quote>or services
it supplied to the firm (or subdivision)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H103FF8F15AA54C3BB5E700618731F91"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions and
eligibility</header><text>Subsection (d) of such section (as redesignated by
paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HED12C3D08BC848B986CC2B3789BC3B9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(d) For purposes of this
section—</quote> and inserting <quote>(d)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Definitions and
eligibility</header-in-text>.—For purposes of this section:</quote></text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB082DE1BCB134387B95D1446178E4FFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7689B1E8D9564B659DDFD4C46E3DD887" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3F744E55BFD3478494D15513E5F8E1F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Downstream
producer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>downstream producer</term> means a firm that performs additional,
value-added production processes or services for a firm or subdivision,
including a firm that performs final assembly, finishing, testing, packaging,
or maintenance or transportation services directly for another firm (or
subdivision), for articles or services that were the basis for a certification
of eligibility under subsection (a) of a group of workers employed by such
other firm (or
subdivision).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB6DD73C778F43EAB6FC067C7FEF0005"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H3F5C2EC9FED34126A50043C56273526E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for articles</quote> and inserting <quote>, or services, used in the
production of articles or in the provision of services, as the case may
be,</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC9CEC87298B84FB080B2DC6C8AE6B18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>(or subdivision)</quote> after <quote>such other firm</quote>;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B613253195941489476C415BF35BD00"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H934DFDCD41CA4241A8F2C933E707E077" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFDF6676879864DCD95CF687F2CA78DD3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Firms identified
by ITC</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A petition filed under
section 221 covering a group of workers from a firm or appropriate subdivision
of a firm meets the requirements of subsection (a) if the firm is identified by
the International Trade Commission under subsection (c), (d), or (e) of section
224.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB3E7912FF4446DA960000B5BE3E6E7C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Basis for
Secretary’s determinations</header><text>Such section is further amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9921C37ED33640E1A3E8E823008B1587" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H859CACD137EB497FBE7CAA36EAAB3714"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Basis for
Secretary’s determinations</header>
<paragraph id="HF1B9A35451C346CEB5C796EFDB10A0F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Increased
imports of services</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii), the
Secretary may determine that increased imports of like or directly competitive
services exist if the customers of the workers’ firm or subdivision accounting
for not less than 20 percent of the sales of the workers’ firm or subdivision
(as the case may be) certify to the Secretary that such customers are obtaining
such services from a foreign country.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86C20E2721DE4A3B8E283D64A439F1DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Shift in
production; obtaining articles or services abroad</header><text>For purposes of
subsections (a)(2)(B) and (b)(2), the Secretary may determine that there has
been a shift in production of articles or provision of services, or that a
workers’ firm or public agency, or subdivision thereof, has obtained or is
likely to obtain like or directly competitive articles or services from a
foreign country, based on a certification thereof from the workers’ firm,
public agency, or subdivision (as the case may be).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5CE87C30227A4D2995027489E669A6A3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Process and
methods for obtaining certifications</header>
<subparagraph id="H59D5E5A7E5954B518FF2C51CC402BE1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Request by
petitioner</header><text>If requested by the petitioner, the Secretary shall
obtain the certifications under paragraphs (1) and (2) in such manner as the
Secretary determines is appropriate, including by issuing subpoenas under
section 249 when necessary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2D68A5A4B0640E985697FE6993D8DEB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Protection of
confidential information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary may not release information obtained under subparagraph (A) that the
Secretary considers to be confidential business information unless the party
submitting the confidential business information had notice, at the time of
submission, that such information would be released by the Secretary, or such
party subsequently consents to the release of the information. Nothing in this
subparagraph shall be construed to prohibit a court from requiring the
submission of such confidential business information to the court in
camera.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H254D52B7974E4638008FF9FDF25CC1A8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
247 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2319">19 U.S.C. 2319</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3C1CA51070F1496783A77B27D4140AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>chapter—</quote> and
inserting <quote>chapter:</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1605261C807742ECA57765B7C5CB9FC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H070CCAEA9E4D4AEBA8FE7D6DC7BA970"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, or employment in a public agency or appropriate subdivision of a
public agency,</quote> after <quote>of a firm</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD0D2ABA5391C435B9E30B929DC655C84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>such firm or subdivision</quote> inserting <quote>such firm (or
subdivision) or public agency (or subdivision)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1CE8E0743AEE47248E8212FD7BFFB5E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>employment—</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>employment, has been totally or partially separated from such
employment.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC4B8A7598DD4A12BDFC986111A7114F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (8) through (17) as paragraphs (10) through (19), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5AF17B54D5A641BABBD1AA0092A580D1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (6) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6826B2702B894B8F98DEC4D8368B591E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H404E6DF58116469700822E757B9847A6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>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 id="HEC3466FB191348F98F2B9285DBA59900"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The term
<term>service sector firm</term> means an entity engaged in the business of
providing services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE669BE70556641FEB73003F558C18BA"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Except as otherwise
provided, the term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of
Labor.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H079985DA86A04BADA526BA7F883B00F6"><enum>102.</enum><header>Determinations
by Secretary of Labor</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2273">19 U.S.C. 2273</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4AB7C83F753A426783C6999D006D8FBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>before his application</quote> and all that follows and
inserting <quote>before the worker’s application under section 231 occurred
more than one year before the date of the petition on which such certification
was granted.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3E80192790E4260B5C4581CFF79EBF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking
<quote>together with his reasons</quote> and inserting <quote>and on the
Website of the Department of Labor, together with the Secretary’s
reasons</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC015FCACE611407B8624084BD4E908ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H706BA11B3F7F4110AA5733E37B35C00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subdivision of the firm</quote> and all that follows through <quote>he
shall</quote> and inserting <quote>subdivision of the firm, or of a public
agency or subdivision of a public agency, that total or partial separations
from such firm (or subdivision) or public agency (or subdivision) are no longer
attributable to the conditions specified in section 222, the Secretary
shall</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD77810D1DE034998B883E614F57DA289"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>together with his
reasons</quote> and inserting <quote>and on the Website of the Department of
Labor, together with the Secretary’s reasons</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H915AF0F6D03C4E9DB6F6203187A873BE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Monitoring and
reporting relating to service sector</header>
<subsection id="HFAA0F66548314B7BA728FC43754E2B7F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-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 id="H0EF4A3146C044D38B09100003D001C58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">system</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and data
collection</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA89F51E868A1440586164C49A5A4F2F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADCFD0205186432F8BF5DD4BA9E1261C"><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="HF95FC27A28E14296B3C5BFB614F3289"><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="HE301506D77284DEF984FF647BF898E44"><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="H6631385F920C4CAD9CB5F518B9AC45CC"><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="H3BE78F2E1464434E886F263F43C33306"><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="H91BF62A489E840EDA32BD66B244403D2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC068E2131425485FB8ED353DD750018" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EAE7DA97BF94A52B85C88EF473C223F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Collection of
data and reports on service sector</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA41A6C3C38F4ACCB4F1783F05ACABDC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary of
Labor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Trade
and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary of Labor
shall implement a system to collect data on adversely affected workers employed
in the service sector 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="H1E04DD579C4D44E484465BE6FD283382"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary of
Commerce</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1
year after such date of enactment, the Secretary of Commerce shall, in
consultation with the Secretary of Labor, conduct a study and report to
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></subsection><subsection id="HD81A3188DDF745C691855953F5457F2F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for title II of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking the item
relating to section 282 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19B6BEC7B48940659DADB29925CB4113" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 282. Trade monitoring and data
collection.
</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HCA14FBCCB3EA444F9C5E64A8043B54F5"><enum>B</enum><header>Industry-wide
trade adjustment assistance </header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82155D2AD10F443DA3CD9F91E6ACE150" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header>Industry-wide
determinations</header>
<subsection id="HEC67E66499C041F987A0C95EA2BF23CB"><enum>(a)</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 adding after section 223
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H239B64D3C4DC4249A6B1258891594D21" style="OLC">
<section id="H145CF25CE8C643BAA8715E2BA9D65E2D"><enum>223A.</enum><header>Industry-wide
determinations</header>
<subsection id="H9E2F3633AEBB405DA7F04F2B3839E896"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Investigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the request of the President or the
United States Trade Representative, or the resolution of either the Committee
on Finance of the Senate or the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives, with respect to a domestic industry, or if the Secretary
certifies groups of workers in a domestic industry under section 223(a)
pursuant to 3 petitions within a 180-day period, the Secretary shall promptly
initiate an investigation under this chapter to determine the eligibility for
adjustment assistance of—</text>
<paragraph id="H26106240973643B100F4DEE6795628D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all workers in that
domestic industry; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55CBF618F7234C729EDC667869207CA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all workers in
that domestic industry in a specific geographic region.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5CAE5F4CBA14BCA82A7CF5FE436DD1B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination
regarding industry-wide certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, not later than 60 days
after receiving a request or resolution described in subsection (a) with
respect to a domestic industry, or making the third certification of workers in
a domestic industry described in subsection (a), as the case may be—</text>
<paragraph id="HE5BF90BACECB4589A29EB6E8C3738926"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine whether
all adversely affected workers in that domestic industry are eligible to apply
for assistance under this subchapter, in accordance with the criteria
established under subsection (e); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7A3ABE582614801AE6D823CFB98C906"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine whether all adversely affected
workers in that domestic industry in a specific geographic region are eligible
to apply for assistance under this subchapter, in accordance with the criteria
established under subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC4D6024980CF44369E47FBBF041780DE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Identification
and certification</header>
<paragraph id="H88952FA2778B4405B208C9487C87C095"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Affirmative
determination</header>
<subparagraph id="H1EA7184DF6EA443E96229E3CC484DAA7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Upon making an affirmative determination under subsection
(b), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H98F2D7FA360346B6B0B476D805686717"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify all firms operating within the
domestic industry described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) that are
covered by the determination; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H77ABF2458A4F41D3885800136561CA61"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>certify all
workers of such firms as a group of workers eligible to apply for assistance
under this subchapter, without any other determination of whether such group
meets the requirements of section 222.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB079078953C4CC88F75731B27EDC344"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other
requirements</header>
<clause id="HE3325EFCDAE84EECB74DDDE2004706F5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each certification under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall
specify the date on which the total or partial separation began or threatened
to begin, except that—</text>
<subclause id="H0551C2B4E4734C7D998D84AC2B34216"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a request or a resolution
under subsection (a), such date may not be a date that precedes one year before
the date on which the Secretary receives the request or resolution, as the case
may be; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3620B2CE6062475B8F86C1972F2F2276"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to the third certification of
workers in a domestic industry described in subsection (a), such date may not
be a date that precedes one year before the date on which the Secretary
certifies the 3d such petition.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H2716474951024C9F9445AC471C7C3505"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inapplicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A certification under subparagraph (A)(ii)
shall not apply to any worker whose last total or partial separation from the
firm occurred before the applicable date specified in clause (i).</text>
</clause><clause id="H2ABA5C838F754545833E4DA5713E2E78"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Training
before separation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any worker
covered by a certification under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be deemed to be an
adversely affected worker for purposes of receiving services under section 235
and training under section 236, without regard to whether the worker has been
totally or partially separated from employment. In the case of a worker not
totally or partially separated from employment, the reference in section
236(a)(1)(A) to <quote>suitable employment</quote> shall be deemed not to refer
to such employment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB314DAA7E73B418C892C1F731772A396"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Negative
determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the
Secretary makes a negative determination under subsection (b), the Secretary
shall notify the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate of the reasons for the Secretary’s
determination.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9F120AEC30E420594F11794F2FADDAC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Upon
making a determination under subsection (b), the Secretary shall promptly
publish a summary of the determination in the Federal Register and on the
Website of the Department of Labor, together with the reasons for making such
determination.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA067DCB5A38C489FB1E35FB379A925DC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever the Secretary determines that a
certification under paragraph (1) is no longer warranted, the Secretary shall
terminate the certification and promptly have notice of the termination
published in the Federal Register and on the Website of the Department of
Labor, together with the reasons for making such determination under this
paragraph. Such termination shall apply only with respect to total or partial
separations occurring after the termination date specified by the Secretary. In
the case of a worker described in paragraph (1)(B)(iii), no services described
in section 235 or training described in section 236 may be initiated after such
termination date.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HABF84176F5CC4C3C9F6269F92F4761A8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon making a certification under
subsection (c)(1) of eligibility for adjustment assistance under this chapter
of a group of workers or all workers in a domestic industry, the Secretary
shall notify each Governor of a State in which the workers are located of the
certification.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H74AB5F221EF7462CBB1C9228AB956F49"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of
2007</short-title>, issue regulations for making determinations under this
section, including criteria for making such determinations. The Secretary shall
develop such regulations in consultation with the Committee on Ways and Means
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and
the Secretary shall submit such regulations to each such committee at least 60
days before the regulations go into effect.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H715AAB12A62743D182554473060000DE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Domestic
industry defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section, the term <term>domestic industry</term> means an industry in the
United States, as that industry is defined by the North American Industry
Classification
System.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF27FFC53EB104DC7B9004D02BF2FBFD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for title II of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 223 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45170E171DD04D6D8EBE6B3D4FC2FE2" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 223A. Industry-wide
determinations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HB72F0029F31942B9A399D109F9BCADCE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H92D508FFF3754BED988B689DAD422F78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
225—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5600FC6E12444EA4ADED823BF5690359"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
in the last sentence by inserting <quote>or 223A</quote> after
<quote>223</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80DCC753680146CB858BBC21C38600C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<clause id="H03B2AB2FE3BC46208006EEBEBA2D8151"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subchapter A of this chapter</quote> and
inserting <quote>this subchapter</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDFC804E4162E44078659E06CBEC6AAA0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2), by striking <quote>subchapter A</quote> and inserting
<quote>this subchapter</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE5C645F33C5040A4ABA7B4F9C2D7C171"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
231—</text>
<subparagraph id="H167FA78ED30146339C01A86D00010095"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<clause id="HE120503621C84EA4B41F2129C4003E61"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>more than 60
days</quote> and all that follows through <quote>section 221</quote> and
inserting <quote>on or after the date of such certification </quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0786DF9BC60E47A6B7A2406184F3E2AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subclause id="H850D3900B8CE4911B7EC00CD47F9FCD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>or 223A (as the case may be)</quote>
after <quote>223</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC869AC0D33394E24A018C4B87C84F8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>or 223A(c)(4), as the case may be</quote>
after <quote>223(d)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61E021C1F04A40B8BD02F6B3FA6DD61"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="H994EDF7AA34D44ACAB22002DCA77AF71"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking paragraph (2); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCEA4DC6D5618433E942BC0CA40FDB626"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1)—</text>
<subclause id="H47F9B40AD98C4FAE0000820009EFF2A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(1)</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDDF0B077D8884827B34F77B9A95F2E32"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraph (1) and (2), respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA94140C4D92A4E85B8B01EE6B4C33291"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7C93F9D1AF04412BBAE920F462DF4BE0"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by redesignating
subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA84BB95448CD4F29BA7DFCC3A348EC2C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header>Notifications
regarding affirmative determinations and safeguards</header>
<subsection id="H1F609AA9D1A34F938E31D5C8E1003D57"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-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—</text>
<paragraph id="HA1645561D060405AB6AC4FE0E6A6F1CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">study by secretary
of labor when international trade commission begins
investigation</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">study and notifications regarding trade remedy
determinations</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H663E052C494743E58428DA2FD76206C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>Whenever</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Study of domestic
industry</header-in-text>.—Whenever</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC03F24AA6DC48DFAC0796C78FBC3000"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H06B0BBFE7F384FA199F90227BE2C0607"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The report</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Report by the Secretary</header-in-text>.—The
report</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H643D666EC8964EE698F0948E063400D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>his report</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary’s report</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H533D2E029499451F884C40CCAD3A229"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and on the Website of
the Department of Labor</quote> after <quote>Federal Register</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2357903557934EF48439E14DA49F74BA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA98395358AFF4133B1F608BA05B3F882" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H00F93C1372EB4EE585145E6F4BA1A0D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notifications
regarding affirmative safeguard determinations under section
<enum-in-header>202</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon issuing an affirmative finding
