110 HR 3943 IH: Trade Adjustment Assistance and
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-10-23
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1.Short title and table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Trade Adjustment Assistance and
Training Improvements Act of 2007
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Title I—Trade adjustment assistance for workers
Subtitle A—Petitions and determinations
Sec. 101. Petitions.
Sec. 102. Group eligibility requirements.
Sec. 103. Determinations by Secretary of Labor.
Sec. 104. Benefit information to workers.
Sec. 105. Administrative reconsideration of determinations by
Secretary of Labor.
Subtitle B—Program benefits
Chapter 1—Trade readjustment allowances
Sec. 111. Qualifying requirements for workers.
Sec. 112. Weekly amounts.
Sec. 113. Limitations on trade readjustment
allowances.
Chapter 2—Training, other reemployment services, and
allowances
Sec. 121. Reemployment services.
Sec. 122. Training.
Sec. 123. Job search allowances.
Sec. 124. Relocation allowances.
Subtitle C—General provisions
Sec. 131. Agreements with States.
Sec. 132. Authorization of appropriations; incentive payments
to States.
Sec. 133. Phase-out of demonstration project for alternative
trade adjustment assistance for older workers.
Sec. 134. Wage supplement program.
Sec. 135. Definitions.
Sec. 136. Capacity-building grants to enhance training for
workers.
Subtitle D—Effective date
Sec. 141. Effective date.
Title II—Other trade adjustment assistance programs and related
provisions
Sec. 201. Technical assistance for firms.
Sec. 202. Extension of trade adjustment assistance for
firms.
Sec. 203. Extension of trade adjustment assistance for
farmers.
Sec. 204. Judicial review.
Sec. 205. Termination.
Title III—Miscellaneous provisions
Sec. 301. Credit reduction for failures relating to
co-enrollment of participants and program performance reports.
Sec. 302. TAA wage supplement participants eligibility for
credit for health insurance costs.
<enum>I</enum><header>Trade
adjustment assistance for workers</header>
<subtitle id="H021C19D73CD8440EB17DB640275D223F"><enum>A</enum><header>Petitions and
determinations</header>
<section id="HC77CE620185D4EE58094BBD1EFF43BD"><enum>101.</enum><header>Petitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 221(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2271(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDC171C6ACF6244CEBB92C5004E773D93"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>simultaneously with the Secretary and with the Governor of
the State in which such workers’ firm or subdivision is located</quote> and
inserting <quote>with the Secretary</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H941E4B9110604546987D9BF5FB1DA38"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6665BDB843EE46AEBA1E9B582FADE035"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D39DC7F284D434A81B30054CFDD825E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H10A3334F87AF4E01000700168B4F66A5" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon receipt of a petition filed under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall promptly notify the Governor of the State in
which such workers’ firm or subdivision is located of the filing of the
petition and its
contents.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2954753A0FAE48A7A7E8400195306A1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in
paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section), by striking
<quote>a petition filed under paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>a
notice under paragraph (2)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F22B3045ADB47100010742145270106"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)
(as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H29D3FCD04BC54C388000D7A3AA754555"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the petition</quote> and inserting <quote>a petition filed under
paragraph (1)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2FF69FA4380B4EEB9621A2EB5FFC66C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and on the Website of
the Department of Labor</quote> after <quote>in the Federal
Register</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H2861929D03A8473ABF44D163AFFF8E45"><enum>102.</enum><header>Group
eligibility requirements</header>
<subsection id="H764504E5FDC14030AE7D547636632110"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (a)(2)(B)(i) 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 by inserting at the end before the
semicolon the following: <quote>that contributed importantly to such workers’
separation or threat of separation</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5CAA60F087D246D586A000D67E7322E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adversely
affected secondary workers</header><text>Subsection (b) of such section is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE459F0842CCE41C0BC96FBEFE7C1AF71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDABCB105FC148D9A013097137640065"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0960768245A4D0AAF9441BA5000B091"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E32318DEF124EE3BC250156DEB22F0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA72290F253BA40C4BF1F1402797B11F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the sales or
production, or both, of such firm or subdivision have decreased absolutely;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE99BD96CA904E13AC185BA9A9571F31"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) (as
redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection), by inserting at the end
before the semicolon the following: <quote>and contributed importantly to the
workers’ separation or threat of separation determined under paragraph
(1)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H30CEB902CB9841BAB5A2FF64DC7EA3BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Subsection
(c) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7EE3B574E26148218023C41E5836E826"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>, if the certification of eligibility under subsection (a)
is based on an increase in imports from, or a shift in production to, Canada or
Mexico</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E5C8CD37FE7474F9806F7855E7094CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56EC3044978544538C8965E4C1EA89D9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5CEEB73C73484C9B8E631517B0CADD2C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term
<quote>article</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0DCE810DF87B43C1A67786EA68A769FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a tangible product subject to duty under
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States which is not incidental to
the provision of a service; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2561000DE1CB4D07B757D6017EF2F6E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an intangible product, such as a digital
product (including computer programs, text, video, image and sound recordings,
and similar products), that would be subject to duty under the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States if the intangible product were embodied in
a physical medium and which is not incidental to the provision of a
service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCB7762066D9E400A8639535C4426ED00"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The term
<quote>worker</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA399012DF7034284822900CDE58F7298"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a firm described in
subsection (a)—</text>
<clause id="H6FECD0F1F07345A19BCD61CF2200BF24"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an
individual directly employed by the firm that produces an article that is the