regarding serious injury, or the threat thereof, to a domestic industry, under
section 202, the Commission shall notify the Secretary and the Secretary of
Commerce of that finding and the identity of the firms which comprise the
domestic industry.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEEA0427726794639A7D6D5233995D32D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notifications
regarding affirmative determinations under section
<enum-in-header>421</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon issuing an affirmative determination
of market disruption, or the threat thereof, under section 421, the Commission
shall notify the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce of that determination
and the identity of the firms which comprise the affected domestic
industry.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6850C897736D4C5BA533E9BFC7CE7199"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Notifications
regarding affirmative determinations under Tariff Act of
<enum-in-header>1930</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon issuing a final affirmative
determination of injury, or the threat thereof, under section 705 or section
735 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d and 1673d), the Commission shall
notify the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce of that determination and
the identity of the firms which comprise the affected domestic industry.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H831A7F83D7E74FE3ACA11B7200DBC12D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Notification of
industry and worker representatives</header><text>Whenever the Commission makes
a notification under subsection (c), (d), or (e)—</text>
<paragraph id="H712AA4EDE555457C8D547638161D46B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFEAB338ACE6A44029BD7C7E8B9130089"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notify the firms
identified by the Commission as comprising the domestic industry affected, and
any certified or recognized union or other duly authorized representatives of
the workers in such industry, of the allowances, training, employment services,
and other benefits available under this chapter, and the procedures under this
chapter for filing petitions and applying for benefits;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2260CA35F0943139F192F5EA1D9F258"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify the Governor of each State in which
one or more firms described in subparagraph (A) are located of the Commission’s
determination and the identity of the firms; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25382EE660474FA68208AB4710545141"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the necessary assistance to
employers, groups of workers, and any certified or recognized union or other
duly authorized representatives of such workers to file petitions under section
221; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1BF8A00EC2CD45CFA2E1D4D4271FE0FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Commerce shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H380811F32D9A441B8751BA572CBE3E3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify the firms identified by the
Commission as comprising the domestic industry affected of the benefits under
chapter 3 and the procedures under such chapter for filing petitions and
applying for benefits; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1602265F639482DB199CAB01D73A38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide the
necessary assistance to firms to file petitions under section
251.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H55C010174DF74634918D32A2D9035B00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for title II of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking the item
relating to section 224 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4342C0EBD56A448B828E65C220B28BBE" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 224. Study and notifications
regarding trade remedy
determinations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H65B04C3545154A2083881F4C99CA601D"><enum>113.</enum><header>Notification to
Secretary of Commerce</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
225 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2275">19 U.S.C. 2275</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61FC16FC607D42E691EDBEEBBEFCAEE4" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5B4E709525BA4ECB9B57B28699BA59B9"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Upon issuing a
certification under section 223 or 223A, the Secretary shall notify the
Secretary of Commerce of the identify of the firm or firms that are covered by
the
certification.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H4C6D2A85D89944419069A355D7B747F2"><enum>C</enum><header>Program
benefits</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58C4822DB8A043C7B369768B9E6B0292"><enum>121.</enum><header>Qualifying
requirements for workers</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF06C52212922410A8F33236C37CCECF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection
(a)(5)(A)(ii) of section 231 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2291">19 U.S.C. 2291</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H612C88B7517444C5B2DD9D44A69AC14"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subclauses (I) and (II) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAD22274604E42D88914E9AA4907009E" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HA9003A4A66B74BAEAE5CCF733004351" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of a worker whose most recent
total separation from adversely affected employment that meets the requirements
of paragraphs (1) and (2) occurs after the date on which the Secretary issues a
certification covering the worker, the last day of the 26th week after such
total separation,</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0C0625C437234BD3AA787ED3B71CFDAB" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in
the case of a worker whose most recent total separation from adversely affected
employment that meets the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) occurs before
the date on which the Secretary issues a certification covering the worker, the
last day of the 26th week after the date of such
certification,</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2160B06891CD4C5BA41CE68389BD70E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause
(III)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H015F179BE323492A97AF62659E113C51"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>later of the dates specified in subclause (I) or (II)</quote> and
inserting <quote>date specified in subclause (I) or (II), as the case may
be</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77D8D2D4E98C4498982842F911520537"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA6747973D717487D9FC0D0743C383FAE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
subclause (IV) as subclause (V); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86B55199911E40A2A74BED832900EE1E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after
subclause (III) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1C12DA65611482F93F3A6FC9048F41F" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HBD7B4C5322AF4AF0ADD2D45D187B8026" indent="up1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the
last day of such period that the Secretary determines appropriate, if the
failure to enroll is due to the failure to provide the worker with timely
information regarding the date specified in subclause (I) or (II), as the case
may be,
or</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1D9CBA09FEDF4192BC4570F402BF3BCC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waivers of
training requirements</header><text>Subsection (c) of such section 231 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC06594851F604EE880012329C0A6A3D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H289F2901CDDD44F8B5BB8912EC72ECC2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The worker possesses</quote> and inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC27FE5AD7DAF4F21B396011968A31596" style="OLC">
<clause id="HA95A1B75750D434B84002714ACA1C2A7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The worker
possesses</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B14B3B79D4544CB8D1F5EC20100B3AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by moving the
remaining text 2 ems to the right; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84F6F7C1C9C64D8CBABB42496EDDD789"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F612F9E24A74EA09575D45B72FA50D" style="OLC">
<clause id="idFC92CD02DB24429290CD023CBEB1E399"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Marketable
skills defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes
of clause (i), the term <term>marketable skills</term> may include the
possession of a postgraduate degree from an institution of higher education (as
defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965) or equivalent
institution, or the possession of an equivalent postgraduate certification in a
specialized field.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1CFB134FA6BA4ADD8FDA1B9E4B9E5894"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA6B30AECE0684103973CA7D2F1DDAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A),
by striking <quote>may authorize</quote> and inserting <quote>shall
authorize</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B22958C4282454DB1BBF2CCD081E53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4788F1099064F75AE34222663D87605"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18562808E0CD4DC68D6B6165EFA71400" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H5406C2A11E9E4C92A407596CC017D25B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duration of
waivers</header><text>A waiver issued under paragraph (1) by a cooperating
State shall be effective for not more than 3 months after the date on which the
waiver is issued, except that the State, upon reviewing the waiver, may extend
the waiver for an additional period of not more than 3 months if the State
determines that the waiver should be
maintained.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDC25AF9DC6C240CCA8B59199CF4EEA3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Determinations of
eligibility by State employees appointed on merit basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such section 231 is further amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81C68B8C6DC942EF8725D6543F523FE1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H97D32A133866404C82AFDF6DEB21CFA4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Determinations
of eligibility by State employees appointed on merit basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All determinations of eligibility for trade
readjustment allowances under this part shall be made by employees of the State
who are appointed on a merit
basis.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC0115E01843D4DBCAEEE19EC37C874FD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2293">19 U.S.C. 2293</external-xref>)
is amended by striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsections (c) through
(g) as subsections (b) through (f), respectively.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H26CBF8EFB894461AB8AECB23D7932F3B"><enum>122.</enum><header>Weekly
amounts</header>
<subsection id="HB5FE81C7EAFF452800EEFC3B1360C193"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 232 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2292">19 U.S.C. 2292</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB16EFE0E5EEA4292896B4FD9FB19B45"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H093CEDDA1D8C4BDEA5F1EE7C2140BBFC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subsections (b) and (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (b),
(c), and (d)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAABC3240E7BB4F72B26B13BA8B2B4449"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>total unemployment</quote> the first place it appears and inserting
<quote>unemployment</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H973A53BD17D7494FA122A52FFF4F2C00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by adding at the end before the period the following: <quote>, except that in
the case of an adversely affected worker who is participating in full-time
training under this chapter, such income shall not include earnings from work
for such week that are equal to or less than the most recent weekly benefit
amount of the unemployment insurance payable to the worker for a week of total
unemployment preceding the worker’s first exhaustion of unemployment insurance
(as determined for purposes of section 231(a)(3)(B))</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCF81AF247A7B4BA6A0CCD32DDD05FF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H581D8148B6F64C78AEA2102DED51A8C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A8F01BE93064C5A80A28EF85F6CCE00" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H57AB0C6321BA4C4A9CF8C33420414924"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF81F3BC3109347E190FA23E67A800C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 231(a)(3)(B), if an
adversely affected worker who is participating in training qualifies for
unemployment insurance under State law, based in whole or in part upon
part-time or short-term employment following approval of the worker’s initial
trade readjustment allowance application under section 231(a), then for any
week for which unemployment insurance is payable and for which the worker would
otherwise be entitled to a trade readjustment allowance based upon the
certification under section 223, the worker shall, in addition to any such
unemployment insurance, be paid a trade readjustment allowance in the amount
described in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2092D4CFAD14671AB462556F0BF6678" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The trade readjustment allowance payable
under paragraph (1) shall be equal to the weekly benefit amount of the
unemployment insurance upon which the worker’s trade readjustment allowance was
initially determined under subsection (a), reduced by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H93C5E8D135C84EBF812D777E53A2D67"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of the unemployment insurance
benefit payable to such worker for that week of unemployment for which a trade
readjustment allowance is payable under paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DC6B7BEB9DA4656BF04AC42E591B798"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amounts described in paragraphs (1) and
(2) of subsection
(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9CDE7A3B2BD14BBAB13463497F9E4EC1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2293">19 U.S.C. 2293</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H82096FDD0C37481093F118C2FDAF5808"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1), by striking <quote>section 232(a)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsections (a) and (b) of section 232</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F936A88067647BCA1024995A3527D99"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by striking <quote>section 232(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
232(c)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HC98923BE53744400B9DCD9B7C5F9E013"><enum>123.</enum><header>Limitations on
trade readjustment allowances; allowances for extended training and breaks in
training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 233(a) of the
Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2293">19 U.S.C. 2293(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5D447DDDCD5B4E6B9170BBDAC5FA2FC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>under
paragraph (1)</quote> after <quote>trade readjustment allowance</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6CB537BAEC6448985710699C652CB56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8867B6F22E064ACC97ED27BDEC85243"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="HF85D8E764B524F099199852B0756B199"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>52 additional weeks</quote> and inserting <quote>78 additional
weeks</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA9309935207F4FCA87A4A073AE6B5B6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>52-week</quote> and inserting <quote>91-week</quote>;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A9DCBAEA9C5496F96D5BACCEB0AC07"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter following subparagraph (B),
by striking <quote>52-week</quote> and inserting <quote>91-week</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4138544BD858400C93007C77003CEAB9"><enum>124.</enum><header>Special rules
for calculation of eligibility period</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>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD275FCA639CE44F398B51932C0F78698" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0BB2DD3B18004B98B75DBCCF10C17378"><enum>(g)</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) or for purposes of calculating time periods specified
in section 231(a)(5)(A).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9AE89C91377D47A09BF8220900C2A2DE"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Special rule for
justifiable cause</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary may extend the periods during which trade readjustment allowances are
payable to an adversely affected worker under paragraphs (2) and (3) of
subsection (a) and under subsection (f) (but not the maximum amounts of such
allowances that are payable under this section), and the periods specified in
section 231(a)(5)(A), if the Secretary determines that there is justifiable
cause for such an extension, such as the failure to provide the worker with
timely information, or justifiable breaks in training that exceed the period
allowable under subsection
(e).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAD9ADA131BC4748A411BC4ED348D574"><enum>125.</enum><header>Application of
State laws and regulations on good cause for waiver of time limits or late
filing of claims</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 234
of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2294">19 U.S.C. 2294</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC2505222221F4ED0996B488CE7100674"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Except where inconsistent</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In
general</header-in-text>.—Except where inconsistent</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H72285E12A7C24D91A57CA81D2BAD9D43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H886F41E8E2B04C5DB92E6754F1A800FA" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HF8BAC6B4CB304BC4906EF0862FDDED00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State laws and
regulations on good cause for waiver of time limits or late filing of
claims</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any law or regulation
of a cooperating State under section 239 that allows for a waiver for good
cause of any time limit, including a waiver for good cause to allow the late
filing of any claim, for trade readjustment allowances or other adjustment
assistance under this chapter shall, in the administration of the program by
the State under this chapter, apply to the applicable time limitation referred
to or specified in this chapter or any regulation prescribed to carry out this
chapter.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF01B258256F34F36AAE7803665FCA39"><enum>126.</enum><header>Employment and
case management services</header>
<subsection id="H01B4F807965C48F1A6AE47B5E189FCCE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 235 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2295">19 U.S.C. 2295</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC6D6CE183D348489E3BE1ECF807224" style="OLC">
<section id="H43255802F5244F89BC2FAD91350061DB"><enum>235.</enum><header>Employment and
case management services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary shall provide, directly or through agreements with States under
section 239, to adversely affected workers covered by a certification under
subchapter A of this chapter the following employment and case management
services:</text>
<paragraph id="H9E5AC18F2D6F4F86BC218724F85374C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Comprehensive and
specialized assessment of skill levels and service needs, including
through—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C720C6846574D4B99DAD4BE5680E983"><enum>(A)</enum><text>diagnostic testing
and use of other assessment tools; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5342BCFC1C040939BD3EB4B00C7A9F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in-depth
interviewing and evaluation to identify employment barriers and appropriate
employment goals.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5044C5AA48FB40C697EE64D126E47587"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Development of an
individual employment plan to identify employment goals and objectives, and
appropriate training to achieve those goals and objectives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC824F46EC2B44367A218A8D6A4948DF8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Information on
training available in local and regional areas, information on individual
counseling to determine which training is suitable training, and information on
how to apply for such training.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C9BACA81764408286D6A83612769F18"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information on how to apply for financial
aid, including referring workers to educational opportunity centers under
section 402F of the Higher Education Act of 1965, where applicable, and
notifying workers that the workers may ask financial aid administrators at
institutions of higher education to allow use of their current year income in
the financial aid process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4FCF1C4D01C40A3BA9038FB2CF51795"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Short-term
prevocational services, including development of learning skills,
communications skills, interviewing skills, punctuality, personal maintenance
skills, and professional conduct to prepare individuals for employment or
training.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99B9C265403E4BB78E18CDDAFECE4FC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Individual career
counseling, including job search and placement counseling, during the period in
which the individual is receiving a trade adjustment allowance or training
under this chapter, and for purposes of job placement after receiving such
training.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43E99B748E26482F97D1FF706BB42D00"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Provision of
employment statistics information, including the provision of accurate
information relating to local, regional, and national labor market areas,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBB7FABB7567142DA00194779C29B79E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>job vacancy
listings in such labor market areas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6707DA0A236F4822AB50CE7384C70A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information on jobs
skills necessary to obtain jobs identified in job vacancy listings described in
subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2EB0C8C3C1584F939B96D5FCD6303FAB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information
relating to local occupations that are in demand and earnings potential of such
occupations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F7D70F339364FF28CC27C9375893F4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>skills requirements
for local occupations described in subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E23B33F4B5A432FB4A042ADF50558FC"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supportive services, including services
relating to child care, transportation, dependent care, housing assistance, and
need-related payments that are necessary to enable an individual to participate
in
training.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1737D653A6694AE400FD886829B5DB00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The item relating to section 235 in the table of
contents for title II of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2225C4E2FE7428DA5F74761D2784734" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">235. Employment and case management
services.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33CA3DA011304C9699BCE6076D7C516D"><enum>127.</enum><header>Training</header>
<subsection id="H5DF494E26A594F6FB6FFA9C1DF00BD77"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a)(1) of
section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2296">19 U.S.C. 2296</external-xref>) is amended by striking
the last sentence.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5F48C9B936C64A89967D261CDF7D5F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a)(2) of such section is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H84F4ECD8205044C88D3B25502CEF00D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87808E8EC30046DFBD0673596100CD9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H09ED5A2516F74CB189490040F9DCE544" indent="up2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The total amount of payments that may
be made under paragraph (1) for each of the fiscal years 2008 and 2009 shall
not exceed $440,000,000. The total amount of payments that may be made under
paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2010 and each subsequent fiscal year shall not
exceed $660,000,000.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1EACC716B55C41C7B0C887F0E258DA17"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H115984AB2EBE4D48BAE49D8FB539B3FE" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HE9250C1C16DE4E7A98946F3600D25382" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of the <short-title>Trade and Globalization
Assistance Act of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish and
implement procedures for the allocation among the States in each fiscal year of
funds available to pay the costs of training for workers under this section.
The Secretary shall, at least 60 days before the date on which the procedures
described in this subparagraph are first implemented, consult with the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Finance of the Senate with respect to such procedures.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD348338C507D41059C79567E02EE9D00" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In establishing and implementing the
procedures under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H5AFDA34FC05546249DC35E0314E1B2AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide for at least 3 distributions
of funds available for training in the fiscal year, and, in the first such
distribution, disburse not more than 50 percent of the total amount of funds
available for training in that fiscal year;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H1C452DCA89E6426BA097D77F4D0110DF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consider using a broad range of
factors for the allocation of training funds distributed to States for each
fiscal year, including factors such as—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HEFBD715EBBD6496D00D4BFF5CEB25D9D"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of workers certified under
sections 223 and 223A in the preceding fiscal year;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H3A70F89D90D04F6E84777C754E754D13"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the total number of workers
certified under sections 223 and 223A that are enrolled in training approved
under this section;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HFCDB7F47F5134B0FA1D7005C72094B00"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the minimum level of funding necessary to
provide training approved under this section; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HE711DE333129469B961E2E468B229B4B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notifications under the Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act or other layoff notifications;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HBA8F853DD722440990371BD61DFA4DE3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after the initial distribution of training
funds to States at the beginning of each fiscal year, provide for subsequent
distributions of training funds remaining, based on the factors described in
clause (ii) (but, in the case of the factor described in subclause (I) of
clause (ii), based on data from the preceding 2 fiscal quarters) if a State
requests the distribution of the remaining funds;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCBA5BB41C5354C68A0D0333F74C6A7C7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>ensure that any final distribution of
funds during a fiscal year is made not later than July 1 of that fiscal year;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HADF235EBA123480CA585B4B68704E876"><enum>(v)</enum><text>develop an explicit policy for
re-capture and redistribution of training funds, to the extent such re-capture
and redistribution of training funds is
necessary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H949E2A5061A14C63AF732D005D01C464"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Determinations
regarding training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection
(a)(9) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4A140EEB1E1D493A8EA9A9BBA6F004F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>(A) Subject to subparagraph
(B), the Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H548EB12CD880478B93AB50FCF6FC1D88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE3F2852D1FF457CB7FCD27DD7E9212" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H2CAD409822AA43ABA69FB3C6BB61B7F1" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7B8A42643CBD431B9C27D213815FA38"><enum>(i)</enum><text>In determining under
paragraph (1)(E) whether a worker is qualified to undertake and complete
training, the Secretary may not disallow training for a period longer than the
worker’s period of eligibility for trade readjustment allowances under part I
if the worker demonstrates that the worker has sufficient financial resources
to complete the training after the expiration of the worker’s period of
eligibility for such trade readjustment allowances.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDEF8ED6FE0BA4511ABD71673708B00A6" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>In determining the reasonable cost
of training under paragraph (1)(F) with respect to a worker, the Secretary may
consider whether other public or private funds are reasonably available to the
worker, except that the Secretary may not require a worker to obtain such funds
as a condition of approval of training under paragraph
(1).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H00D14A1360E74432BF84762BFDB9BB1B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Determinations
of eligibility by State employees appointed on merit basis</header><text>Such
section is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBF5FFAFA6EEE4BE09265F21005728EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE11C1B4B98484088BFC5F0CB6EEC954"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53D030BB423143E8B7F25224F3158837" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4597A237277D4C92A77638DFFA6DCFE0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Determinations
of eligibility by State employees appointed on merit basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All determinations of eligibility for
training under this section shall be made by employees of the State who are
appointed on a merit
basis.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2F738314837B473ABA5200FCA0B51300"><enum>(e)</enum><header>GAO study and
report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3CB011B507514965B0A0303422339D99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a study of the procedures for the allocation of training
funds for workers under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 236(a)(2) of the
Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2296">19 U.S.C. 2296</external-xref>), as added by subsection (a) of this section,
that are established and implemented by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to such
section. In carrying out the study, the Comptroller General shall examine the
overall adequacy of funding for training for workers by State and the
effectiveness of the procedures for allocating training funds between States
and among workers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H31ADFEBA007340F39F6CAAE6E14B001F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0753D141F733420D8FF09F52ADFD816D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Interim
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller
General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate an
interim report that contains the results of the study conducted under paragraph
(1) for the first fiscal year with respect to which the procedures described in
paragraph (1) are implemented.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF6578CF95BBD4DCB861757F9504E6182"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final
report</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit
to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Finance of the Senate a final report that contains the results of
the study conducted under paragraph (1) for the first three fiscal years with
respect to which the procedures described in paragraph (1) are
implemented.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H773069B664D4429B9C7C5576D73C3D58"><enum>128.</enum><header>Prerequisite
education; approved training programs</header>
<subsection id="HBB86B6FC49264FE68935BDF9F3999201"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 236(a)(5) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2296(a)(5)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H14845E66D9FF49E29B56BCB5FEF2F785"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H641588E558BB4CEABC03247E00891293"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (i);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FDD802712494B0E824B937293191B32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding
<quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (ii); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8336C4E67F684EDB882E084ECAC426E1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
clause (ii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3A22FE5C2D0496BB9C981A9EEA71C92" style="OLC">
<clause id="H1BE83B289BCC4E23A9F73FF3A4862336" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">apprenticeship programs registered under
the National Apprenticeship Act (29 U.S.C. 50 et
seq.),</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H481F4EF12F97420A93CF86A5FC9592E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H731B909E0EAD4956B30100EF27F25227"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (D) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE18677482A864C0D00CA78734C336681" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H753E3FEFC0AC42F3ADF36CA31AA31D1" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any program of prerequisite education
or coursework required to enroll in training that may be approved under this
section,</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDFA50F78BAEA4FB3867436E4089D1797"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(F)(ii), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at
the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F9AB1514E55416E8F01C6B279AFE4C8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end and
inserting <quote>, and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H654D09DB46C9490C91EF221BD2B89B3F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC056FF046FF640F2A200389D37FBEF4D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6925899FAE384264BBB53F8E16D0B881" indent="up1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>any training program or coursework at
an accredited institution of higher education (as defined in section 102 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965), including a training program or coursework for
the purpose of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H01A1FC926D0F48BC92A0176D954F00C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>obtaining a degree or
certification; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H09199FC895D9488C9D0087F950A70086"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>completing a degree or
certification that the worker had previously begun at an accredited institution
of higher education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">The
Secretary may not limit approval of a training program under paragraph (1) to a
program provided pursuant to title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF29313107DEB4C30BFE695386FD2398C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2293">19 U.S.C. 2293</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC0CB2490FA0D4B8C9738C9FAF0A30809"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2), by inserting <quote>prerequisite education or</quote> after
<quote>requires a program of</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF785769ACED45E0B158B6CF6174C1E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)
(as redesignated by section 121(d) of this Act), by inserting
<quote>prerequisite education or</quote> after <quote>includes a program
of</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF299C869A3AB4692A22D65D7C672A754"><enum>129.</enum><header>Eligibility for
unemployment insurance and program benefits while in training</header>
<subsection id="H8CC18023526445B2AF4752A07463585F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 236(d) of the
Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2296">19 U.S.C. 2296(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAED47F438BA24642ADC970968E44A1C6" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H89DDE6180640414CB100EE25DDA6CFE4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>A
worker may not be determined to be ineligible or disqualified for unemployment
insurance or program benefits under this subchapter—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1AF64E73F2174523A6836BB8ABCA9A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>because the
worker—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H66C35D2988FB450DAF64E4DC1701B394"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is enrolled in
training approved under subsection (a); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0FB6AAE481064D5B9E1992D3BC4F98CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>left work—</text>
<clause id="H854BD0EB0D3E46EAA1CE30002074E498"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that was not suitable employment in order
to receive such training; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HBA59C6C8071A4091B6436ED5823C053C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that the worker
engaged in on a temporary basis during a break in such training or a delay in
the commencement of such training; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90EE943289B74760B91F01563000376F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>because of the
application to any such week in training of the provisions of State law or
Federal unemployment insurance law relating to availability for work, active
search for work, or refusal to accept
work.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H33BFB1132FC04968A130A05E00EE149B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of
the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2291">19 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB3988BC3BA6148D6A62CE962F07FBED9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 233(d)
(as redesignated by section 121(d) of this Act), by inserting
<quote>suitable</quote> before <quote>on-the-job training</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H216C6569531E4C72B399CF80A5F3BBFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
236—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7842EF5AF6A94413B656578C69E3EA6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>suitable</quote> before <quote>on-the-job training</quote> each place it
appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59CBEDE59AB54FC8A0C9198DA17E153B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7BA01D6FCEE41F9A9CC7BF29D3D00A5" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H0B3B14D23BA3476D8B32D732C34985CC"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Suitable
on-the-job training</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term
<term>suitable on-the-job training</term> means on-the-job training—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HADCD219E1EAF4351906627638801EA98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that can
reasonably be expected to lead to suitable employment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1096550B51434E0E89E80452E1DED05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that is compatible
with the skills of the worker;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFDAD2827711F4AC6B705D8C2C5CB6548"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA832D6A5B11748E6831F6C02EF63B7F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>involves a
curriculum through which the worker learns the skills necessary for the job for
which the worker is being trained; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE78AD19DEF6D4DB097408860614654D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>can be measured by
benchmarks that indicate that the worker is learning such skills; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H467DDAA21B8C419F87DE04BB159CB3F5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>that is certified
by the State as an on-the-job training program that meets the requirements of
paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72CD9273D42041C79055C8551F9FE87B"><enum>130.</enum><header>Administrative
expenses and employment and case management services</header>
<subsection id="H4EF2269B7D75402387E8B12BDB7B9DD7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the
Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2295">19 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after
section 236 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB0F7CC643734DFA9BF151B55FA9414" style="OLC">
<section id="H8178EF9D46604F22A1CBE7918FED0337"><enum>236A.</enum><header>Additional
payments for administrative expenses and employment and case management
services</header>
<subsection id="H5697AF2F4CF04F0AAB93B0DDAFEDB444"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrative
expenses</header>
<paragraph id="H921D18F4D19247A9ADED7BF87D9543D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to each State that receives a
payment under section 236 for a fiscal year an additional payment for such
fiscal year in an amount that is not less than 15 percent of the amount of the
payment under section 236.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H910739D1DCDD44D59D692695F5E23D52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>A State that receives an additional payment under paragraph
(1) shall use the payment for administration of the trade adjustment assistance
for workers program under this chapter, including for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B03C91F66B24F5F9886001D97AD7CDD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>processing of
waivers of training requirements under section 231;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DEDD05ED9B6400EADABDED280DEF6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>collecting of data
required under this chapter; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H983699DB0D9249468DAEFD9252389519"><enum>(C)</enum><text>providing services
under section 235.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H29102D7E347F4F99803514C6208C98F7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds provided to
a State under this subsection for a fiscal year that are in excess of the
amount of funds provided to the State for administration of the trade
adjustment assistance for workers program under this chapter for fiscal year
2007 may only be administered by employees of the State who are appointed on a
merit basis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1221D82BED9E4F72984D16442BE700A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
funding for employment and case management services</header>
<paragraph id="H061E42A99A7142ADAB7D62022101141E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to each State that receives a
payment under section 236 for a fiscal year an additional payment for such
fiscal year in an amount that is not less than .06 percent of the total amount
of payments that may be made in that fiscal year as described in section
236(a)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE70338DC52C849A591DFC31BD7232354"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>A State that receives an additional payment under paragraph
(1) shall use the payment for providing services under section 235.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCFD065EEC5F49619F8100A3AE9C892C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds provided to
a State under this subsection may only be administered by employees of the
State who are appointed on a merit basis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7AA1CCA191474D858991529DFC44BD71"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Funds
provided to the States under this section shall not be counted toward the
limitation contained in section
236(a)(2)(A).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE6B5F7AD1538478DA83F3EAD5428866C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for title II of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 236 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BFC248C728D4628939818A141E84124" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 236A. Additional payments for
administrative expenses and employment and case management
services.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E4E1BC926B5476FB28527FB5001FCB"><enum>131.</enum><header>Job search and
relocation allowances</header>
<subsection id="H4B9A189FA3104AE5B159CC000021E8D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Job search
allowances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 237 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2297">19 U.S.C. 2297</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE1231CB6785843E5BCC0EC66D9FA902C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)(C)(ii), by striking <quote>, unless the worker received a waiver under
section 231(c)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36299487A5A3456ABDC01E94146999F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H44A7F5D9352D4EC0A11D539748A9B153"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>90 percent of the cost of</quote> and inserting
<quote>all</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H36F2A350DEA24EB79C8B77A03E325860"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>$1,250</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,500</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF76950935DB9406095F37B58A2CADD42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Relocation
allowances</header><text>Section 238 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2298">19 U.S.C. 2298</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFD0AD409A3114AF7A84368129D3713EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)(E)(ii), by striking <quote>, unless the worker received a waiver under
section 231(c)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8634393384B9402EA1103EE9956068E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3089D903ACE74526B63793BE1BDB25FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>90 percent of the</quote> and inserting <quote>all</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H087238383F0543AF80883739573DEB79"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>$1,250</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,500</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H06C87EC2D1F143E78F25071C8FCC15D6"><enum>D</enum><header>Health care
provisions</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38EF0130CA3745CAA4E1EB91A9B21655" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>141.</enum><header>Modifications
relating health insurance assistance for certain TAA and PBGC pension
recipients</header>
<subsection id="H19622D73870349F5AF7CA0A766CF18A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in
credit percentage amount</header>
<paragraph id="HE81B61B6624546739273BF57EBA512A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>65 percent</quote> and inserting
<quote>85 percent</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F6478262C3F4CE09FAC18BE1CA691CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of
section 7527 of such Code is amended by striking <quote>65 percent</quote> and
inserting <quote>85 percent</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDC414C2A83B9473BBCF23F639F4EDF52"><enum>(b)</enum><header>TAA recipients
receiving unemployment compensation and not enrolled in training program
eligible for credit</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 35(c) of such Code
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEEF1D0FC61D4EF0B67F00AD496D6DFB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF3DF3015F72347D1AB67E489593CAF39"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible TAA
recipient</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>eligible TAA recipient</term> means, with respect to any month, any
individual who—</text>
<subparagraph id="H060421A6906942580014D99E369544C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is receiving for
any day of such month a trade readjustment allowance under chapter 2 of title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA71F45AD1A0B4B479C75857713DD1494"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who is receiving
unemployment compensation (as defined in section 85) for such month and who
would be eligible to receive such allowance for such month if section 231 of
such Act were applied without regard to subsections (a)(3)(B) and (a)(5)
thereof.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">An
individual shall continue to be treated as an eligible TAA recipient during the
first month that such individual would otherwise cease to be an eligible TAA
recipient by reason of the preceding
sentence.</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H4ADA19EF462E4D10BA723B16D800A7B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility for
eligible individuals made retroactive to TAA-related loss of
employment</header><text>Subsection (c) of section 35 of such Code is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6203756902934BB9926999E446264918" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC002A71561E3422200CF9F52004BFDFA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Retroactive
eligibility for TAA recipients</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any individual who is an
eligible TAA recipient or eligible alternative TAA recipient for any month,
such individual shall be treated as an eligible individual for any month which
precedes such month and which begins after the later of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA04FD5EB358448CAB4DBDCFC264A504"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date of the
separation from employment which gives rise to such individual being an
eligible TAA recipient or eligible alternative TAA recipient, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08C3A56708CA491AAA70474312B9436"><enum>(B)</enum><text>December 31,
2007.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA692D247B2DE430DA17EC4D5BC57A975"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Continued
qualification of family members after certain events</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H16B0CA686B3D49A4B3F2F72E6C1DE7EB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (g) of section 35 of such Code is amended by
redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10) and inserting after paragraph (8)
the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H10C0B7FB223244E58BBDB2FBEEFD03F">
<paragraph id="HC97B72510F754BD0A242E4D47F3006D9"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Continued
qualification of family members after certain events</header>
<subparagraph id="HCC197E40F68F44B69B5820EF85C74DE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Medicare
eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of
any month which would be an eligible coverage month with respect to an eligible
individual but for subsection (f)(2)(A), such month shall be treated as an
eligible coverage month with respect to such eligible individual solely for
purposes of determining the amount of the credit under this section with
respect to any qualifying family members of such individual (and any advance
payment of such credit under section 7527). This subparagraph shall only apply
with respect to the first 36 months after such eligible individual is first
entitled to the benefits described in subsection (f)(2)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E71C7BBB754406BB007D9E44E99B889"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Divorce</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of the finalization of a
divorce between an eligible individual and such individual’s spouse, such
spouse shall be treated as an eligible individual for purposes of this section
and section 7527 for a period of 36 months beginning with the date of such
finalization, except that the only qualifying family members who may be taken
into account with respect to such spouse are those individuals who were
qualifying family members immediately before such finalization.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72015749ADE74DFFA8D405168C6927C3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Death</header><text>In
the case of the death of an eligible individual—</text>
<clause id="HE46995609D1F4BBD94A599B4D1A398BE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any spouse of such individual (determined
at the time of such death) shall be treated as an eligible individual for
purposes of this section and section 7527 for a period of 36 months beginning
with the date of such death, except that the only qualifying family members who
may be taken into account with respect to such spouse are those individuals who
were qualifying family members immediately before such death, and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0B10EBBC12AF4E3F9C9C99DC3DCA5081"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any individual who was a qualifying family
member of the decedent immediately before such death (or, in the case of an
individual to whom paragraph (4) applies, the taxpayer to whom the deduction
under section 151 is allowable) shall be treated as an eligible individual for
purposes of this section and section 7527 for a period of 36 months beginning
with the date of such death, except that in determining the amount of such
credit only such qualifying family member may be taken into
account.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA9DF0D06D0A340B88C3F1398C85BE3A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 173(f) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2918">29 U.S.C. 2918(f)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA10664F3119B40FD92DCC79B9712C5F">
<paragraph id="H8B20994D2BB947369FF7CBF4BDB99C7"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Continued
qualification of family members after certain events</header>
<subparagraph id="H96F1FE211A8E47888B7307E48341C17F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Medicare
eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of
any month which would be an eligible coverage month with respect to an eligible
individual but for paragraph (7)(B)(i), such month shall be treated as an
eligible coverage month with respect to such eligible individual solely for
purposes of determining the eligibility of qualifying family members of such
individual under this subsection. This subparagraph shall only apply with
respect to the first 36 months after such eligible individual is first entitled
to the benefits described in paragraph (7)(B)(i).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8466C95FB7CA45A8B38B7DA8196338D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Divorce</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of the finalization of a
divorce between an eligible individual and such individual’s spouse, such
spouse shall be treated as an eligible individual for purposes of this
subsection for a period of 36 months beginning with the date of such
finalization, except that the only qualifying family members who may be taken
into account with respect to such spouse are those individuals who were
qualifying family members immediately before such finalization.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12DE7EA7BFD3424F89B2AD10B875516F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Death</header><text>In
the case of the death of an eligible individual—</text>
<clause id="HC2E5D996433A464EA788C18E24942C09"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any spouse of such individual (determined
at the time of such death) shall be treated as an eligible individual for
purposes of this subsection for a period of 36 months beginning with the date
of such death, except that the only qualifying family members who may be taken
into account with respect to such spouse are those individuals who were
qualifying family members immediately before such death, and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6BBD5BCCFCEB4E81A546F31E2000EB54"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any individual who was a qualifying family
member of the decedent immediately before such death shall be treated as an
eligible individual for purposes this subsection for a period of 36 months
beginning with the date of such death, except that no qualifying family members
may be taken into account with respect to such
individual.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DDC325D67DF47C0B5EBE80C99B9D42"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Modification of
creditable coverage requirement</header>
<paragraph id="H7660D72B88F34E13AE4947C5ADA108FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 35(e)(2) of such Code is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8441B524A02242B3B155A14F20ACECC7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H499F9C788B9F4BD3B69D1800D96770D1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualifying
individual</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term
<term>qualifying individual</term> means an eligible individual and the
qualifying family members of such individual if such individual meets the
requirements of clauses (iii) and (iv) of subsection (b)(1)(A) and—</text>
<clause id="H6B85528B9ABE4721B2C2BDDC64DB0023"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the case of an eligible TAA recipient or an eligible alternative TAA recipient,
has (as of the date on which the individual seeks to enroll in the coverage
described in subparagraphs (B) through (H) of paragraph (1)) a period of
creditable coverage (as defined in section 9801(c)), or</text>
</clause><clause id="HB62003E4CF124BE29DDCE829B3458475"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an eligible PBGC pension
recipient, enrolls in such coverage during the 90-day period beginning on the
later of—</text>
<subclause id="H772DF3DB270C420DA94FA28C4876997"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the last day of the first month with
respect to which such recipient becomes an eligible PBGC pension recipient,
or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCD91385C632C4214856E1DA6A680AC3"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date of the enactment of this
subparagraph.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H03E73AD3585840AAA1A20003B9CF52C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Clause (ii) of section 172(f)(2)(B) 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)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70E1E32A7B544969B31451B500B56DB5" style="OLC">
<clause id="H44FD0C052B6249EE91A7C4B7C1CACE01"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Qualifying
individual</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term
<term>qualifying individual</term> means an eligible individual and the
qualifying family members of such individual if such individual meets the
requirements of clauses (iii) and (iv) of section 35(b)(1)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 and—</text>
<subclause id="H72924578E1EE4D28989F8223A6A4DD8C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of an
eligible TAA recipient or an eligible alternative TAA recipient, has (as of the
date on which the individual seeks to enroll in the coverage described in
clauses (ii) through (viii) of subparagraph (A)) a period of creditable
coverage (as defined in section 9801(c) of such Code), or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H78D5E5A1C23C41A4BACD7D01299F6630"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an eligible PBGC pension
recipient, enrolls in such coverage during the 90-day period beginning on the
later of—</text>
<item id="HA1CF992569304EA89FC129DEB6511D"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the last day of the first month with