basis for a determination under subsection (a) and who performs tasks relating
to the production of the article; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HA51CDA973D7648C4AC9C98328D28BC3B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual who is under the operational
control of the firm that produces an article that is the basis for a
determination under subsection (a) pursuant to a contract or leasing
arrangement and who performs tasks relating to the production of the
article;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62897EA616144DCDAB830265882BAD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to a
firm that is a supplier described in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="HC1C468BC4F86432E8C7EA2C16E3663FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual directly employed by the firm
that is a supplier and who performs tasks relating to the production of
component parts for an article that is the basis for a determination under
subsection (a); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H8C3D8810C3204BEABD0062645FCB4BFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual who is under the operational
control of the firm that is a supplier pursuant to a contract or leasing
arrangement and who performs tasks relating to the production of component
parts for an article that is the basis for a determination under subsection
(a); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD80F2585326D40788FB0BB0000EA37AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to a
firm that is a downstream producer described in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="H900C5FD4777D4F6BA55974CE8F42C046"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual directly employed by the firm
that is a downstream producer and who perform tasks relating to the provision
of additional, value-added production processes for an article that is the
basis for a determination under subsection (a); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H0789F3958B8440A4AA812FC76FD1AB9B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual who is under the operational
control of the firm that is a downstream producer pursuant to a contract or
leasing arrangement and who performs tasks relating to the provision of
additional, value-added production processes for an article that is the basis
for a determination under subsection
(a).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H112C4DB000C647C6B5DF6D7EC1B85C6D"><enum>103.</enum><header>Determinations
by Secretary of Labor</header>
<subsection id="H404BC1E8638846259719C600E6D64F67"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Workers covered
by certification</header><text>Subsection (b) of 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="HFDA868B9BE33437200FDC4D420663B68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>under this section</quote> and
inserting <quote>under subsection (a) or (d) of this section</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H08232DC121FE4A20B1F2F476D8825BA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46F0587E835348BB0000ACBAE537FE8B" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCFBBEA84C74B4D1CA979496DFEB84F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after the earliest of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0C3EA177AA454B5890567E9455D70562"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date that is
two years after the date on which certification is granted under subsection
(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HABC4C510E9E84B60988B65D84507C6B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date that is
two years after the date of the earliest determination, if any, denying
certification under subsection (a); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9E3C1B2248EB42C898D582F8202CB0FB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the termination
date, if any, determined under subsection
(e).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H62B09D6E9DC54F3EAE382100ECF44036"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication of
determination</header><text>Subsection (c) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE3AC89FDCD174CBF003644F8A2FDA79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>his determination</quote> and inserting <quote>a
determination</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD582C9F211E461D85FB3654F1DB30C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and on the Website of
the Department of Labor</quote> after <quote>in the Federal Register</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8AD0620659BF446D95E766EA43C7F3EA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>his reasons</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary’s
reasons</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6460408CFE8046C7AA209C759C1DDC67"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendment to
certification</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H571EA3020C6C4078B72DF97EB9A2EFC3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4452B9098D934172AE648F94FA3E913C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (c) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A04F184AB8F45DEAB7E413800469259" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H031F867CA8B0437982C35FCEEF8B0057"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever the Secretary determines, with
respect to any certification of eligibility of the workers of a firm or
subdivision of the firm, and subject to such regulations as the Secretary may
prescribe, that good cause exists to amend such certification, the Secretary
shall amend such certification and promptly publish notice of such amendment in
the Federal Register and on the Website of the Department of Labor together
with the reasons for making such
determination.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6F17037FD7EE4C02B2BA437812070059"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Termination of
certification</header><text>Subsection (e) of such section (as redesignated by
subsection (c)(1) of this section) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA005E58490794AEFB8C4365D5CA85D8B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>he shall</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary
shall</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACF96E4F53FA4829B3B650D16FDF5201"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and on the Website of
the Department of Labor</quote> after <quote>in the Federal Register</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE20E88C79B79407082B33F7A035C000"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>his reasons</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary’s
reasons</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5BEFEB5D5C034675BC39B209962F44EA"><enum>104.</enum><header>Benefit
information to workers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
225(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2275">19 U.S.C. 2275(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the fourth
sentence by striking <quote>the State Board for Vocational Education or
equivalent agency and other public or private agencies, institutions, and
employers, as appropriate,</quote> and inserting <quote>the appropriate State
workforce investment board (established under section 111 of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2821">29 U.S.C. 2821</external-xref>)) and State workforce agency responsible
for the administration of the State workforce investment program funded under
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et
seq.)</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H7EAC0F9AAEA744D1A324292341C22900"><enum>105.</enum><header>Administrative
reconsideration of determinations by Secretary of Labor</header>
<subsection id="H055E7037513E4DE2B4AD76D1BD72D4D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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="HD6689094D6D2418EB88919A652DF291" style="OLC">
<section id="HDC6E4943A7C64332B8E229E82D5C6D73"><enum>226.</enum><header>Administrative
reconsideration of determinations by Secretary of Labor</header>
<subsection id="H6646AE6D417945E4AC7FEA65682650CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrative
reconsideration</header>
<paragraph id="H4C6988BB73494583B291C0D4CE0560AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A worker, group of workers, certified or recognized union
or other duly authorized representative of such worker or group of workers, or
any of the individuals or entities described in section 221(a)(1)(C), aggrieved
(or on behalf of such workers aggrieved) by a determination of the Secretary of
Labor under section 223 denying a certification of eligibility, may file a
request for administrative reconsideration with the Secretary not later than 60
days after the date on which notice of the determination is published under
section 223.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF43580FE1B6A4060B9007040E1939B12"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to make
timely request</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The failure
to file a request for administrative reconsideration of a determination denying
a certification of eligibility under section 223 within the 60-day period
described in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a failure to exhaust
administrative remedies and such determination shall not be subject to judicial
review under section 284.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE1F8B5BAAF7E4A08989CF9C6D760E041"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice, review,
and final determination</header>
<paragraph id="HA65EC863EA014EF2BA3BBF428FF2459C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>If
a request for administrative reconsideration of a determination of the
Secretary is filed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a), the
Secretary shall promptly publish notice thereof in the Federal Register and on
the Website of the Department of Labor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8B13A2F0AA9A4980BE979004544BCA08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of
determination</header><text>The Secretary shall initiate a review of the
determination of the Secretary upon filing of the request for administrative
reconsideration under subsection (a) and shall include an opportunity for
interested persons to submit additional information.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H89D181524C434865A3005C93EDB8D7F6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Final
determination</header><text>The Secretary shall issue a final determination on
the request for administrative reconsideration not later than 60 days after the
date on which the Secretary publishes notice of the request for reconsideration
pursuant to paragraph (1). Upon reaching a determination on a reconsideration,
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. The requirements relating to
judicial review under section 284 shall apply to any determination made by the
Secretary under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H608C3C3E12E64A02A184E100EA609900"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1 of the Trade Act of
1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 225 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CA9DA93A26F42CC8F1CE6FE36A4DE0" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 226. Administrative reconsideration
of determinations by Secretary of
Labor.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H8B70D3B4A6744ED6B79F7F96C4D499BB"><enum>B</enum><header>Program
benefits</header>
<chapter id="HBB4FA09556FA46A99FBDF2B8A0DC8200"><enum>1</enum><header>Trade readjustment
allowances</header>
<section id="H2005D6A062754253BC6E7FDD00B1205"><enum>111.</enum><header>Qualifying
requirements for workers</header>
<subsection id="H408BA7FC61FD453A8BC4D7EF2FF40B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Basic trade
readjustment allowance</header><text>Subsection (a) 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 id="H2C7A9839D35144A8A017894F313BC3C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>60 days</quote> and inserting
<quote>40 days</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74ABC80541584C6582153ECC98B54721"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>occurred—</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>occurred during the period described in section 223(b).</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55E32BA3A2AA41BFA5ED370023921600"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (4) and (5).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HED06E196225E44A18F9F3F3317008EEA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payment of
additional trade readjustment allowance</header><text>Such section is further
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H02D136BC537F4C40AAACDB375DAC315E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C679B9F0F384D0D8F552999BB586B49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (a) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF97D3C33E194BE7004292EFA8F10099" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8842539CF03141E8958B17B6A38EE629"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the payment of a trade
readjustment allowance under subsection (a), payment of an additional trade
readjustment allowance shall be made to an adversely affected worker who is
covered by a certification under subchapter A and who—</text>
<paragraph id="H01BCE863DC9F4085BBC84F792560F986"><enum>(1)</enum><text>files an
application for such allowance for any week of unemployment which begins after
the worker has received the maximum amount of trade readjustment allowances
payable under subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C5B1BF6D2974000AAC687A1366B9EDA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>meets the
conditions described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7A581F8B62C49C5B2D18BB1EE52BA00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is either—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9997738BC0FF43808F77ADEBB2FFA42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>totally unemployed
and is enrolled in a full-time training program approved by the Secretary under
section 236(a); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2ABDAD7298641AE8C377867921FCF41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>partially
unemployed and is enrolled in a full-time or part-time training program
approved by the Secretary under section
236(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H88136C3A5AFE45498C4774D8896803AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Withholding of
trade readjustment allowance pending beginning or resumption of participation
in training program; period of applicability</header><text>Subsection (c) of
such section (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1) of this section) is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA01E0EB78E54F3EA0DAE6B55DFF3497" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H72CF6B94971241D3BAFF00E964E47CD7"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that—</text>
<paragraph id="HFF5D8F039F544C7C9E7BE8462EA9B803"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the adversely
affected worker—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC1F07DF5B77D424C87B598D2C558E3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has failed to begin
participation in the training program the enrollment in which meets the
requirement of subsection (b)(3), or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09F8996CCF0C448D993C83912B85E6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has ceased to