respect to which such recipient becomes an eligible PBGC pension recipient,
or</text>
</item><item id="HA5614EC63B0A49F6BCDB62E01D2C1C4F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date of the enactment of this
clause.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HABE7BBB7DF9448C8813377B7F037AD74"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text>The
Secretary of the Treasury shall carry out a program to notify individuals prior
to their becoming eligible PBGC pension recipients (as defined in section 35 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of the requirement of subsection
(e)(2)(B)(ii) of such section, as added by this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DD1E73DA48E4CC994BA00CED53B9946"><enum>(f)</enum><header>TAA
pre-certification period rule for purposes of determining whether there is a
63-day lapse in creditable coverage</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9E2F48E28B1540FFBC506E88CC7F0095"><enum>(1)</enum><header>IRC
amendment</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9801">Section 9801(c)(2)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to not counting periods before significant breaks in creditable
coverage) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9381C2987DAC46D18F9E2C707E853ED">
<subparagraph id="H99CD81FD05914406BFF0A5BBA9105BE7"><enum>(D)</enum><header>TAA-eligible
individuals</header>
<clause id="HA25316B83E6646D1BCC5C3050993B3B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>TAA
pre-certification period rule</header><text>In the case of a TAA-eligible
individual, the period beginning on the date the individual has a TAA-related
loss of coverage and ending on the date which is 5 days after the postmark date
of the notice by the Secretary (or by any person or entity designated by the
Secretary) that the individual is eligible for a qualified health insurance
costs credit eligibility certificate for purposes of section 7527 shall not be
taken into account in determining the continuous period under subparagraph
(A).</text>
</clause><clause id="HB4A234F845A240AC805D9BB3EAAC329E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>The
terms <term>TAA-eligible individual</term>, and <term>TAA-related loss of
coverage</term> have the meanings given such terms in section
4980B(f)(5)(C)(iv).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1A89E65DE59C479EBC5559F528A747B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>ERISA
amendment</header><text>Section 701(c)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/1181">29 U.S.C. 1181(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Employee" id="HCD88EC33A77F4BFDB817D7D0E563CF65">
<subparagraph id="H4834A3EE4910459FAD3082BA2463AC93"><enum>(C)</enum><header>TAA-eligible
individuals</header>
<clause id="HE31E2C4B3BBB442CAE389C04E394A47E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>TAA
pre-certification period rule</header><text>In the case of a TAA-eligible
individual, the period beginning on the date the individual has a TAA-related
loss of coverage and ending on the date that is 5 days after the postmark date
of the notice by the Secretary (or by any person or entity designated by the
Secretary) that the individual is eligible for a qualified health insurance
costs credit eligibility certificate for purposes of section 7527 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not be taken into account in determining
the continuous period under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause><clause id="HAEDD680E6896478EADA6F3990092B3BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>The
terms <term>TAA-eligible individual</term>, and <term>TAA-related loss of
coverage</term> have the meanings given such terms in section
605(b)(4)(c).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFDB5F9C1F2B3448D00187D0270769593"><enum>(3)</enum><header>PHSA
amendment</header><text>Section 2701(c)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
300gg(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Public" id="H2BF1014144CF4087A2A8913EFA8246D6">
<subparagraph id="HDA9ADE1284174752A618DF53B8E459DB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>TAA-eligible
individuals</header>
<clause id="H2B739074E5B1481580979653B5296DFD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>TAA
pre-certification period rule</header><text>In the case of a TAA-eligible
individual, the period beginning on the date the individual has a TAA-related
loss of coverage and ending on the date that is 5 days after the postmark date
of the notice by the Secretary (or by any person or entity designated by the
Secretary) that the individual is eligible for a qualified health insurance
costs credit eligibility certificate for purposes of section 7527 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not be taken into account in determining
the continuous period under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause><clause id="HB518F030CE3C46240025B372A3007126"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>The
terms <term>TAA-eligible individual</term>, and <term>TAA-related loss of
coverage</term> have the meanings given such terms in section
2205(b)(4)(c).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H77D0DBCEDA404AFCA354192CC25EFA4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rating system
requirement for certain State-based coverage</header>
<paragraph id="H630445EFC7E54C4E84C23467F7D742D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of section 35(e)(2) of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32DCCB1FEE374430B712D406F01BD4BB" style="OLC">
<clause id="H6C22282C311341768DA8329572000000"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Rating system
requirement</header><text>In the case of coverage described in paragraph
(1)(F)(ii), the premiums for such coverage are restricted, based on a community
rating system with respect to eligible individuals and their qualifying family
members, or based on a rate-band system under which the maximum rate which may
be charged does not exceed 150 percent of the standard rate with respect to
eligible individuals and their qualifying family
members.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H807401E596984F3F80534D0008F7F630"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Clause (i) of section 173(f)(2)(B) 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)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subclause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FE3555651C6422781D7D98BDF88AC7D" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H2765B2C0BE8E4929AB6B21E5B7859781"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Rating system
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of
coverage described in subparagraph (A)(vi)(II), the premiums for such coverage
are restricted, based on a community rating system with respect to eligible
individuals and their qualifying family members, or based on a rate-band system
under which the maximum rate which may be charged does not exceed 150 percent
of the standard rate with respect to eligible individuals and their qualifying
family
members.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCA71143991CB49EA97A7AD1B9254FA81"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Termination of
program</header>
<paragraph id="H1DD4392D47344B98869CDE0BE63FDFD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 35 of such Code is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F0717E32D3349AD8301F8F5B7839BA5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBA6C752FC62C4337B64914199FD58849"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>An
individual shall not be treated as an eligible individual for purposes of this
section or section 7527 for any month beginning after December 31, 2009, unless
such individual was an eligible individual for a continuous period of months
ending with such month and beginning before such
date.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD810D11C46B64FF890E70008B4BB649F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (f) of
section 173 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2918">29 U.S.C. 2918</external-xref>) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF709A9109DD4705B8D068AE7514CA97" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H540C9E7E96054794B5670598B5D2A4C0"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual shall not be treated as an
eligible individual for purposes of this subsection for any month beginning
after December 31, 2009, unless such individual was an eligible individual for
a continuous period of months ending with such month and beginning before such
date.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCBC349E412874C76B173CD246313269F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<paragraph id="HBE102A2DD2E64ED8B51BEEFCA83D7841"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December
31, 2007, in taxable years ending after such date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0CA42753115F4C48AF34771FCA4DA14F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rating system
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments
made by subsection (g) shall apply to months beginning after March 31, 2008, in
taxable years ending after such date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5EC885120144DA8A6D1BF6187BA8DAB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Discretion to
delay effective date for purposes of advance payment
program</header><text>Solely for purposes of carrying out the advance payment
program under section 7527, the Secretary may provide that one or more
amendments made by subsections (b), (c), and (d) shall not apply to one or more
months beginning before March 31, 2008, to the extent that the Secretary
determines that such delay is necessary to properly implement any such
amendment as part of such program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0AE1035EB7C04E0DAADAF026F1340A"><enum>(j)</enum><header>GAO study and
report</header>
<paragraph id="HF15276F8D081490AB9DBC7B5589FA946"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study regarding the
health insurance tax credit allowed under section 35 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7FF7542EC71F4AAABFC08B6739B8633D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than March 1, 2009, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to
Congress regarding the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1). Such
report shall include an analysis of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H87E341E95BB04B4CAE626731D5E8B4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the administrative
costs—</text>
<clause id="HAF0B78B22F2649F1AC928FECA987ED14"><enum>(i)</enum><text>of
the Federal Government with respect to such credit and the advance payment of
such credit under section 7527 of such Code, and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD19D33F741444599938B8B684D646052"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>of
providers of qualified health insurance with respect to providing such
insurance to eligible individuals and their qualifying family members,</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE64A2E26F45E4FD7ABBA3DC418CECB85"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the health status
and relative risk status of eligible individuals and qualifying family members
covered under such insurance,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H906DDD91423344CFB2F747AC35CBFDA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>participation in
such credit and the advance payment of such credit by eligible individuals and
their qualifying family members, including the reasons why such individuals did
or did not participate and the effect of the amendments made by this section on
such participation, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4FFB50362F6341478E9320B0C9F4AC19"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the extent to
which eligible individuals and their qualifying family members—</text>
<clause id="H45B5B2AF99434DA20000C0FD2461A4B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>obtained health
insurance other than qualifying health insurance, or</text>
</clause><clause id="H4B31E6AA4687476BA1D823A7CBBC00A1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>went without
health insurance coverage.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F548994C0EA497982E092EAF8C1748B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Access to
records</header><text>For purposes of conducting the study required under this
subsection, the Comptroller General and any of his duly authorized
representatives shall have access to, and the right to examine and copy, all
documents, records, and other recorded information—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF02B793BD88E40F199E47BB540549F82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within the
possession or control of providers of qualified health insurance, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A7E537F14D341B7B73237075E5C0398"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determined by the
Comptroller General (or any such representative) to be relevant to the
study.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">The
Comptroller General shall not disclose the identity of any provider of
qualified health insurance or any eligible individual in making any information
obtained under this section available to the public.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D34479BC7C54E708C6670B348FB2D2E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Any
term which is defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/35">section 35</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall
have the same meaning when used in this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E813FBEA9BF45C497500331075D13EA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>142.</enum><header>Extension of COBRA
benefits for certain TAA-eligible individuals and PBGC recipients</header>
<subsection id="H55DE3AF5CB77426C93374E736CE99FE8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>ERISA
amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 602(2)(A)
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/1162">29 U.S.C. 1162(2)(A)</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE683F94E5B704E00A300C689E1E07FEA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by moving clause
(v) to after clause (iv) and before the flush left sentence beginning with
<quote>In the case of a qualified beneficiary</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37FEF381A633497EB86B7B7DD201841E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>In the case of a qualified beneficiary</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38DFBC439E1343E1AE77ADE92ED8B000" style="OLC">
<clause id="H03D953EDF57840EFADEC6D92A6687C3E"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Special rule
for disability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of
a qualified beneficiary</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF01942A51E114C8CA17D5012148FE62F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (v) and (vi), as amended by paragraphs (1) and (2), as clauses (viii)
and (ix) and by inserting after clause (iv) the following new clauses:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H569DA5BC9B2F4E1FA8B382F45E68D5AB" style="OLC">
<clause id="H937655B6500F4FD1009794169DB75E48"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Special rule for
PBGC recipients</header><text>In the case of a qualifying event described in
section 603(2) with respect to a covered employee who (as of such qualifying
event) has a nonforeitable right to a benefit any portion of which is to be
paid by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under title IV,
notwithstanding clause (i) or (ii), the date of the death of the covered
employee, or in the case of the surviving spouse or dependent children of the
covered employee, 36 months after the date of the death of the covered
employee.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3C8969545C0E4241979759869D43BD63"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Special rule
for TAA-eligible individuals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a qualifying event described
in section 603(2) with respect to a covered employee who is (as of the date
that the period of coverage would, but for this clause or clause (vii),
otherwise terminate under clause (i) or (ii)) a TAA-eligible individual (as
defined in section 605(b)(4)(B)), the period of coverage shall not terminate by
reason of clause (i) or (ii), as the case may be, before the later of the date
specified in such clause or the date on which such individual ceases to be such
a TAA-eligible individual.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB22552ED551D4F318068A52FDD42CE35"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Special rule
for certain TAA-eligible individuals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a qualifying event described
in section 603(2) with respect to a covered employee who is (as of the date
that the period of coverage would, but for this clause or clause (vi),
otherwise terminate under clause (i) or (ii)) a TAA-eligible individual (as
defined in section 605(b)(4)(B)) and who (as of such qualifying event) has
attainted age 55 or has completed 10 or more years of service with the
employer, clauses (i) and (ii) shall not
apply.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H695E1F2F7A4C4F350099FBF613782BCB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>IRC
amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4980B">section 4980B(f)(2)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H307BBED8F6B04F3795F02BC8AFA3ADA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>In the case of a qualified beneficiary</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7437DC0D7B884D1AB8454381E6B92481" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HF0E9D65E6D024A12B178CC6D0029A011"><enum>(VI)</enum><header>Special rule
for disability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of
a qualified beneficiary</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>,
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06F840989D1C4187B43FD5008B4BD1C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subclauses (V) and (VI), as amended by paragraph (1), as subclauses (VIII) and
(IX) and by inserting after clause (IV) the following new subclauses:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10E32A3ED268425EA7BD8C0031F3B08C" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HE170402029E74BAC83CE313980D29E22"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Special rule for
PBGC recipients</header><text>In the case of a qualifying event described in
paragraph (3)(B) with respect to a covered employee who (as of such qualifying
event) has a nonforeitable right to a benefit any portion of which is to be
paid by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under title IV of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, notwithstanding subclause (I) or (II),
the date of the death of the covered employee, or in the case of the surviving
spouse or dependent children of the covered employee, 36 months after the date
of the death of the covered employee.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFB23E12E7496459D8973809B0910A355"><enum>(VI)</enum><header>Special rule
for TAA-eligible individuals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a qualifying event described
in paragraph (3)(B) with respect to a covered employee who is (as of the date
that the period of coverage would, but for this subclause or subclause (VII),
otherwise terminate under subclause (I) or (II)) a TAA-eligible individual (as
defined in paragraph (5)(C)(iv)(II)), the period of coverage shall not
terminate by reason of subclause (I) or (II), as the case may be, before the
later of the date specified in such subclause or the date on which such
individual ceases to be such a TAA-eligible individual.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1E864BCBCBB3459DB63B623672FFBE42"><enum>(VII)</enum><header>Special rule
for certain TAA-eligible individuals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a qualifying event described
in paragraph (3)(B) with respect to a covered employee who is (as of the date
that the period of coverage would, but for this subclause or subclause (VI),
otherwise terminate under subclause (I) or (II)) a TAA-eligible individual (as
defined in paragraph (5)(C)(iv)(II)) and who (as of such qualifying event) has
attainted age 55 or has completed 10 or more years of service with the
employer, subclauses (I) and (II) shall not
apply.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE27C1DE81B984A34B887E700EBE9E305"><enum>(c)</enum><header>PHSA
amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2202(2)(A)
of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300bb-2">42 U.S.C. 300bb-2(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3A09DBFEE8464626BECA7366B2B7857F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>In the case of a qualified beneficiary</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H315B7A7EF20249C4983EC9DE3EC8CB90" style="OLC">
<clause id="H69452FAE319C4FD89EF94B1B9F011785"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Special rule for
disability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a
qualified beneficiary</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E57F2B73BBC4DFC9F68FD586840E456"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (iv) and (v), as amended by paragraph (1), as clauses (vi) and (vii)
and by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clauses:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAAEFD1364124016A94FFA6F708E72A7" style="OLC">
<clause id="H2AE0ECFAE6CF4D03B708A5FA80DA73AF"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Special rule
for TAA-eligible individuals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a qualifying event described
in section 2203(2) with respect to a covered employee who is (as of the date
that the period of coverage would, but for this clause or clause (v), otherwise
terminate under clause (i) or (ii)) a TAA-eligible individual (as defined in
section 2205(b)(4)(B)), the period of coverage shall not terminate by reason of
clause (i) or (ii), as the case may be, before the later of the date specified
in such clause or the date on which such individual ceases to be such a
TAA-eligible individual.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0893D7C434B54AF1BB10693DC5A49628"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Special rule for
certain TAA-eligible individuals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a qualifying event described
in section 2203(2) with respect to a covered employee who is (as of the date
that the period of coverage would, but for this clause or clause (iv),
otherwise terminate under clause (i) or (ii)) a TAA-eligible individual (as
defined in section 2205(b)(4)(B)) and who (as of such qualifying event) has
attainted age 55 or has completed 10 or more years of service with the
employer, clauses (i) and (ii) shall not
apply.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCAA0A53463414DA597C3BE270410A0B2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply to periods of coverage which would (without regard to
the amendments made by this section) end on or after January 1, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H45D749A8F431491CB1E8B50330F06AA"><enum>E</enum><header>Wage
insurance</header>
<section commented="no" id="H9BA3F18236364D859D6DB22FBA046300"><enum>151.</enum><header>Reemployment
trade adjustment assistance program for older workers</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB126D240428D472F95855BAB4FA1B37"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2318">19 U.S.C. 2318</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2C41E0210EA54D8E9CBBEBFEE2C84BBF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the
heading to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Reemployment trade adjustment
assistance</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H13D85F7D816A416DB35EF4643B595649"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEB4F1181B93E459AAEAD00F01811FEFA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>alternative</quote> and inserting <quote>reemployment</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2BB65053287A4ABD894FA9C4A2CFD20"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A), by striking <quote>for a period not to exceed 2 years</quote> and
inserting <quote>for the eligibility period under paragraph (3)(C)</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7CACEE4B59F440C69030CEABF7B71300"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (3) through (5) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H48D9D0537BB54B43B426AFF60938899B" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76F7E1B545844BE6B3272F70C8D9E702"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8F8FB6AA9E0045FDA1CE020455C4BF0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A group of workers
certified under subchapter A as eligible for adjustment assistance under
subchapter A is eligible for benefits described in paragraph (2) under the
program established under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9B959738CEEB4A2BBA79A62ED615DD30"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Individual
eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A worker in a
group of workers described in subparagraph (A) may elect to receive benefits
described in paragraph (2) under the program established under paragraph (1) if
the worker—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2965002FEAC74EE1917160BF13228FCC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is at least 50
years of age;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H618F2DABCA9D472092351BA8C07BAC15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">earns not more than $60,000 each year in
wages from reemployment;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H72DAD357393C4C019886591D70A04E24"><enum>(iii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H62DE203705A34B028568F52912C09943"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is employed on a
full-time basis as defined by State law in the State in which the worker is
employed; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2045FBC4FFAB47D7BA25F72E189C10D1" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is employed at least 20 hours per week
and is enrolled in training approved under section 236; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HAC38B6A5F2994A4C8D9C46F6A5002767"><enum>(iv) </enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not employed at the firm from which the
worker was separated.</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">In the
case of a worker described in clause (iii)(II), the percentage referred to in
paragraph (2)(A) shall be deemed to be a percentage equal to ½ of the ratio of
weekly hours of employment referred to in clause (iii)(II) to weekly hours of
employment of that worker at the time of separation (but not more than 50
percent).</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H33FE996D739A457CBC132EB9CECEE500"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligibility
period for payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A worker
in a group of workers described in subparagraph (A) may receive payments
described in paragraph (2)(A) under the program established under paragraph (1)
for a period not to exceed 2 years from the date on which the worker exhausts
all rights to unemployment insurance based on the separation of the worker from
adversely affected employment or the date on which the worker obtains
reemployment, whichever is earlier.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1BDA646FE43D4625BBC4A7164C911704"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Training and
other services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A worker
described in subparagraph (B) shall be eligible to receive training approved
under section 236 and services under section 235.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD6B308007E8945F2B555577749DDE03C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Total amount of
payments</header><text>The payments described in paragraph (2)(A) made to a
worker may not exceed $12,000 per worker during the eligibility period under
paragraph (3)(C).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H628F395DA14746D39DA5FA5009545212"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation on
other benefits</header><text>A worker described in paragraph (3) may not
receive a trade readjustment allowance under part I of subchapter B during any
week for which the worker receives a payment described in paragraph
(2)(A).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE7F005B40AFB4A5AB0BCCD8F8D95FFFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2), by striking <quote>subsection (a)(3)(B)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (a)(3)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFD0FEBE3E2DC4940ABBFE36186007BEB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of
program</header><text>Subsection (b)(1) of such section is amended by striking
<quote>5</quote> and inserting <quote>10</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9BC211B0A92C461B00A33D92AA84BA65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for title II of the Trade Act of
1974 is amended by striking the item relating to section 246 and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7590F6B2C3C6416B91469045502082AE" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 246. Reemployment trade adjustment
assistance
program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H8C0311DC235F4FAB9BC9D63D7139F31D"><enum>F</enum><header>Other
matters</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72119F3DAB344AA488FC6E00B21FDC72" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>161.</enum><header>Restriction on
eligibility for program benefits</header>
<subsection id="HE31826AAABC74D6B89006B9729C4AC88"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter A of
chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2271">19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8715C781DA044C3EA902DDC323DCDD55" style="OLC">
<section id="HBFDEC7D413BC4188BDDE6E87CCFC3939"><enum>226.</enum><header>Restriction on
eligibility for program benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No benefit allowances, training, or other
employment services may be provided under this chapter to a worker who is an
alien unless the alien is an individual lawfully admitted for permanent
residence to the United States, is lawfully present in the United States, or is
permanently residing in the United States under color of
law.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5EC526220CF246E5A176E65C4981C639"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 is
amended by adding after the item relating to section 225 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCCE24044B4B4C799EBA21D08BD0BA37" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">226. Restriction on eligibility for
program
benefits.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C91BF243D644E62B00620BD280011F4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>162.</enum><header>Agreements with
States</header>
<subsection id="H93FF9C4EA1174F9AB0153BF35BCB7212"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of
section 239 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2311">19 U.S.C. 2311</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H69CD0E77F4BF469C88696F90CDE11373"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>will</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>shall</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41B9311C400142C6B2E896291368B01C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (2), to
read as follows: <quote>(2) in accordance with subsection (f), shall provide
adversely affected workers covered by a certification under subchapter A the
employment and case management services described in section
235</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4F54B0F208834BA10000249F1975C9FB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (f) of such section is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCCBFF6370E4C4E59BDD2B673AE775DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9624C6F3FB3D4919837B7E80DC85F952"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46BB6408B93B4C63AB707DAB9C5176FD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBC3629C5ADD44905BC1F83584E27856C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">perform outreach, intake (which may include
worker profiling) and orientation for assistance and benefits available under
this chapter for adversely affected workers covered by a certification under
subchapter A of this chapter, and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9E7CD84B1144981BB799C837700A27F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCFAD801B6C545D2AA8B6DC4C1DC471D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H35677F2950284B1AB3F6A7BBBDDF297C"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide adversely affected workers covered
by a certification under subchapter A of this chapter with employment and case
management services described in section
235.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2B6E0A49897E43858F575C6F5DA4ECB3"><enum>163.</enum><header>Fraud and
recovery of overpayments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 243(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2315">19 U.S.C. 2315(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HED488B07368D403C90BF3C958C888EF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2DE8E7D7580343ADA812C5C56007F422"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>may waive</quote> and inserting <quote>shall waive</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6B182093DA84AD2BD4243D2D87E0850"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, in accordance with guidelines prescribed by the Secretary,</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5BA95E16501E4C5B8E749FDE400FE5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>would be contrary to equity and good
conscience</quote> and inserting <quote>would cause a financial hardship for
the individual (or the individual’s household, if applicable) when taking into
consideration the income and resources reasonably available to the individual
(or household) and other ordinary living expenses of the individual (or
household)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94ECB5937A6440FD974066AA244C77CF"><enum>164.</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA3C6481742545F19419B4344E3871F5"><enum>(a)</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—</text>
<paragraph id="HA35526034296424FA9BAAF12E622456C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">subpena</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">subpoena</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H190C9429EF404992A2172B725228AF7E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the text, by
striking <quote>subpena</quote> and inserting <quote>subpoena</quote> each
place it appears.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF66347C82178467ABC5C0143503EAF8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The item relating to section 249 in the table of
contents for title II of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90721D7FBD824445A212F6ABC504C666" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">249. Subpoena power.