participate in such training program before completing such training program,
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE1F828AF692A45DC94EAC380EA17B490"><enum>(2)</enum><text>there is no
justifiable cause for such failure or cessation,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">no trade
readjustment allowance may be paid to the adversely affected worker under this
part for the week in which such failure, cessation, or revocation occurred, or
any succeeding week, until the adversely affected worker begins or resumes
participation in a training program approved under section
236(a).</continuation-text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HBDCD1C9446C0480DB7C7F7D350D4D14C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waivers of
training requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (d) of such section (as
redesignated by subsection (b)(1) of this section) is hereby repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD8C8543CC23E4ADA884CF7FC2B73BD68"><enum>112.</enum><header>Weekly
amounts</header>
<subsection id="H131697F468EC45BBAD005045C08B1D23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (a) of 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="H64796D08BAF145C9BB3C94585FEBAA90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)(1)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4890CF305CB4A80951134F1A967E1CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>paragraph (2) and</quote> after <quote>Subject to</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF926F09FC7A64215B1D7E38060000E6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B),
respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF44D3927E1840478DCA6CE24744E29B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BC6F053E81F40C9A695CAEC4082EF35" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE39A8099FF924592844B25D56385FDD0" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7EFE27FE1EF04DCFB4C2CBB73F08AB26"><enum>(A)</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 be paid a trade readjustment
allowance in the amount described in subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56AEA87711DC4076BA6EEBA03D98B68D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The trade readjustment allowance payable
under subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the weekly benefit amount of the
unemployment insurance upon which the worker’s trade readjustment allowance was
initially determined under paragraph (1), reduced by—</text>
<clause id="H8408F4B18E424830BD2126503D3645CF"><enum>(i)</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 subparagraph (A) of this paragraph; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7AFB80C341FC431F9690189E6428A055"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amounts described in subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of paragraph
(1).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H12511B12BC35403197B8C2F07781BF00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adversely
affected workers who are undergoing training</header><text>Subsection (b) of
such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H79F75A7D55E447048E144F922BEEB226"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>under section 231(b)</quote> after <quote>who is entitled to trade
readjustment allowances</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B4759DC3C974761A9A927D006375D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>he is undergoing any such</quote> and inserting <quote>such
worker is undergoing</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H90D05637AB9845BAA7692498B940AC9E"><enum>113.</enum><header>Limitations on
trade readjustment allowances</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2293) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF88F9351BB5446119B91EC99609ECEA6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3487E47F1B7B4BBBACA8C649D5A3EEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H5F3EB8A765A24D16A5415D7554B24DD2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>The maximum amount</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as
provided in paragraph (3), the maximum amount</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8335FB43EB8346F490D8E5C5D5D7D66F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>52</quote> and inserting <quote>39</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE17C2C63E9974C8FB7E868D183A2C030"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>52</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>65</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5CBF9080AB504AF5A43D74B02964FDB6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0BB3AB04020B43B68DEDEBA100C4E14F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (c) through (g) as subsections (b) through (f), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEFA9680E615E48F28C16FF17244C91D0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f)
(as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section), by striking <quote>section
236(a)(5)(D)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 236</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></chapter><chapter id="HCC2409D2115B418E9D5DB4AB74D213A8"><enum>2</enum><header>Training, other
reemployment services, and allowances</header>
<section id="H74AAFDCC13EF4770B2F15802339DD83F"><enum>121.</enum><header>Reemployment
services</header>
<subsection id="HCE6CA9FE1E804F8D0012A67DDCB10858"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="HB00FF3DE28404C839E3881128000556B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">employment</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">reemployment</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0A43ADC94DE40DC9663213190CCAA1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The Secretary</quote> the first place it appears and inserting
<quote>(a) The Secretary</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92094FD1D9044026A86CB72D5100EAE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>counseling, testing, and placement services, and supportive and
other services</quote> and inserting <quote>career counseling, testing and
assessments, and job placement services, and supportive and other
services</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A381C9BDA3C4F24A882079F8949E3CB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1931C773F4847DFBF002CF4D833F28" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7DCBBFD9DEC942BC007B2C6F56BC921F"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to facilitate the provision of
services described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure the effective
implementation of the requirements of section 239(e) relating to the
co-enrollment of adversely affected workers in the dislocated worker program
authorized under chapter 5 of subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2861">29 U.S.C. 2861 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3A801005E8AE4968A038A6AE29C2AD68"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1 of the Trade Act of
1974 is amended by striking the heading relating to part II of subchapter B of
chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 and the item relating to section
235 of such Act and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H571CDDA154A5427BBFD8EE8C537CD416" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="part">Part II—Training, other reemployment
services, and allowances</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 235. Reemployment
services.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H3C8911FD9C3A4EE794F9B4715904F2AB"><enum>122.</enum><header>Training</header>
<subsection id="H9B89A25E8978497BAD286532DD0436E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A4F26A532434C408592A8CBDDA7D92E" style="OLC">
<section id="HB17CF860D4A242599B2B80A0D20FEAB"><enum>236.</enum><header>Training</header>
<subsection id="HE4D274E7CB0B41CCAA52C5408FB337D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Approval of
training</header>
<paragraph id="HD103F442836242648B64EA7B266F9300"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that an adversely affected
worker, including an adversely affected worker who has obtained reemployment
subsequent to separation from the adversely affected employment, or an
adversely affected incumbent worker, meets the criteria described in paragraph
(2), and otherwise meets the requirements described under this section, the
Secretary shall approve the training program requested by the worker. Upon such
approval, the worker shall be entitled to have payment of the costs of such
training (subject to the limitations imposed by this section) paid on the
worker’s behalf by the Secretary directly or through a voucher system. The
costs of such training shall include the costs of tuition, books, required
tools, and fees related to education, licensing, or certification.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DDC37BFAFD94322A3271448AF5DAABF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria for
approval of training program</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1),
training for an adversely affected worker or an adversely affected incumbent
worker, shall be approved if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9486B64F72564509A0F13FBC7D47133F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the worker needs
additional marketable skills to obtain or retain employment comparable to the
worker’s adversely affected employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H354D866F77F94BA5B1EF779C9B7F3962"><enum>(B)</enum><text>there is a
reasonable expectation of such employment following the completion of the
training; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD23F266061704D27941D9393239BA87B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the worker is
qualified to undertake and complete the training sought.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD87400F089DA4E31A5E35EA7D7868689"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Enrollment
deadline</header>
<subparagraph id="HF85B3537C4E34B61BC76EF0337F8115E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to receive assistance under this section, a
worker shall enroll in a training program approved under paragraph (1) not
later than the later of—</text>
<clause id="H640A2B3B44644CD78B4C9300A4004220"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the last day of
the 39th week after the worker’s most recent separation from adversely affected
employment which meets the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
231(a); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H416E3F49CA9E4BCEA447D1CA80DC6BFD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the last day of
the 13th week after the week in which the Secretary issues a certification
under subchapter A covering such worker.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A3F9C405D39416FB3E013567E539CF0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extension for
justifiable cause</header><text>The Secretary may grant an extension of the
enrollment period described in subparagraph (A) for a worker if the Secretary
determines that there is justifiable cause for such an extension.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD9FA8BBB45D8402B8D04AE6D036400CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding for
training</header>
<paragraph id="H043F5A15C2194F1ABE55CE00049FBAC8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual limit on
aggregate payments under program</header>
<subparagraph id="H0DCAD81D7BC8475E930085DEEA0A398"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The total amount of payments that may be made under
subsection (a)(1) for any fiscal year shall not exceed $220,000,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6ACD06C0CE344A1E8C88505DFE21F123"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Apportionment
among States</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a method for
apportioning among States the funds that are available for training under this
chapter in any fiscal year. Such method may include the use of formula
allotments and reallotments, and the establishment of a reserve that is used to
assist in apportioning funds to those States in need of additional funding
during the fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFFCBD636CE01400381AE20B6BCA735FF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations
applicable to workers</header>
<subparagraph id="H9E5C43CBD82649428925931974485DC0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Subject
to subparagraph (C), the costs of a training program approved under subsection
(a)(1) for an adversely affected worker or an adversely affected incumbent
worker shall be paid under this section for a period not to exceed four years
from the date the worker first enrolled in the training program. A worker may
participate in such training program during such period on a full-time or
part-time basis. During the period of participation the worker shall make
adequate yearly progress, as determined by the Secretary, toward the attainment
of a license, certificate, or degree pursuant to such training program in order
to remain eligible for assistance under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE021B8770F1415D957B04FD30C400E9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>Subject
to subparagraph (C), the payments for a training program under subsection
(a)(1) for a worker may not exceed $4,000 for any one-year period, or a total
of $8,000 over the maximum four-year period described in subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C54AEBCF5044C1EA807609B2BA1F96C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exceptions</header>
<clause id="H4248BB67D162487D9D312E9561B55B97"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Literacy
training and prerequisites</header><text>If the Secretary determines that an
adversely affected worker or an adversely affected incumbent worker needs
literacy training, English as a second language instruction, remedial
education, educational assistance to obtain a high school diploma or General
Equivalency Degree, or prerequisites in order to participate in a training
program for occupations in demand, the Secretary shall approve the provision of
such activities and provide up to $1,000 in payments for such activities. Such
payments shall not be included for purposes of applying the limits on payments
described in subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause><clause id="HDD1D03584A024F478EEFACCF25AF4313"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>On-the-job
training</header><text>The provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not be
applicable to on-the-job training programs, except as provided in subsection
(f)(2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBEA7CDB0FCE64D40BB4BA9A2D880B520"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duplicative
payments prohibited</header><text>No payment may be made under subsection
(a)(1) of the costs of training an adversely affected worker or an adversely
affected incumbent worker if such costs are payable or have already been paid
under any other provision of Federal law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BEB2CD2B450467B98DEEF5E77003EF1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subparagraph id="H81913F34EAC648F89151D7C123400FC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than May 31 and November 30 of each year, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on—</text>
<clause id="H4977BE88073A4620ACE367D4BC194125"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the initial