</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H25BF59E878FF4E0700AE743845DED94"><enum>165.</enum><header>Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Adjustment
Assistance</header>
<subsection id="HBC20EC3DA6B64EE78DF8B36B5EABEB5D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter C of chapter 2 of title II of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2311 et
seq.)</act-name> is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FAFA798EA5E46B7BAF1C93698A11C06" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F13F79745E646339C3818507CCDB164"><enum>250.</enum><header>Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Adjustment
Assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H562E646CC018457B9E733F5BB75D614C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Department of
Labor an office to be known as the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Office</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1E5F3F8FA0D4467194418E00FD2050F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Head of
office</header><text>The head of the Office shall be the Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Trade Adjustment Assistance (hereinafter in this section referred
to as the <quote>Deputy Assistant Secretary</quote>), who shall be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBDD99F873D484A76BD271CB4DBB61FF1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Principle
functions</header><text>The principle functions of the Deputy Assistant
Secretary shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H1148310AF5364D54ABC81F84B452B07B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to oversee and
implement the administration of trade adjustment assistance for workers under
this chapter; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB396396E2AA941909BF88846F4D78E13"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to carry out functions delegated to the
Secretary of Labor under this chapter, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5A9D2872760446CC974BDABBBA225CAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>making
determinations under section 223 or 223A;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE492D6494AF4705AF683B5C6154A12C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing
information about the program and assisting groups of workers and other parties
to prepare petitions or applications for program benefits under section
225;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB09C3AC626B141DDB0C08B21B0E29952"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensuring workers
covered by a certification receive the employment services described in section
235;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29FFF2BBB646424CBC4F24A8FD291D50"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensuring States
fully comply with agreements under section 239;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68A3B8D4D76C4A1F87EB30275174908E"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acting as a vigorous advocate for workers
applying for assistance under this chapter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H778B9D2A62CA45E2B9ED677F1DE10C7"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receiving complaints, grievances, and
requests for assistance from workers under this chapter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9686593DE1F4421BED669E9B2FF9D12"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing and overseeing a hotline that
workers, employers, and other entities may call to obtain information regarding
eligibility criteria, procedural requirements, and benefits available under
this chapter; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61B799AFAD964721BBF4E9B2096DB1FB"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carrying out such other duties with respect
to this chapter as the President may specify for purposes of this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H62D3FCC114F44CA0B7DAF9572DFACADC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</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:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBAEDD1EB4BD24DDEA246FC5C63F5CA91" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 250. Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Adjustment
Assistance.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H272ACD9D4FE140A1A4B32123C718EA7C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>166.</enum><header>Collection of data
and reports; information to workers</header>
<subsection id="H01892103949242CEA41B7337D219D68F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter C of
chapter 2 of title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2311">19 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.</external-xref>) </act-name>is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5EE0D7F608C44183ADCADDA9D6F00F3" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5107CE5785BF446A88C95506933539BD"><enum>250A.</enum><header>Collection of
data and reports; information to workers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB501D60685B6409300C8C7E441F1D63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of
2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall implement a system to collect and
publicly disseminate data on all adversely affected workers who apply for or
receive adjustment assistance under this chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H7B58AA748D0F472992A69DB8E47B5FA6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data To be
included</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The system required
under subsection (a) shall include collection of the following data classified
by State, industry, and nationwide totals:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3BD432F0F03D46C486DD44B3A4EBA4F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The number of
petitions and number of workers covered by petitions filed, certified and
denied.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3D7F0A3E4EF1481DA14D3312F1D63CF0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The date of filing
of each petition and the date of the determination, and the average processing
time, by year, on petitions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1F30A1670AB4DE1B68F9932A1612CF0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A breakdown, by
the claimed cause of dislocation, of petitions denied, such as increased
imports, shift in production, and other bases for eligibility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H422DE7BABA024E1C9C83014F4EA576E5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A breakdown of the
number of certified petitions by the cause of dislocation, such as increase in
imports, shift in production, and other causes of eligibility for adjustment
assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0963DA9C33D848ABB48CDE6C3CD100C7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The number of
workers participating in any aspect of the adjustment assistance program under
this chapter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB1E9A29F89474C66B5D31175DCAC309"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Reemployment rates
and sectors in which dislocated workers have been employed after receiving
adjustment assistance under this chapter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3C3CCFB3EA25402AB73700735E2E257F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The type of
adjustment assistance received under this chapter, such as training or
education assistance, reemployment adjustment assistance, cash benefits, health
coverage, and relocation allowances, the number of workers receiving each type
of assistance, and the average duration of time workers receive each type of
assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8987CAAF69C749FC8D1B2B5387001C53"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The fields of
training or education in which workers receiving training or education benefits
under this chapter are enrolled, the number of workers participating in each
field, classified by major types of training or education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8204116163F14B57817FB0FBFD243CDE"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The number of
workers leaving training before completing a course of training or education,
classified by the cause for early termination.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7D59D491331848A6860042AEEC56D756"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The number of
training waivers granted, classified by type of waiver.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBB67DD35CCEB45D7BD347297DC6832D8"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The wages of
workers before separation and any job obtained after receiving benefits under
the trade adjustment assistance program under this chapter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4576E53E2C884A758FF02B891898D6C5"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The average
duration of training that was completed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBDC316BC3CB4715A21E4EF5D2BC676"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Collection of
data from States</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to collect such data
from the States as is necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H98312E95B74942798870C000F1213300"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 16 months after the date of
the enactment of the <short-title>Trade and Globalization
Assistance Act of 2007</short-title>, and annually thereafter, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and any other
congressional committee of appropriate jurisdiction, a report on whether
changes to eligibility requirements, benefits, or training funding under the
trade adjustment assistance program under this chapter should be made based on
the data collected under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H90E49C8A942B42FAB30045A103AE303D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Availability on
website of the department of labor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make the data collected
under subsection (b) publicly available on the website of the Department of
Labor, in a searchable format, and shall update the data
quarterly.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HB8203E4343BE4D0FBBD85E654E430367"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 250
(as added by section 163(b) of this Act) the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" id="HDDF75E12CC1146608504A87C0020268C" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 250A. Collection of data and reports;
information to
workers.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HE1C825359E2847B584EADAA4F18370F7"><enum>167.</enum><header>Extension of
TAA program</header>
<subsection id="H83DF834D5E114EBAB9BA7B3400394BC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>For
workers</header><text>Section 245(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2317(a)) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting
<quote>September 30, 2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE4E5F5C839844EE184CC199EC4EE2DCC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Section
285 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2271">19 U.S.C. 2271</external-xref> note) is amended by striking
<quote>December 31, 2007</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>September 30, 2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HBE6F06F9689345629B14ED4B56F4C75"><enum>(c)</enum><header>For
farmers</header><text>Section 298(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2401g(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture not to exceed
$81,000,000 for the 9-month period beginning on January 1, 2008, and
$90,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2012 to carry out the
purposes of this chapter.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC104C20762074CE2946F9EC900D25089" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>168.</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 284 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2395">19 U.S.C. 2395</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBCE20171EF4B4657AFA3D6A8A656669E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE8E92871FF7743208B310000E5C64212"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or 223A</quote> after <quote>223</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H40F6A15FE541441E8E177D6C56934BFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>271</quote> and inserting <quote>273</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA3D6983B8693450C935367CA8074EC0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (b) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2CDDDBBAE8A4D1583FCEA46FF1BF3B" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H9057E3E16CA4490A85C65B4964AEB1AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standard of
review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Court of
International Trade shall have jurisdiction to review the case as provided in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/706">section 706</external-xref> of title 5, Untied States Code. The findings of fact by the
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary of Agriculture,
as the case may be, must be supported by substantial evidence and must be based
on a reasonable investigation. The Court of International Trade may—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8DBDEC1601B54872887179A900BB6F42"><enum>(1)</enum><text>remand the case to
such Secretary to take further evidence; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2D8663252E2E477E880059F32F6F9F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reverse the action
of such Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subsection">If the case is remanded under
paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned may make new or modified findings of
fact and may modify the Secretary’s previous action, and shall certify to the
court the record of the further proceedings. The new or modified findings of
fact must be supported by substantial evidence and must be based on a
reasonable investigation.</continuation-text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD655F7D78CA741BBA2B7791CBE65A426"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by striking the first sentence.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE85B64FB4D46420B85073353AB850995"><enum>169.</enum><header>Liberal
construction of certification of workers and firms</header>
<subsection id="HB2A92DCD323D45B3B05294A783897C21"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 5 of title II
of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2391">19 U.S.C. 2391 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE92CCA6C874D4D95BA25D1E9E95FB600" style="OLC">
<section id="H5DD8B7B2D1FA4C1C8FF42CAF02B098A"><enum>288.</enum><header>Liberal
construction of certification of workers and firms</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
provisions of chapter 2 (relating to adjustment assistance for workers) and the
provisions of chapter 3 (relating to adjustment assistance for firms) shall be
liberally construed in favor of certifying workers for assistance under such
chapter 2 and certifying firms for assistance under such chapter
3.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H617E4F3399784C20A581957D7091FE70"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 287
the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" id="H2908B91F9FF843BD86BAFDA61767D600" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 288. Liberal construction of
certification of workers and
firms.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Trade
adjustment assistance for firms </header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DF2302C9F88430D8EE2D9A99F25ED1"><enum>201.</enum><header>Trade adjustment
assistance for firms</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7019DDAA3DC240D6AEDAE2F9D06CC1D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</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>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8223C4AFE6DC4A70AB674F9794AC9300"><enum>(1)</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>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9ED8CC758D6B4FD0AB001BC6E2631F13"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9B16655CFEA4A29905BD369C2F76000"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42EE8F1C1B7A4866A9446E36A6CD447D"><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>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC326CF51E1EF4A33B3C1E2200ACD628"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H269DFA3E32DE478987ABDF9DC7B7788"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>,
or</quote> and inserting a comma;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H6DC7830EF8D343CF990042B9B7BE80D2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)—</text>
<item commented="no" id="H44A6E81EEAAC4DBDB41910A34724D46"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or service</quote> after <quote>of an article</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="H811FA8AA492B4F18008B52C6B1960604"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, and</quote> and inserting a comma; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HB064DAEEB9CF4F70BC859B09EB61478E"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42B83C8DA66640D6BECC92CB2E33A620" style="OLC">
<clause id="H53D518CEA2654E8C00CB586B33F12DCE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>sales or
production, or both, of the firm, during the period consisting of not more than
36 months preceding the most recent 12-month period for which data are
available, have decreased absolutely, or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HCAD7E1A6A8D847CA9BA3BBBA645084F6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sales or production, or both, of an article
or service that accounted for not less than 25 percent of the total production
or sales of the firm during the 36-month period preceding the most recent
12-month period for which data are available have decreased absolutely,
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3EA830E3E194E1E8F79A83E3F461F42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2), by striking <quote>paragraph
(1)(C)—</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)(C):</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E33D1821EB640D9B48D898D55788011"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B68E4D3625A41749F269E11430051F1" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C7702B93871445791A8E85C1F59FB8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Basis for the
determination of the Secretary</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA0C44CF19F649D09F9BF034E16214AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Increased
imports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
subsection (c)(1)(C), the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H91EE2611334C44D286E730C4D849DF4D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may use data from
any of the preceding three calendar years to determine if the requirements of
such subsection have been met;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20764EC5FBC84BED94BC7495C160049D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may determine that
increases of imports of like or directly competitive articles or services exist
if customers accounting for a significant percentage of the decrease in the
sales of the firm certify to the Secretary that such customers are obtaining
such articles or services from a foreign country; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD459E79805984AB8AA5DE60410989664"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may, in
determining whether increased imports of like or directly competitive articles
or services exist, give special consideration to whether it is difficult to
demonstrate an increase of such imports if the share of such imports relative
to production or consumption in the United States of the article produced or
service provided by the firm concerned is already significant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6C5ADA09DBA4C0CB9CF1434BA28C89D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Process and
methods for obtaining certifications</header>
<subparagraph id="HF07309376F12410E851BA4279BD4592D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Request by
petitioner</header><text>If requested by a firm, the Secretary shall obtain the
certifications under paragraph (1)(B) in such manner as the Secretary
determines is appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H234AD6775D87497D823BF0089FDBBA8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Protection of
confidential information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary may not release information obtained under subparagraph (A) that the
Secretary considers to be confidential business information unless the party
submitting the confidential business information had notice, at the time of
submission, that such information would be released by the Secretary, or such
party subsequently consents to the release of the information. Nothing in this
subparagraph shall be construed to prohibit a court from requiring the
submission of such confidential business information to the court in
camera.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H68D47C429CD048C399AAE521EB6FC873"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Notification to
firms of availability of benefits</header><text>Upon receiving notice from the
Secretary of Labor under section 225(c) of the identity of a firm or firms that
are covered by a certification issued under section 223 or 223A, the Secretary
of Commerce shall notify such firm or firms of the availability of adjustment
assistance under this
chapter.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD623EF5303D04ACBB6738203C2BB395B"><enum>(b)</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>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F9E61FCC26A49BF9FCC2CC202F517CD"><enum>(1)</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>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73E521A534E04F50B8DEBB2BC29DB900"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF2E373770EB4201BE7BB2FDA514B200" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H658096ED206841F9AB8D3C874C937436"><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>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H95B53DFA06F5461700B0123152F8DEC"><enum>202.</enum><header>Extension of
authorization of trade adjustment assistance for firms</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 256(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2346(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD8E0263942B6463B9B364D6140A5C9C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and $4,000,000 for the 3-month period beginning on October 1,
2007,</quote> inserting <quote>and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008
through 2012,</quote> after <quote>fiscal years 2003 through 2007,</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06C4F7D333544DABA270F1B8B5E3459"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
inserting after the first sentence the following: <quote>Of the amounts
appropriated pursuant to this subsection for each fiscal year, $350,000 shall
be available for full-time positions in the Department of Commerce to
administer the program under this chapter.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67A2F8C77958422C80E09FD8F3F452B7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Industry-wide
programs for the development of new services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 265(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2355(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3F45B3A66FDE404F87759CD6E7B72305"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, by striking <quote>new product development</quote> and inserting
<quote>the development of new products and services</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H88087BE268914B0284F7376BD9807D47"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by inserting <quote>, 223A,</quote> after <quote>223</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9CD4B20BF34E4D7E9C3262037D27703C"><enum>204.</enum><header>Demonstration
project on strategic trade transformation assistance</header>
<subsection id="H4BFFD4F7586D4D4CB030008E2F2EDBD1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 3 of title II
of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2341">19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E7ABFFEF84644EE82A800043652CFC7" style="OLC">
<section id="H15C178D68D3C4F97BDA2D4C6BCD60000"><enum>266.</enum><header>Demonstration
project on strategic trade transformation assistance</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08A51FBF1D064B249E69C4B0931C71F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
conduct a demonstration project (in this section referred to as the
<quote>project</quote>) to demonstrate a programmatic framework that will allow
small- and medium-sized manufacturers in the United States 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="H7976885042AF4D858C1571AE8E0048B6"><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="H2624BC8846CD4444880005147466939B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Certifying and
providing assistance to approximately 700 firms.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD96E75F1916B46F5BCBFF51077953985"><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="HA13B693B0C474CF3912600E439E3A828"><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="HC3388D0271A84805BE9C00AAC2B124C5"><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="H898F404B190D44ACA0E25E444B28628B"><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="H051E251A9FDE4129B2FB16C34E63D3B5"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95D34B1DB26841E590FCC3369B01597"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advisory
board</header>
<paragraph id="H902618BE7AD1422BA3CBC2AD54598159"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the
project, the Secretary 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="H0B8FCE2631DC4737B161985BA3689E3"><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 this chapter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC547EE4BC324455A927EA72850FC4EA0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>The
Secretary 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>
</subsection><subsection id="HDBC44CEA77C14BDB9240D68E8EB2A2DB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administration
of project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In implementing
the project, the Secretary 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 this chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H186E5BC3F82F4C9CB41D08F4EE4E438B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the project under this
section not later than 6 months after the date of the completion of the
project. Such report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HA214A257A7F745998BD220B2D388234C"><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="H3BB2DE813DEC44708E60553E36B96B33"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations on
the cost-effectiveness of extending or expanding the project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H423F962B893548739660244FA7FF0329"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of
the amounts made available to carry out this chapter for fiscal years 2008
through 2012, not more than $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year is authorized
to be made available to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HAA284C277F874AB7948EE1CBCC3ECCE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for title II of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 265 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8E36B25CAD24107A74B53D5A43222E2" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 266. Demonstration project on
strategic trade transformation assistance.