allocation among States of funds for training approved under this
section;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAC85FEAB3B69460681D6F37CF87EA214"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any additional
distributions of funds for training approved under this section during the two
most recent fiscal quarters and cumulatively during the fiscal year;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBA996C0CF78C4D60A27134E0F8477CAE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount of
funds obligated and expended by the States to provide training approved under
this section during the two most recent fiscal quarters and cumulatively during
the fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H34102325D135406E865398394C492F52"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the efforts of
the Department of Labor to ensure that each State receives an appropriate level
of funds during the fiscal year to provide training approved under this section
to all eligible workers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71B292FAC12845708818963000E172FE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <quote>fiscal
quarter</quote> means any 3-month period beginning on October 1, January 1,
April 1, or July 1 of a fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE28A5AAF082F419AA9D44CD9D56D32F8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Training
programs that may be approved</header><text>The training programs that may be
approved under subsection (a) include—</text>
<paragraph id="HD39B915D911D4D4E8650849FA655F234"><enum>(1)</enum><text>employer-based
training, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H110BF0B7029C4CA2AE31C9A833842238"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on-the-job
training;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H086769C02326447093B95660C8EA39A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>customized
training; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA90417D59EDC4D9B95CF7BBC58E0900"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">apprenticeship programs registered under
the National Apprenticeship Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/50">29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8C401D00356549269FDDF0D4179221F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a training program that leads to a license,
certificate, or degree and is linked to occupations in demand, which may
include training provided in classroom, distance learning, and technology-based
learning;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF6D7D2DFA7942F480D18BC25D36E2C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a training program
that has been determined by a State to be eligible to receive payments under
section 122 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2842">29 U.S.C. 2842</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA6E112A2E20643178F187028E136E0B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a program of
remedial education that will enable a worker to obtain employment or to enroll
in a training program described in paragraph (2) or (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H616000D8C14947F395A9875448BEC4D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a training program
for which all, or any portion, of the costs of training the worker are
paid—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9E7899F4EF3048B29D009FE031332F25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>under any Federal
or State program other than this chapter; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03DB20FD370D4A5DA984C79831AAFC91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>from any source
other than this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD6B8844171AA41C4A316FBD2AD30ACF1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sharing of
costs</header>
<paragraph id="HA7FF44F52D8841379C06E83613D2E7AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary is not required under subsection (a) to pay
the costs of any training approved under such subsection to the extent that
such costs are paid—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7970C252615F45D495B7E281694CAB4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>under any Federal
or State program other than this chapter; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H669D823BF410499183460371F45D951F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>from any source
other than this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H524E401D37C5474AB0C7E51723E2DF61"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost-sharing
agreement</header><text>Before approving any training to which paragraph (1)
may apply, the Secretary may require that the adversely affected worker or the
adversely affected incumbent worker enter into an agreement with the Secretary
under which the Secretary will not be required to pay under this section the
portion of the costs of such training that the worker has reason to believe
will be paid under the program, or by the source, described in subparagraph (A)
or (B) of paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0A68B9D888D4614AAC6D7E8EE83AC4D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Supplemental
assistance</header>
<paragraph id="HBE994D74E9454145B3FE6BC3CBCB1BE2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may, where appropriate, authorize
supplemental assistance necessary to defray reasonable transportation and
subsistence expenses for separate maintenance when training is provided in
facilities that are not within commuting distance of a worker’s regular place
of residence.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69BD7701CF324212888507C142AD22C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The
Secretary may not authorize—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0C74C39B0D794C82BCDF05A3DA61ECEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>payments for
subsistence that exceed whichever is the lesser of—</text>
<clause id="HFAB3A5FF3B00476CA367246480D7188"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
actual per diem expenses for subsistence; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H5287A95E5D0C454586F7A563E0C08439"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>payments at 50
percent of the prevailing per diem allowance rate authorized under the Federal
travel regulations; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD10D22835C3142A498416EBCE63B6F04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>payments for
travel expenses exceeding the prevailing mileage rate authorized under the
Federal travel regulations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H36CE1A5AED924869B26C00E817531D00"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Payment of costs
of on-the-job training</header>
<paragraph id="H8CCB4F343F6941A9B11C7407A8FAF624"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall pay the costs of any on-the-job
training of an adversely affected worker that is approved under subsection
(a)(l), but the Secretary may pay such costs, notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, only if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA8E3BD8A0EBD4433AF6F01D46ECB25D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>no currently
employed worker is displaced by such adversely affected worker (including
partial displacement such as a reduction in the hours of nonovertime work,
wages, or employment benefits);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD50A84D97AF847009F66AFE9F6D23AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such training does
not impair existing contracts for services or collective bargaining
agreements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H475E8A9E9D9E4D8BB2292C98367413CD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of