</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Trade adjustment
assistance for farmers</header>
<section id="HE7BE97B959BD465AA02DC90030BEB400"><enum>301.</enum><header>Eligibility of
certain other producers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 292 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2401a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E13C1B6AECA471F88D9BCA94257D967"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>and
on the Website of the Department of Agriculture</quote> after <quote>Federal
Register</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC477B1E0C0A346359978A89DF8DC27D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07729BE955D843A9B104D70D1FF8B30" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0899B4098BAF4B82A1AC9DDEB546DB5E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligibility of
certain other producers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
agricultural commodity producer or group of producers that resides outside of
the State or region identified in a petition filed under subsection (a) may
file a request to become a party to that petition not later than 30 days after
the date notice is published in the Federal Register and on the Website of the
Department of Agriculture with respect to that
petition.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Unemployment
insurance</header>
<section id="H9DD2A420E5094FC684276B7B1EE5915F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Unemployment Insurance
Modernization Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H7840FE1B4F884F6C00DCAF34C30950FE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Special transfers to
State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="H1174BEBD78D04E03B203C2D20099DBE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 903 of the
Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1103">42 U.S.C. 1103</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFE6DA9DF3CD48A49129B9A6774006D" other-style="archaic" style="other">
<subsection id="H9DA82641525E4AF79323A1E977F5910"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Special transfers in fiscal years 2008 through 2012 for
modernization</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H12EDE38C423843378F5109065F0312F9"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEB9B310577C149A7B0465C8DDBED80A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In addition to any other
amounts, the Secretary of Labor shall provide for the making of unemployment
compensation modernization incentive payments (hereinafter <quote>incentive
payments</quote>) to the accounts of the States in the Unemployment Trust Fund,
by transfer from amounts reserved for that purpose in the Federal unemployment
account, in accordance with succeeding provisions of this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC7C9ADFC70A487385C1AE032394DF55" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The maximum incentive payment allowable
under this subsection with respect to any State shall, as determined by the
Secretary of Labor, be equal to the amount obtained by multiplying
$7,000,000,000 times the same ratio as is applicable under subsection (a)(2)(B)
for purposes of determining such State’s share of any funds to be transferred
under subsection (a) as of October 1, 2007.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB7CDA95AD354F5A906C4B1D5CCCDFD1" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Of the maximum incentive payment
determined under subparagraph (B) with respect to a State—</text>
<clause id="HCDB2BF77FB244555A350C1AC383F9820"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one-third shall be transferred to the
account of such State upon a certification under paragraph (4)(B) that the
State law of such State meets the requirements of paragraph (2); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4D3BC7DD8D5D480B8D387E36B4013239"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the remainder shall be transferred to
the account of such State upon a certification under paragraph (4)(B) that the
State law of such State meets the requirements of paragraph (3).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H162500AF94934D74B5E60095C7BD14F3" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The State law of a State meets the
requirements of this paragraph if such State law—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB249F32CD7E746E88B69AF5882E0A817"><enum>(A)</enum><text>uses a base period that includes the
most recently completed calendar quarter before the start of the benefit year
for purposes of determining eligibility for unemployment compensation;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF298E95A99CA4674A5C0995F726000FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides that, in the case of an
individual who would not otherwise be eligible for unemployment compensation
under the State law because of the use of a base period that does not include
the most recently completed calendar quarter before the start of the benefit
year, eligibility shall be determined using a base period that includes such
calendar quarter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H386CD47E04B647DDAF6318D89FC4BBD" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The State law of a State meets the
requirements of this paragraph if such State law includes provisions to carry
out at least 2 of the following subparagraphs:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H995396758B2145B08EE4625341DF6BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An individual shall not be denied
regular unemployment compensation under any State law provisions relating to
availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work,
solely because such individual is seeking only part-time (and not full-time)
work, except that the State law provisions carrying out this subparagraph may
exclude an individual if a majority of the weeks of work in such individual’s
base period do not include part-time work.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H06D815F3AF464E0E9E8BB8B426CC6A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An individual shall not be
disqualified from regular unemployment compensation for separating from
employment if that separation is for compelling family reasons. For purposes of
this subparagraph, the term <term>compelling family reasons</term> includes at
least the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HE9F0956155904DAC9CC70040BB5F357E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Domestic violence (verified by such
reasonable and confidential documentation as the State law may require) which
causes the individual reasonably to believe that such individual’s continued
employment would jeopardize the safety of the individual or of any member of
the individual’s immediate family.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HA332764AF0D048788900D8E5BBCB00B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The illness or disability of a
member of the individual’s immediate family.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9F846C2D6897401E91FC8BA9002CBEBD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The need for the individual to
accompany such individual’s spouse—</text>
<subclause id="H4BD2B54C1F7F4D63BD461E541F00D5C2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to a place from which it is impractical
for such individual to commute; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8BB1DBA145B8457287DED36C135EC00"><enum>(II)</enum><text>due to a change in location of the
spouse’s employment.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E77657E4C8848CC9900D787F52EC706"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Weekly unemployment compensation is
payable under this subparagraph to any individual who is unemployed (as
determined under the State unemployment compensation law), has exhausted all
rights to regular and (if applicable) extended unemployment compensation under
the State law, and is enrolled and making satisfactory progress in a
State-approved training program or in a job training program authorized under
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Such program shall prepare individuals
who have been separated from a declining occupation, or who have been
involuntarily and indefinitely separated from employment as a result of a
permanent reduction of operations at the individual’s place of employment, for
entry into a high-demand occupation. The amount of unemployment compensation
payable under this subparagraph to an individual for a week of unemployment
shall be equal to the individual’s average weekly benefit amount (including
dependents’ allowances) for the most recent benefit year, and the total amount
of unemployment compensation payable under this subparagraph to any individual
shall be equal to at least 26 times the individual’s average weekly benefit
amount (including dependents’ allowances) for the most recent benefit
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H19BB3374AFB74990BC743E03F70998B" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H379CBC17740245238BD600C8004E0115"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any State seeking an
incentive payment under this subsection shall submit an application therefor at
such time, in such manner, and complete with such information as the Secretary
of Labor may by regulation prescribe, including information relating to
compliance with the requirements of paragraph (2) or (3), as well as how the
State intends to use the incentive payment to improve or strengthen the State’s
unemployment compensation program. The Secretary of Labor shall, within 90 days
after receiving a complete application, notify the State agency of the State of
the Secretary’s findings with respect to the requirements of paragraph (2) or
(3) (or both).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE23BC2ED1864F04A435A5D54F30C508" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of Labor finds that the
State law provisions (disregarding any State law provisions which are not then
currently in effect as permanent law or which are subject to discontinuation
under certain conditions) meet the requirements of paragraph (2) or (3), as the
case may be, the Secretary of Labor shall thereupon make a certification to
that effect to the Secretary of the Treasury, together with a certification as
to the amount of the incentive payment to be transferred to the State account
pursuant to that finding. The Secretary of the Treasury shall make the
appropriate transfer within 30 days after receiving such certification.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H699F336C35F14A9A9E9202AA6082C6E0" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5B5BCDB0350B466B00E0F0B6B24DF00"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No certification of compliance with the
requirements of paragraph (2) or (3) may be made with respect to any State
whose State law is not otherwise eligible for certification under section 303
or approvable under section 3304 of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.</text>
</clause><clause id="HCFF5A3D71BB0412F9DD759583473C3C9" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>No certification of compliance with
the requirements of paragraph (3) may be made with respect to any State whose
State law is not in compliance with the requirements of paragraph (2).</text>
</clause><clause id="H70B59BDE32704EF5833CE8FE2EE0737F" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No application under subparagraph (A) may
be considered if submitted before October 1, 2007, or after the latest date
necessary (as specified by the Secretary of Labor in regulations) to ensure
that all incentive payments under this subsection are made before October 1,
2012.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDF4414920E39473AAD02C7FD7E607D33" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB1FBC5D9D6784A829C99EFC4A543F6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any
amount transferred to the account of a State under this subsection may be used
by such State only in the payment of cash benefits to individuals with respect
to their unemployment (including for dependents’ allowances and for
unemployment compensation under paragraph (3)(C)), exclusive of expenses of
administration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54C46182CFC04567A64EF4E3C3EF46C3" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
State may, subject to the same conditions as set forth in subsection (c)(2)
(excluding subparagraph (B) thereof, and deeming the reference to
<quote>subsections (a) and (b)</quote> in subparagraph (D) thereof to include
this subsection), use any amount transferred to the account of such State under
this subsection for the administration of its unemployment compensation law and
public employment offices.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4AD9D302C1BE4088B313E5F2F3E121D" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Out of any money in the Federal
unemployment account not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall reserve $7,000,000,000 for incentive payments under this subsection. Any
amount so reserved shall not be taken into account for purposes of any
determination under section 902, 910, or 1203 of the amount in the Federal
unemployment account as of any given time. Any amount so reserved for which the
Secretary of the Treasury has not received a certification under paragraph
(4)(B) by the deadline described in paragraph (4)(C)(iii) shall, upon the close
of fiscal year 2012, become unrestricted as to use as part of the Federal
unemployment account.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3C0E9453FAC4ABE9F00B632D6AF4478" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For purposes of this subsection, the
terms <term>benefit year</term>, <term>base period</term>, and
<term>week</term> have the respective meanings given such terms under section
205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26
U.S.C. 3304 note).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5BECA0438D734C23BA2DB22C66417F4C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Special transfers in fiscal years 2008
through 2012 for administration</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA701DD8290DB47C496DEAF2230007D91"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, the total amount available for transfer to the accounts of the States
pursuant to subsection (a) as of the beginning of each of fiscal years 2008,
2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 shall be equal to the total amount which
(disregarding this subsection) would otherwise be so available, increased by
$100,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4989603785D142FBA3B71300FBC01444" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each State’s share of any additional
amount made available by this subsection shall be determined, certified, and
computed in the same manner as described in subsection (a)(2) and shall be
subject to the same limitations on transfers as described in subsection (b).
For purposes of applying subsection (b)(2), the balance of any advances made to
a State under section 1201 shall be credited against, and operate to reduce
(but not below zero)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBEAD3D9E915745F3A0DC9D9545B04988"><enum>(A)</enum><text>first, any additional amount which, as
a result of the enactment of this subsection, is to be transferred to the
account of such State in a fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E69A6AD7FB74180A1264BE9D2A80097"><enum>(B)</enum><text>second, any amount which (disregarding
this subsection) is otherwise to be transferred to the account of such State
pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) in such fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H25A5F4E219A74042B9C7C50078DE3820" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any additional amount transferred to
the account of a State as a result of the enactment of this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3C1784411CFB4EA587A7F5CCEDDDCD00"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be used by the State agency of such
State only in the payment of expenses incurred by it for—</text>
<clause id="H8BB18A1E96784EFE8DD4F6DF6057B423"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the administration of the
provisions of its State law carrying out the purposes of subsection (f)(2) or
any subparagraph of subsection (f)(3);</text>
</clause><clause id="H070F26CB5A9F49E2AF1FE4FDC4FB8D43"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improved outreach to individuals
who might be eligible for regular unemployment compensation by virtue of any
provisions of the State law which are described in clause (i);</text>
</clause><clause id="HB4DD909C38724FF48B914D6F728C2B71"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the improvement of unemployment
benefit and unemployment tax operations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H701EE741D1CB4C7C957CAECCA1F979BE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>staff-assisted reemployment
services for unemployment compensation claimants; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H370F40BFFAA84CD38D876B7772A0FE7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be excluded from the application
of subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBA1E3880AF7C48C38B5DC79F68E4E081" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The total additional amount made
available by this subsection in a fiscal year shall be taken out of the amounts
remaining in the employment security administration account after subtracting
the total amount which (disregarding this subsection) is otherwise required to
be transferred from such account in such fiscal year pursuant to subsections
(a) and
(b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H48330D2770CC45A9801DA712E9211152"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary of Labor may prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out the
amendment made by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBCBF7EF8A71245C199D62EFD04DFC8B1"><enum>403.</enum><header>Extension of
FUTA tax</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3301 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rate of tax) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6AA7D5F643A04A34A5E400B51BF8D02B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2007</quote> in
paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>2010</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63385B3F58EC4ABBBF8DA953B68D068C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2008</quote> in
paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>2011</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2B8C2F5533FC434BB1255E6411A00165"><enum>404.</enum><header>Safety Net
Review Commission</header>
<subsection id="H4355A3EF162F40E2923C2FCF085BF800"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary of Labor shall establish an advisory commission to be known as the
<quote>Safety Net Review Commission</quote> (hereinafter in this section
referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HED7E80F28BE34207002E2400500017B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Function</header><text>It
shall be the function of the Commission to evaluate the unemployment
compensation program, the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, the Job Corps
program, a program under the Workforce Investment Act, and other employment
assistance programs, including the purpose, goals, countercyclical
effectiveness, coverage, benefit adequacy, trust fund solvency, funding of
State administrative costs, administrative efficiency, and any other aspects of
each such program, as well as any related provisions of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, and to make recommendations for their improvement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H84DC33C2A4174E6AA482A7B0577C3B16"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Members</header>
<paragraph id="H303DC21281C849ADA56E592EAFEB514B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall consist of 11 members as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HEFBD40652BFA4453AC677B6650C5B8EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Five members
appointed by the President, to include representatives of business, labor,
State government, and the public.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0C01665A45147ADAE264F61892ED90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Three members
appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, in consultation with the
Chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Finance of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1FC3174B81F45739D1B6BAD7566FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Three members
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in consultation with
the Chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House
of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD51BD3FCA277476195C9D040C019B245"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>In
appointing members under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1), the
President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives shall each appoint—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7F586132287C439091CAFE93DAA0C3AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>one representative
of the interests of business,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEC3A1414E7A41CF827939C07B35F3B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>one representative
of the interests of labor, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AAE875016B547D68720C6E726D74291"><enum>(C)</enum><text>one representative
of the interests of State governments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4676E06FCCC142DE84545435DDB12743"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>A
vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the manner in which the original
appointment was made.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB6B9F6D7248496DA1B4A9C33EC530B7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Chairman</header><text>The
President shall appoint the Chairman of the Commission from among its
members.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBC21C0DF039F440AB48399EAE63F92BA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Staff and other
assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H6EEA62CDCC9940F580AEA6AE85554732"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission may engage any technical assistance
(including actuarial services) required by the Commission to carry out its
functions under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89F43B02488448B3846F4DDDDB380077"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance from
Secretary of Labor</header><text>The Secretary of Labor shall provide the
Commission with any staff, office facilities, and other assistance, and any
data prepared by the Department of Labor, required by the Commission to carry
out its functions under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5129F355E8794E9DA8D79CBDB5E53596"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Each
member of the Commission—</text>
<paragraph id="H8BDD2ECEB2544532B48CCE1300816C6F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be entitled
to receive compensation at the rate of pay for level V of the Executive
Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5316">section 5316</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, for each day
(including travel time) during which such member is engaged in the actual
performance of duties vested in the Commission; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD21B3BEBBD9D4927A5D2326E032777DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>while engaged in
the performance of such duties away from such member's home or regular place of
business, shall be allowed travel expenses (including per diem in lieu of
subsistence) as authorized by section 5703 of such title 5 for persons in the
Government employed intermittently.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC7E774A86E2C414789AAAA72097239C9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission
shall submit to the President and the Congress a report setting forth the
findings and recommendations of the Commission as a result of its evaluation
under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8463C5EBF7634B85AEB2491B50CCF867"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
Commission shall terminate 2 months after submitting its report pursuant to
subsection (f).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Manufacturing
redevelopment zones</header>
<section id="H3ED021643511470FA859262DEE4EE6D6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Manufacturing
redevelopment zones</header>
<subsection id="H1B753D55151C48789F962D9C3441C083"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter Y of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following new part:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF62A7AAC35634662B3ACD4AA18B9CC6C" style="OLC">
<part id="H59B60079247B4E6EB3540527649973D"><enum>III</enum><header>Manufacturing
redevelopment zones</header>
<toc container-level="part-container" idref="H59B60079247B4E6EB3540527649973D" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="H97C40CB622F44EBDBE009134691EB846" level="section">Sec. 1400U–1. Designation of manufacturing redevelopment
zones.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H23A18D396A27499EAA2B2DC878A31361" level="section">Sec. 1400U–2. Eligibility criteria.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HB5A8886E425C44BD8EA5DE9CE66B745" level="section">Sec. 1400U–3. Manufacturing redevelopment tax credit
bonds.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H952354BA461849C59540DA06C7E6E4F0" level="section">Sec. 1400U–4. Tax-exempt manufacturing zone facility
bonds.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HF60667154A3B41F098D1056C952BD050" level="section">Sec. 1400U–5. Additional low-income housing
credits.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<section id="H97C40CB622F44EBDBE009134691EB846"><enum>1400U–1.</enum><header>Designation
of manufacturing redevelopment zones</header>
<subsection id="H5324A993BDD740CA8D00AD9396A34397"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From among the areas nominated for designation under this
section, the Secretary may designate manufacturing redevelopment zones.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4B2DC8774B9747EF911100D14C9C97D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations on
designations</header><text>The Secretary may designate in the aggregate 24
nominated areas as manufacturing redevelopment zones, subject to the
availability of eligible nominated areas. The Secretary shall designate
manufacturing redevelopment zones in such manner that the aggregate population
of all such zones does not exceed 2,000,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H135508271A0448FB959F003496ECF893"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Period
designation may be made</header><text>A designation may be made under
subsection (a) only during the 2-year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4E20A2635103416693F72338C4ADD3DC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Period for which
designation is in effect</header>
<paragraph id="H091FF17592C145F885F8DA0500891DF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any designation under
this section shall remain in effect during the period beginning on the date of
the designation and ending on the earliest of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E7E3F752A074920B74656F737831699"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the close of the
10th calendar year beginning on or after the date of the designation,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H619D385D13D14FC99EE4A3CB54DEF0DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the termination