training which would be inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining
agreement, the written concurrence of the labor organization concerned has been
obtained;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA717AAB098AE4941A9B0D22E8B42AF86"><enum>(D)</enum><text>no other
individual is on layoff from the same, or any substantially equivalent, job for
which such adversely affected worker is being trained;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A7774424FFB49EEBB99B910D7E042B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the employer has
not terminated the employment of any regular employee or otherwise reduced the
work force of the employer with the intention of filling the vacancy so created
by hiring such adversely affected worker;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E7C55DE8A9C472DA971B460C7DBA947"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the job for which
such adversely affected worker is being trained is not being created in a
promotional line that will infringe in any way upon the promotional
opportunities of currently employed individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65FF79B50EF445D48CD500FE8CC74AA"><enum>(G)</enum><text>such training is
not for the same occupation from which the worker was separated and with
respect to which such worker’s group was certified pursuant to section
222;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D681201E9CE4003B109F4C211620EF"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the employer is
provided reimbursement of not more than 50 percent of the wage rate of the
participant, for the cost of providing the training and additional supervision
related to the training;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3588DB66C6364365BC00DD0011D49391"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the duration of
such training does not exceed 1 year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F5B3DF23D894D458F0060F664E64BB5"><enum>(J)</enum><text>the employer has
not received payment under subsection (a)(1) with respect to any other
on-the-job training provided by such employer which failed to meet the
requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6D40AC485BF04ACE83204EB6AC2DED5E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Supplementary
training</header><text>An on-the-job training program approved under this
section may include, as a component of such program, the provision of training
with a provider other than the employer that is not provided on-the-job and is
designed to enhance the occupational skills of the worker. The costs of such
training shall be subject to the limitation described in subsection
(b)(2)(B).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2BFE71D5B0844CABAEB11E90F3291079"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effect of
approved training on eligibility for unemployment compensation</header><text>A
worker may not be determined to be ineligible or disqualified for unemployment
insurance or program benefits under this subchapter because the individual is
in training approved under subsection (a), because of leaving work which is not
comparable employment to enter such training, or because of the application to
any such week in training of provisions of State law or Federal unemployment
insurance law relating to availability for work, active search for work, or
refusal to accept work.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H95F78E9726754AD3A8B8F2EEA1808173"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <quote>customized training</quote> means training that
is—</text>
<paragraph id="H85F2DA3B21C2491800C0B47CE000502F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>designed to meet
the special requirements of an employer or group of employers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD6F51453672E4E8081588719BDF75D41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conducted with a
commitment by the employer or group of employers to employ an individual upon
successful completion of the training; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H851AC4A519DD4BEFAB1BE07032278B34"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for which the
employer pays for a significant portion of the cost of such training, as
determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF5FC274C1AD24F1D82B099B533EF7CA3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</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—</text>
<paragraph id="HC187D2353F2F478300EAC1A9379E0003"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 237(b)(2), by striking
<quote>section 236(b)(1) and (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
236</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40F8D40CD4A9462AB7D65D228B66EB62"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsections (b)(1) and (c)(2) of section
238, by striking <quote>section 236(b)(1) and (2)</quote> each place it appears
and inserting <quote>section 236</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H12CE01D877E64AEFB56CEE06F1FDC92"><enum>123.</enum><header>Job search
allowances</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 237(a)(2)
of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2297">19 U.S.C. 2297(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0401EFF49651458EB5BBD995EB0222D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>suitable</quote> and inserting
<quote>comparable</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85F94328AC9F42A687534F15D89FDCDC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C)(ii), by striking <quote>, unless the worker received a waiver under section
231(c)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4BD2D367014B422DA8E09914F100FDA8"><enum>124.</enum><header>Relocation
allowances</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 238(a)(2)
of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2298">19 U.S.C. 2298(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF4F17B4E69D6443CA207DF28EB124D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>suitable</quote> and inserting <quote>comparable</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B7E6F835DAF4DFE9F55C11450F25B57"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H058BBE7D01954535B919BE7D08B51519"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">suitable</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">out-of-area</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A76C6D92F4647AB863BA65DC300F89B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i) to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCC7140BEBEC44B0A6F3EAA59005433" style="OLC">
<clause id="HB1E4C90D86374FEFBFC502AC5E05EDE6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has obtained employment affording a
reasonable expectation of long-term duration in the area in which the worker
wishes to relocate and which provides wages that are substantially greater than
the wages for the employment that is likely to be available to the worker in
the area from which the worker would be relocating;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0462A91496EA403FA502C2B55FF9854F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E)(ii), by striking <quote>, unless the worker received a waiver under section
231(c)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></chapter></subtitle><subtitle id="H05FC0A7D31CE4E5E82656926900828B7"><enum>C</enum><header>General
provisions</header>
<section id="HF8AFE872570B4172AB588278E75DCB5C"><enum>131.</enum><header>Agreements with
States</header>
<subsection id="HD9807E4395094E8F83CE8BFD46D82988"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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="HC23C54DAC8014F93B93248F8725100DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding clause (1), by striking <quote>any State agency</quote> and inserting