date designated by the State and local governments as provided for in their
nomination, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF78B8475C9F64B3C8562F9EF5097C6E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the date the
Secretary revokes the designation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H743DBB97C0BF400AB817F63EC46FACBF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revocation of
designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
revoke the designation under this section of an area if such Secretary
determines that the local government or the State in which it is
located—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5993C79C04D64A50A6550093B0AD6EFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has modified the
boundaries of the area, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C8209CF08FE4EC7B0036EB61ECA55C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not complying
substantially with, or fails to make progress in achieving the benchmarks set
forth in, the strategic plan included with the application.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H32328A8231D4474286A1E994D4ADB854"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitations on
designations; application</header><text>Rules similar to the rules of
subsections (e) and (f) of section 1391 shall apply for purposes of this
section except that the rules of such subsection (f) shall be applied with
respect to the eligibility criteria specified in section 1400U–2.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAEB61D9DB5AD42E9A13BF587007CE79C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Determinations
of population</header><text>Any determination of population under this part
shall be made on the basis of the most recent decennial census for which data
are available.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H23A18D396A27499EAA2B2DC878A31361"><enum>1400U–2.</enum><header>Eligibility
criteria</header>
<subsection id="HF46232DEC99E4F95B51F37721BE32DDE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A nominated area shall be eligible for designation under
section 1400U–1 only if—</text>
<paragraph id="HD6998BD21E974C53BCAB6484F11FDE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>it meets each of
the criteria specified in section 1392(a),</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H47A5B5628D1C4F8DA0B99F8C4898145B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the nominated area
has experienced a significant decline in the number of individuals employed in
manufacturing or has a high concentration of abandoned or underutilized
manufacturing facilities, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E7C061A8BE64AD58F2EE9336C219F57"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no portion of the nominated area is located
in an empowerment zone or renewal community, unless the local government which
nominated the area elects to terminate such designation as an empowerment zone
or renewal community.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H73FEA3CDE69B4F8D92D52BB3F5208CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of
certain rules; definitions</header><text>For purposes of this
subchapter—</text>
<paragraph id="HA99D286E24714C509885B3D1546F779F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>rules similar to
the rules of subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 1392 and paragraphs (4),
(7), (8), and (9) of section 1393(a) shall apply, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H790C1413F75D43E6BE94065FD9DD0100"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any term defined
in section 1393 shall have the same meaning when used in this
subchapter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H75036FE346FF4714BAC1326DDCE0C57F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Discretion to
adjust requirements</header><text>In determining whether a nominated area is
eligible for designation as a manufacturing redevelopment zone, the Secretary
may, where necessary to carry out the purposes of this part, waive the
requirement of section 1392(a)(4) if it is shown that the nominated area has
experienced a loss of manufacturing jobs during the previous 20 years which is
in excess of 25 percent.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5A8886E425C44BD8EA5DE9CE66B745" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1400U–3.</enum><header>Manufacturing
redevelopment tax credit bonds</header>
<subsection id="HC7BE0397AC664CDB94C43EC734157FBC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
subpart I of part IV of subchapter A (relating to qualified tax credit bonds),
the term <term>manufacturing redevelopment bond</term> means any bond issued as
part of an issue if—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0BD469A7AC24F0FA9BE27D68503B4A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>100 percent of the
available project proceeds of such issue are to be used for one or more
qualified manufacturing redevelopment purposes,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A4F79F87BFB4B67BE5F996325E1EF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the bond is not a
private activity bond, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H42CB9DA922A649AAB014803D93F000F6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the local government which nominated the
area to which such bond relates designates such bond for purposes of this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B663C66D56A4657B3256639E1036D3F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
amount of bonds designated</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The maximum aggregate face amount of bonds
which may be designated under subsection (a) with respect to any manufacturing
redevelopment zone shall not exceed $150,000,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H992603D9C44D42020096E9B6C9E1C215"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified
manufacturing redevelopment purpose</header><text>For purposes of this section,
the term <term>qualified manufacturing redevelopment purposes</term> means
capital expenditures paid or incurred with respect to property located in a
manufacturing redevelopment zone for purposes of promoting development or other
economic activity in such zone, including expenditures for environmental
remediation, improvements to public infrastructure, and construction of public
facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7E815794B55F4F6E97F96E3502F33249"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, any term used
in this section which is also used in section 54A shall have the same meaning
given such term by section 54A.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H952354BA461849C59540DA06C7E6E4F0"><enum>1400U–4.</enum><header>Tax-exempt
manufacturing zone facility bonds</header>
<subsection id="HE63D9DD74E82489FA974F500BC3D6119"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of part IV of subchapter B (relating to tax
exemption requirements for State and local bonds), the term <term>exempt
facility bond</term> includes any bond issued as part of an issue if—</text>
<paragraph id="H3C1319704D8D4FFB824D506BD400AF7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>95 percent or more
of the net proceeds (as defined in section 150(a)(3)) of such issue are to be
used for manufacturing zone property, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE09475050D7247E9AEF93707E64F50E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the local
government which nominated the area to which such bond relates designates such
bond for purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1CA5A3F62CB14E28A6AB260244527704"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
amount of bonds designated</header>
<paragraph id="HDBE9D25573984643A000CBEDB99735CD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The aggregate face amount of bonds which may be
designated under subsection (a)(2) with respect to any manufacturing
redevelopment zone shall not exceed $230,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7D06076EDF64842BED2D0AE41FDCC31"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Current
refunding not taken into account</header><text>In the case of a refunding (or
series of refundings) of a bond designated under this section, the refunding
obligation shall be treated as designated under subsection (a)(2) (and shall
not be taken into account in applying paragraph (1)) if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD9CAB0A680F8440FA04E4DAFD404E74B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of the
refunding bond does not exceed the outstanding amount of the refunded bond,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AAD3110F4164B44A08C6D859E001661"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the refunded bond
is redeemed not later than 90 days after the date of issuance of the refunding
bond.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H62B222138FBF4AAC98473F66F8E2836B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on
amount of bonds allocable to any person</header>
<paragraph id="H660D9D94FA914CFF8F89463EC5F16E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) shall
not apply to any issue if the aggregate amount of outstanding manufacturing
zone facility bonds allocable to any person (taking into account such issue)
exceeds—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEFA354A5E00E429C910059D6A4914468"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$15,000,000 with
respect to any 1 manufacturing redevelopment zone, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB087C81D8A6A4F2784CCD429CC74CEA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$20,000,000 with
respect to all manufacturing redevelopment zones.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H20383B330C40473ABBB73DE08EA3BD13"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Aggregate
enterprise zone facility bond benefit</header><text>For purposes of paragraph
(1), the aggregate amount of outstanding manufacturing zone facility bonds
allocable to any person shall be determined under rules similar to the rules of
section 144(a)(10), taking into account only bonds to which subsection (a)
applies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0E3284A66D5C4F74BC42585DAC32901B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Manufacturing
zone property</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HF0F2FAB7476746BEA000C784C2DF69A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>manufacturing zone property</term> means
any property to which section 168 applies (or would apply but for section 179)
if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H106339F92D8540DDB57D968D02E0F531"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such property was
acquired by the taxpayer by purchase (as defined in section 179(d)(2)) after
the date on which the designation of the manufacturing redevelopment zone took
effect,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H778E2AEC53B7451C9CD3C99FE118788F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the original use
of which in the manufacturing redevelopment zone commences with the taxpayer,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D0B9C5AA23049F3B446CF3692E84124"><enum>(C)</enum><text>substantially all
of the use of which is in the manufacturing redevelopment zone and is in the
active conduct of a qualified business by the taxpayer in such zone.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6396588F52C4098BE770501D8EEFCEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified
business</header><text>The term <term>qualified business</term> means any trade
or business except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8BCDDBE8797B445F928E4B3B73B975A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the rental to
others of real property located in a manufacturing redevelopment zone shall be
treated as a qualified business only if the property is not residential rental
property (as defined in section 168(e)(2)), and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA843B20ECABF4508A547E0A04B1345D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such term shall
not include any trade or business consisting of the operation of any facility
described in section 144(c)(6)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H20A9E3B5C57849A09DBB95AFC3A0BB2C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rules
for substantial renovations and sale-leaseback</header><text>Rules similar to
the rules of subsections (a)(2) and (b) of section 1397D shall apply for
purposes of this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFF490DCB6B90476EAC4062670126F6F2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Nonapplication
of certain rules</header><text>Sections 57(a)(5) (relating to tax-exempt
interest), 146 (relating to volume cap), and 147(d) (relating to acquisition of
existing property not permitted) shall not apply to any manufacturing zone
facility bond.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF60667154A3B41F098D1056C952BD050"><enum>1400U–5.</enum><header>Additional
low-income housing credits</header>
<subsection id="HEE5D18DB548248FD88E5F9B4EC26500"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of section 42, in the case of each calendar
year during which the designation of a manufacturing redevelopment zone is in
effect, the State housing credit ceiling of the State which includes such
manufacturing redevelopment zone shall be increased by the lesser of—</text>
<paragraph id="H90BEDAD37FEE4B77B8FB6EB0C78DD012"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the aggregate
housing credit dollar amount allocated by the State housing credit agency of
such State to buildings located in such manufacturing redevelopment zone for
such calendar year, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H941B49452A854911BCA3C0F0AF4E22C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the excess
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD52751D07FAD4538A800675400EB74E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the manufacturing
zone housing amount with respect to such manufacturing redevelopment zone,
over</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF299003C4FE74708971BEEEDE53FA2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the aggregate
increases under this subsection with respect to such zone for all preceding
calendar years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0FB04B62313D41B8B681FDCCE91534CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Manufacturing
zone housing amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
purposes of subsection (a), the term <term>manufacturing zone housing
amount</term> means, with respect to any manufacturing redevelopment zone, the
product of $20 multiplied by the population of such zone.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4D1395469696419EA97382D3F2005A8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other
rules</header>
<paragraph id="H035B552546D248B59BD0C41DE1D004C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Carryovers</header><text>Rules
similar to the rules of section 1400N(c)(1)(C) shall apply for purposes of this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4F53928403CC418BB2501CA3798B6E07"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Returned
amounts</header><text>If any amount of State housing credit ceiling which was
taken into account under subsection (a)(1) is returned within the meaning of
section 42(h)(3)(C)(iii)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0EEBDD667DDC42B4A303BDEC5F25DE6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such amount shall
not be taken into account under such section, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H059D70D6C99048E183DFAF1D0EBE98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such allocation
shall cease to be treated as an increase under this subsection for purposes of
subsection (a)(2)(B) until
reallocated.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H7705B49FC303493C86B57E75110524E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of
work opportunity tax credit to manufacturing redevelopment zones</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
51(d)(5) of such Code are each amended by inserting <quote>manufacturing
redevelopment zone,</quote> after <quote>renewal community,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E64105570764C8C8B1C704330474100"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments related to manufacturing redevelopment tax credit bonds</header>
<paragraph id="H60728BA6EFD3400BAC6B8CFA7E3299A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General
rules</header><text>Part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code (relating
to credits against tax) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subpart:</text>
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<subpart id="HB0A06829373A400988A64FFE07639C08"><enum>I</enum><header>Qualified tax
credit bonds</header>
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<toc-entry idref="HA83E474C627B4F75BCB3B100E5F8B436" level="section">Sec. 54A. Credit to holders of qualified tax credit
bonds.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA83E474C627B4F75BCB3B100E5F8B436" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>54A.</enum><header>Credit to holders of
qualified tax credit bonds</header>
<subsection id="HD035F2099F0C4B19BAC3738645B7C22E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowance of
credit</header><text>If a taxpayer holds a qualified tax credit bond on one or
more credit allowance dates of the bond during any taxable year, there shall be
allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable
year an amount equal to the sum of the credits determined under subsection (b)
with respect to such dates.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H90A1DD76CAB0496A992E4132BCE031F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount of
credit</header>
<paragraph id="HA8AD429D49584152B3009404F244E4FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amount of the credit determined under this subsection
with respect to any credit allowance date for a qualified tax credit bond is 25
percent of the annual credit determined with respect to such bond.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3C5EB5D55F24080A53C512147FD4DE1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual
credit</header><text>The annual credit determined with respect to any qualified
tax credit bond is the product of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H11BB723EC4794C97964CC3400005BBE6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the applicable
credit rate, multiplied by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97C7379910064FE0A70044362EA7ACEE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the outstanding
face amount of the bond.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H188FE0376C7F47A5BBFF184491D5F53"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicable credit
rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
paragraph (2), the applicable credit rate is the rate which the Secretary
estimates will permit the issuance of qualified tax credit bonds with a
specified maturity or redemption date without discount and without interest
cost to the qualified issuer. The applicable credit rate with respect to any
qualified tax credit bond shall be determined as of the first day on which
there is a binding, written contract for the sale or exchange of the
bond.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF69858DC3B9045EEA238F405C4A9557"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special rule for
issuance and redemption</header><text>In the case of a bond which is issued
during the 3-month period ending on a credit allowance date, the amount of the
credit determined under this subsection with respect to such credit allowance
date shall be a ratable portion of the credit otherwise determined based on the
portion of the 3-month period during which the bond is outstanding. A similar
rule shall apply when the bond is redeemed or matures.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA2376F44E3F342E7BB40114650CE3F16"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation based
on amount of tax</header>
<paragraph id="H77FC986E07544C509BDB244711DA8DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable
year shall not exceed the excess of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD8969B2980C64FC88C4377343F6F9EE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the sum of the
regular tax liability (as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax imposed by
section 55, over</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0968B01D623463280271643FF0029C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the sum of the
credits allowable under this part (other than subpart C and this
subpart).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE07E6AD4907644AE80B1AD801D095458"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Carryover of
unused credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the credit
allowable under subsection (a) exceeds the limitation imposed by paragraph (1)
for such taxable year, such excess shall be carried to the succeeding taxable
year and added to the credit allowable under subsection (a) for such taxable
year (determined before the application of paragraph (1) for such succeeding
taxable year).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4298BAF5F4024B57B1CE2C54AD3201A3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Qualified tax
credit bond</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H333895B0A44741639FCCF455A121C6A8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Qualified tax
credit bond</header><text>The term <term>qualified tax credit bond</term> means
a manufacturing redevelopment bond (as defined in section 1400U–3) which is
part of an issue that meets the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5),
and (6).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45398F24197948E28FF0AAC6CC007004"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rules
relating to expenditures</header>
<subparagraph id="HC8A5A837B16D41899B032725CC211F40"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An issue shall be treated as meeting the requirements of
this paragraph if, as of the date of issuance, the issuer reasonably
expects—</text>
<clause id="H4A2EDCB4056942FDBFCA0353CCAF70"><enum>(i)</enum><text>100
percent or more of the available project proceeds to be spent for 1 or more
qualified purposes within the 3-year period beginning on such date of issuance,
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8FADB8AC1F594642BCCB6798F6896C23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
binding commitment with a third party to spend at least 10 percent of such
available project proceeds will be incurred within the 6-month period beginning
on such date of issuance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00E35581AAC6422DA5DF05BBB48B2500"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to spend
required amount of bond proceeds within 3 years</header>
<clause id="HED0B03C502914E8789CC6B110071449B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To the extent that less than 100 percent of the available
project proceeds of the issue are expended by the close of the expenditure
period for 1 or more qualified purposes, the issuer shall redeem all of the
nonqualified bonds within 90 days after the end of such period. For purposes of
this paragraph, the amount of the nonqualified bonds required to be redeemed
shall be determined in the same manner as under section 142.</text>
</clause><clause id="H609550DE53FE4540A792ACD24276FABB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Expenditure
period</header><text>For purposes of this subpart, the term <term>expenditure
period</term> means, with respect to any issue, the 3-year period beginning on
the date of issuance. Such term shall include any extension of such period
under clause (iii).</text>
</clause><clause id="HD0FD7E17DED449BB99F5919DCED34357"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Extension of
period</header><text>Upon submission of a request prior to the expiration of
the expenditure period (determined without regard to any extension under this
clause), the Secretary may extend such period if the issuer establishes that
the failure to expend the proceeds within the original expenditure period is
due to reasonable cause and the expenditures for qualified purposes will
continue to proceed with due diligence.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8DB6BC72720F429FB8D3DEA0081BCF9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Qualified
purpose</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>qualified
purpose</term> means a purpose specified in section 1400U–3(a)(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCD5E213C50CB495B906118D25146621"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subtitle, available
project proceeds of an issue shall be treated as spent for a qualified purpose
if such proceeds are used to reimburse the issuer for amounts paid for a
qualified purpose after the date that the Secretary makes an allocation of bond
limitation with respect to such issue, but only if—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H9C4A38F9BFF94CA7A4269F9C4FA51C3B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>prior to the
payment of the original expenditure, the issuer declared its intent to
reimburse such expenditure with the proceeds of a qualified tax credit
bond,</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H196DE7600A69447B9B1C53D72D83F500"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not later than 60
days after payment of the original expenditure, the issuer adopts an official
intent to reimburse the original expenditure with such proceeds, and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HAFC38C22AE0F48B3AD60D39553D2F799"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the
reimbursement is made not later than 18 months after the date the original
expenditure is paid.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2E69303C28942ADB05D389F90A840ED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An issue shall be treated as meeting the
requirements of this paragraph if the issuer of qualified tax credit bonds
submits reports similar to the reports required under section 149(e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B4698D468BB427D97528CEFA4EE45E3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special rules
relating to arbitrage</header>
<subparagraph id="HA4314459B2AE4CF69F0058D869792C22"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An issue shall be
treated as meeting the requirements of this paragraph if the issuer satisfies
the requirements of section 148 with respect to the proceeds of the
issue.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF973B6E8542C4A55A7536E2F5EEA845C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule for
investments during expenditure period</header><text>An issue shall not be
treated as failing to meet the requirements of subparagraph (A) by reason of
any investment of available project proceeds during the expenditure
period.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EE40F90D0E2493CA9CD3C4718E7B63C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special rule for
reserve funds</header><text>An issue shall not be treated as failing to meet
the requirements of subparagraph (A) by reason of any fund which is expected to
be used to repay such issue if—</text>
<clause id="H3BD5D3E612AC4A0380391455A1B5968"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such fund is funded at a rate not more
rapid than equal annual installments,</text>
</clause><clause id="HBB732B0BAD87461A90BCFBD0F12EFD04"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such fund is
funded in a manner that such fund will not exceed the amount necessary to repay
the issue if invested at the maximum rate permitted under clause (iii),
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD86EE520B0B145488EDE31D25FF46D37"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the yield on
such fund is not greater than the discount rate determined under paragraph
(5)(B) with respect to the issue.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAA4D615A619D4868B2BB72542257E160"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Maturity
limitation</header>
<subparagraph id="H8FC6EB9FB8BA41B7BC281026A7FA79D8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An issue shall not be treated as meeting the requirements
of this paragraph if the maturity of any bond which is part of such issue
exceeds the maximum term determined by the Secretary under subparagraph
(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A82C45EC28548CEA8384BDC58567797"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Maximum
term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During each calendar
month, the Secretary shall determine the maximum term permitted under this
paragraph for bonds issued during the following calendar month. Such maximum
term shall be the term which the Secretary estimates will result in the present
value of the obligation to repay the principal on the bond being equal to 50
percent of the face amount of such bond. Such present value shall be determined
using as a discount rate the average annual interest rate of tax-exempt
obligations having a term of 10 years or more which are issued during the
month. If the term as so determined is not a multiple of a whole year, such
term shall be rounded to the next highest whole year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB140A02BBCA94C41B5F28B633E36B74"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Other
definitions</header><text>For purposes of this subchapter—</text>
<paragraph id="HDEC1494A596840D7B222F84332EEDDB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Credit allowance
date</header><text>The term <term>credit allowance date</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EDE7CE7F3B34D9A857FBDEBB7CE828D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>March 15,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4454ACBF0BB14115A6087C45AEF5DDCD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>June 15,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H543F34DC26964A65A00022D371F555F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>September 15,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EE675324F0341BAB95E497F3BE6C3B7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>December
15.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">Such term
includes the last day on which the bond is outstanding.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCE30CBB40BC6442589F6C4BF4F5428D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bond</header><text>The
term <term>bond</term> includes any obligation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF205EA0E8F34070A5FBA78600CDF7B0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> includes the District of Columbia and any possession of
the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H312969EB91744D79987E5D8649700116"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Available
project proceeds</header><text>The term <term>available project proceeds</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D7D62A77613448B8FB9207E99FE85B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the excess of—</text>
<clause id="H614E00D32A9B4E3D8FD84CE322CA00D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the proceeds from
the sale of an issue, over</text>
</clause><clause id="H94B4463560A04B03A44836AA06DCE49F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the issuance
costs financed by the issue (to the extent that such costs do not exceed 2
percent of such proceeds), and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40DFD77E4A55423EA22605E8063C00DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the proceeds from
any investment of the excess described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B8A63F9FC6248E582AA00BCB7BC400"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Credit treated as
interest</header><text>For purposes of this subtitle, the credit determined
under subsection (a) shall be treated as interest which is includible in gross
income.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H217BD3C294F34781B5BEDF4BB81E7641"><enum>(g)</enum><header>S Corporations
and partnerships</header><text>In the case of a tax credit bond held by an S
corporation or partnership, the allocation of the credit allowed by this
section to the shareholders of such corporation or partners of such partnership
shall be treated as a distribution.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H994558F8D9EF4ECEB90039A98263431F"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Bonds held by
regulated investment companies and real estate investment
trusts</header><text>If any qualified tax credit bond is held by a regulated
investment company or a real estate investment trust, the credit determined
under subsection (a) shall be allowed to shareholders of such company or
beneficiaries of such trust (and any gross income included under subsection (f)
with respect to such credit shall be treated as distributed to such
shareholders or beneficiaries) under procedures prescribed by the
Secretary.</text>
</subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6ED77657542B415CA903565E8BCC6977"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Subsection
(d) of section 6049 of such Code (relating to returns regarding payments of
interest) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1DAC8D747484D6BBB88230048319F4B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1E08001A94DD4B87ADC053CC00624D75"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Reporting of
credit on qualified tax credit bonds</header>
<subparagraph id="H2E4A95A327144AB1BF157CA27E8300DF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a), the term
<term>interest</term> includes amounts includible in gross income under section
54A and such amounts shall be treated as paid on the credit allowance date (as
defined in section 54A(e)(1)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54B568A034DE49F3944C936E5F50BFE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reporting to
corporations, etc</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in regulations, in
the case of any interest described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph,
subsection (b)(4) of this section shall be applied without regard to
subparagraphs (A), (H), (I), (J), (K), and (L)(i).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H046D158831184FFF99C191A3260706A8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regulatory
authority</header><text>The Secretary may prescribe such regulations as are
necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this paragraph, including
regulations which require more frequent or more detailed
reporting.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7DB041379244C59892006FAFC2CFEA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other conforming
amendments related to tax credit bonds</header>
<subparagraph id="H26765AA8398548F19B667943819814EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sections 54(c)(2)
and 1400N(l)(3)(B) of such Code are each amended by striking <quote>subpart
C</quote> and inserting <quote>subparts C and I</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35E87193249A452FB71959E7EEBBA02C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1397E(c)(2) of such Code is amended
by striking <quote>subpart H</quote> and inserting <quote>subparts H and
I</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5D244D68C2D42EE82231E0134A9055B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6401(b)(1) of such Code is amended
by striking <quote>and H</quote> and inserting <quote>H, and I</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7A28D4EE4F2421FA123473E01A65978"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heading of subpart H of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subpart" style="OLC">certain
bonds</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subpart" style="OLC">clean renewable energy
bonds</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6AAA926CC99346BD9946D09E52E9EE3"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of subparts for part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking the item relating
to subpart H and inserting the following new items:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3E2BF0A005054FD38B281068577CFCF7" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="subchapter">Subpart H—Nonrefundable credit to
holders of clean renewable energy bonds</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="subchapter">Subpart I—Qualified tax credit
bonds</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5965ECB485634D74A6C1E8F0CFA1B6B8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of parts for subchapter Y of chapter 1 of
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25D02C9CD52548A1BE0810AA00879BF8" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="part">Part III—Manufacturing redevelopment
bonds</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD88E1719F8E2480496A8359B3BF9BF18"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<paragraph id="H97C436823689474788CAECB5DC9EC841"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02B67CF2FDFB455795D5D61E838C52B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bond
provisions</header><text>Sections 1400U–3 and 1400U–4 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (as added by subsection (a)), and the amendments made by
subsection (c), shall apply to obligations issued after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA92A1F0C51D7415995A141113379500"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Work opportunity
tax credit</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply to
individuals who begin work for the employer after the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8DC4F91EFF654537BF368E1302F5D8E"><enum>502.</enum><header>Delay in
application of worldwide interest allocation</header>
<subsection id="HBC90D22A2D1D46F4ABE2288881FE003E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraphs (5)(D) and
(6) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/864">section 864(f)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each amended by
striking <quote>December 31, 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2011</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9DA80268B0094B0EABFEC57125E72ED7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification</header>
<section id="HF566BDA1A4B54232B2EB6929E7BB847C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Early Warning and Health Care
for Workers Affected by Globalization Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H02D5CE7D20DF42A196F0606C854862BC"><enum>602.</enum><header>Amendments to
the WARN Act</header>
<subsection id="H374D8E6997AD44A798A442A8062DB0E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5DCEFEEC118244FD00F4942E5BB3BF00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Employer, plant
closing, and mass layoff</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 2(a)
of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C.
2101(a)(1)–(3)) are amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4D706DA65D714BA89B7F9CE0165C034F" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD797B7F2860F4053868246B4C878A356"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>employer</term> means any business enterprise that employs 100 or more
employees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7A8F4D7E292C4DA88B8754750935E6CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>plant closing</term> means the permanent or temporary shutdown of a
single site of employment, or of one or more facilities or operating units
within a single site of employment, which results in an employment loss at such
site, during any 30-day period, for 50 or more employees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0043BECA9FFD48AB84A06B9774D1AFC7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>mass layoff</term> means a reduction in force at a single site of
employment which results in an employment loss at such site, during any 30-day
period, for 50 or more
employees.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3223EE5C49B34C799D288B5D1FCC3EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary of
labor</header>
<subparagraph id="H9FD705BE4D4E4BC192E9C09796DCBEF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Paragraph
(8) of such section is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB57EAA47BB0A4A88A45C27FE79EDF53B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8B7B01C20C6E4128A2D92FCAF821DD0"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term
<term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Labor or a representative of the
Secretary of
Labor.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6921254705C4BFCA023E2F955546E23"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Section
8(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2107">29 U.S.C. 2107(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>of
Labor</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9FCF8FBA716940A2BF0047C3E32DACA4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="H4C9EC6B11D774999890053007F4C4714"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>Section
3(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2102">29 U.S.C. 2102(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking out <quote>, each
of which is less than the minimum number of employees specified in section
2(a)(2) or (3) but which in the aggregate exceed that minimum number,</quote>
and inserting <quote>which in the aggregate exceed the minimum number of
employees specified in section 2(a)(2) or (3)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H595063E3DADB4B3C8375CD7191EC3FEE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
2(b)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2101">29 U.S.C. 2101(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(other
than a part-time employee)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H357A61801DBA4CE4822BC1C436F9A8EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice</header>
<paragraph id="HBB55457B1B1247A2ACFD250197F9C31D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notice
period</header>
<subparagraph id="HFD5634430AA5424D8C9300BE3EA5B98"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 3 of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2102">29 U.S.C. 2102</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>60-day
period</quote> and inserting <quote>90-day period</quote> each place it
appears.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DF14B5776244BFFA2CC440004D07800"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 5(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2104">29 U.S.C. 2104(a)(1)</external-xref>) is
amended in the matter following subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>60
days</quote> and inserting <quote>90 days</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6A353DAFE4034675A1A9CB7DD8339334"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recipients</header><text>Section
3(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2102">29 U.S.C. 2102(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H97257E9E7CBD4BC99D10F479F4D1EF00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>or, if there is no such representative at that time, to each
affected employee; and</quote> and inserting <quote>and to each affected
employee;</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC004E9C64A69436E00D0728FED00F013"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and inserting after paragraph (1) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4E1E42D781A4393B1AB35B53E46F1B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB67127F762A144E4BEAEF4CC7D0007F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the Secretary;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB010FB3B70264DBFB0F11F62AD23473D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information
regarding benefits and services available to workers and DOL notice to
Congress</header><text>Section 3 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2102">29 U.S.C. 2102</external-xref>) is further
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H242580CD9882466686A2CA006FB7C7A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1F19265E5CB941DDB0AC266E52F9A70"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Information
regarding benefits and services available to employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Concurrent with or immediately after
providing the notice required under subsection (a)(1), an employer shall
provide affected employees with information regarding the benefits and services
available to such employees, as described in the guide compiled by the
Secretary under section 12.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F2072AD96F4460785431903C1BD8736"><enum>(f)</enum><header>DOL Notice to
Congress</header><text>As soon as practicable and not later than 15 days after
receiving notification under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of Labor shall
notify the appropriate Senators and Members of the House of Representatives who
represent the area or areas where the plant closing or mass layoff is to
occur.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0FB01350F9CC4C11859BAB89728DD799"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<paragraph id="H64253C2D105742EFBFBC36C777A57C3F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(a)(1) of the Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2104">29 U.S.C. 2104(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB763A9CED2814BE687E5A6F3BF3BDEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="HC090829EB8B74268B71D637E49024EF2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>back pay for each day of violation</quote> and inserting
<quote>two days’ pay multiplied by the number of calendar days short of 90 that
the employer provided notice before such closing or layoff </quote></text>
</clause><clause id="H445371CA2CF84E0400CBB500B4B91155"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end thereof;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC99937D2A5B14833869348E0D66CEECB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE22AE34E858945EDBD29156F81E2EBF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0B8E3E847C0845F082BF680000514FC7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H399412AE45CC4E06BAA730C9B4239B19" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>interest on the amount described in
subparagraph (A) calculated at the prevailing rate;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96410C5AEE6C490AA215242243599388"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking the
matter following subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C82642B30914DE4B86FBC2E9DF4D7C1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(a)(4) of such Act (29 U.S.C.
2104(a)(4)) is amended by striking <quote>reduce the amount of the liability or
penalty provided for in this section</quote> and inserting <quote>reduce the
amount of the liability under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) and reduce the
amount of the penalty provided for in paragraph (3)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B61D38743FB449B90357C9B9862EFCE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administrative
complaint</header><text>Section 5(a)(5) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2104">29 U.S.C. 2104(a)(5)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7A76AE42C5674720B81277079B478345"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>may sue</quote> and inserting <quote>may,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8164C60DA39C4E37BD87465FC173CC7C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>both,</quote> the following: <quote>(A) file a complaint with the
Secretary alleging a violation of section 3, or (B) bring suit</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54EF362830264F48BC3566E2BEA64723"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end thereof the following new sentence: <quote>A person seeking to enforce such
liability may use one or both of the enforcement mechanisms described in
subparagraphs (A) and (B).</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H11C33FD818A04A709890E511D88DF5DA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Action by the
Secretary</header><text>Section 5 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2104">29 U.S.C. 2104</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB8F9B9A26B53494A9EC9135ED191A682"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (b) as subsection (d); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49E4468F1A1B4290AB2639B03547A44E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (a) the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block id="H91DB302910C04113BC008DB7477EEDA7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H18E6E3E2DFCA4ED2BCCA6B055B3756A5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Action by the
secretary</header>
<paragraph id="HA2F114D52DBC497BA2D075806E283E2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrative
action</header><text>The Secretary shall receive, investigate, and attempt to
resolve complaints of violations of section 3 by an employer in the same manner
that the Secretary receives, investigates, and attempts to resolve complaints
of violations of sections 6 and 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29
U.S.C. 206 and 207).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03015683EBA644ED98EF42123C6BF35"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subpoena
powers</header><text>For the purposes of any investigation provided for in this
section, the Secretary shall have the subpoena authority provided for under
section 9 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/209">29 U.S.C. 209</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B89E93D510D47D2A425E7F19800B1E3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sums
recovered</header><text>Any sums recovered by the Secretary on behalf of an
employee under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of section 5(a)(1) shall be held
in a special deposit account and shall be paid, on order of the Secretary,
directly to each employee affected. Any such sums not paid to an employee
because of inability to do so within a period of 3 years, and any sums
recovered by the Secretary under subparagraph (C) of section 5(a)(1), shall be
credited as an offsetting collection to the appropriations account of the
Secretary of Labor for expenses for the administration of this Act and shall
remain available to the Secretary until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H147CC00B63074227AA009F009045F6BB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="HB57810CEBA654105890022A19895B9B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitations
period</header><text>An action may be brought under this section not later than
2 years after the date of the last event constituting the alleged violation for
which the action is brought.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6BF0BD58A3C417C80CC71B3ADE714A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commencement</header><text>In
determining when an action is commenced under this section for the purposes of
paragraph (1), it shall be considered to be commenced on the date on which the
complaint is
filed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE926FA063343428BA918BE858D91A4C2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Posting of
notices; penalties</header><text>Section 11 of the Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2101">29 U.S.C. 2101</external-xref> note) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H91403C88DDE14531ACAA01C86D88382D" style="OLC">
<section id="H383BF9F1F1954B45AEB7C2CB6B383BD"><enum>11.</enum><header>Posting of
notices; penalties</header>
<subsection id="HBCF3CF48CAAC4304807C0408625D555C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Posting of
notices</header><text>Each employer shall post and keep posted in conspicuous
places upon its premises where notices to employees are customarily posted a
notice to be prepared or approved by the Secretary setting forth excerpts from,
or summaries of, the pertinent provisions of this chapter and information
pertinent to the filing of a complaint.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H83CA5CDF7D0748C9BF883CEFAA2E57B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>A
willful violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more
than $500 for each separate
offense.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5D9938EBA34A4A1E88D5506300728BD5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Non-waiver of
rights and remedies; Information regarding benefits and services available to
employees</header><text>Such Act is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EE5EC684B24482095BBF7E0077E028" style="OLC">
<section id="H8A671100FB0E4039A2D585E065899426"><enum>12.</enum><header>Rights and
remedies not subject to waiver</header>
<subsection id="HBAD318BA3BDA438A89F84E7EC9B390F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The rights and
remedies provided under this Act (including the right to maintain a civil
action) may not be waived, deferred, or lost pursuant to any agreement or
settlement other than an agreement or settlement described in subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC2CF4A361F904520950015F103342B5D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agreement or
settlement</header><text>An agreement or settlement referred to in subsection
(a) is an agreement or settlement negotiated by the Secretary, an attorney
general of any State, or a private attorney on behalf of affected
employees.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9B158C078CDE482E007903A565FCFA23"><enum>13.</enum><header>Information
regarding benefits and services available to workers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor shall maintain a
guide of benefits and services which may be available to affected employees,
including unemployment compensation, trade adjustment assistance, COBRA
benefits, and early access to training and other services, including counseling
services, available under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Such guide
shall be available on the Internet website of the Department of Labor and shall
include a description of the benefits and services, the eligibility
requirements, and the means of obtaining such benefits and services. Upon
receiving notice from an employer under section 3(a)(2), the Secretary shall
immediately transmit such guide to such
employer.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H32EE528CFC1744F89E235C8BDD5D2504"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Notice Excused
Where Caused by Terrorist Attack</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(b)(2) of the Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2102">29 U.S.C. 2102(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5892EC6E5F334D95BC61DAE94F12CDB4" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA3F7A209B7204F20A3E19C0CC98ACE4" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No notice under this Act shall be required
if the plant closing or mass layoff is due directly or indirectly to a
terrorist attack on the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H80AB660C1ACB46D8AD7C68A22239E1F3"><enum>603.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise
provided in this Act, the provisions of this Act, and the amendments made by
this Act, shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section>
Passed the House of
Representatives October 31, 2007.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.