<quote>a State agency</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E8C6EC4D7744CE300BC2B5C81CCAE87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (2), to
read as follows: <quote>(2) in accordance with subsections (e) and (f), will
afford adversely affected workers testing and assessments, career counseling,
referral to training and job search programs, and job placement services,
and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32A5C0BB920B4538A64BB751B291329C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking clause
(3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD06F034ED4A5432A895CD1F19CCE1592"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (4) as clause (3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H140FD94440A74AA3B100388DAC6F4279"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Subsection
(e) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEF8E3485231144F2911ECBEFD8457255"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, to read as follows: <quote>Any agreement entered into under this
section shall provide for the administration of the provision for reemployment
services, training, and supplemental assistance under sections 235 and 236 of
this Act by the same State agency responsible for the administration of the
State workforce investment program funded under title I of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>) and shall include such terms
and conditions as are established by the Secretary in consultation with the
States and set forth in such agreement.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19DB1311A5694B1ABCE404D282F6BB67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by striking <quote>Any agency</quote> and inserting <quote>The
agency</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB1E20405DDA44FAA500F33466998563"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new
sentence:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4201FD59FD54436AAE61142DB0F7E12" style="OLC">
<text>The terms and conditions set forth
in the agreement shall include at a minimum that—</text><paragraph id="H9811F972BDD24371A8D35FBEBD62B028"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adversely affected workers applying for
assistance under this chapter shall be co-enrolled in the dislocated worker
program authorized under chapter 5 of subtitle B of title I of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2861">29 U.S.C. 2861 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79C85214029E47409F00C9741D11CDC7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the services provided under this chapter
shall be administered through the one-stop delivery system established under
title I of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2801 et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4A0430FDF6EB49EDB95DAA84E9104BF9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cooperating State
agency</header><text>Subsection (f) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H15B09826397E443A932739C848AE29DE" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by adding
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4E06DB284D94762A62C52791463448E" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCD312ABA94B4F51AF02A946A2BA1D84" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as
paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9F255442CBC401CA0CF006386421FA" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by
paragraph (3) of this subsection), by striking <quote>suitable</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE79640614A8B419BA1779FEEF28C9291"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Performance
accountability</header><text>Such section is further amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA14711C3042B4CA6A8A2EB004E16B7CC" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8915147432B74B06B029F1C5E1B1EF92"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Performance
accountability</header>
<paragraph id="HD3260F5E18AD491B006D6F5F7549093D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any agreement entered
into under this section shall include performance measures that the cooperating
State or State agency is expected to achieve with respect to the program
carried out under this chapter. The performance measures shall consist of
indicators of performance and levels of performance applicable to each
indicator.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H144BFECD6F434E1A8F859C4294049F51"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indicators of
performance</header><text>The indicators of performance shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F51D050B7234E5DA171763F2CEB9839"><enum>(A)</enum><text>entry into
employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50AF8D36E3A74FEB9E363450B9CC1858"><enum>(B)</enum><text>retention in
employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D0893A2D7AF4916A07E2097640597E0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>average earnings;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA58145154FA04E67AD6DB49749FFC664"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such other
indicators as the Secretary determines are appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4DE31DEABC34E73BB61702817753F77"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Levels of
performance</header><text>The levels of performance for each State for the
indicators of performance described in paragraph (2) shall be determined by the
Secretary, after consultation with the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD90C88C317B4C67BB2F06DD1C474B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Performance
reporting</header><text>Any agreement shall also include a requirement that the
State annually report to the Secretary the level of performance achieved with
respect to each indicator under the program carried out under this chapter in
the preceding fiscal year, and the State shall submit such additional reports
regarding the performance of programs as the Secretary may require. The
Secretary shall make the information contained in the annual reports available
to the general public through publication on the Website of the Department of
Labor and other appropriate methods and shall provide copies of the reports to
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Finance of the Senate. The Secretary shall also publish on the
Website of the Department of Labor a list identifying those States that fail to
submit reports to the Secretary on a timely basis or fail to submit accurate
reports.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HF77D390107184A93B73E590864C55748"><enum>132.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations; incentive payments to States</header>
<subsection id="H0FD8420111854277A45479BB2B16E663"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 245 of the Trade Act of 1974
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2317">19 U.S.C. 2317</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and
inserting <quote>September 30, 2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBD37D7B830384B1592C666C1781FB2AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Incentive
payments to States</header><text>Such section is further amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20FD7FACAC6D4E7D9D71C160CBC82A5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA12BA32B0186412EB7FE6000006B1564"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incentive
payments to States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, in the
last quarter of any fiscal year, the Secretary determines that the amount of
funds needed to make payments for the costs of training under this chapter for
such fiscal year will not reach the amount of the limitation described in
section 236(b)(1)(A) and funds appropriated to make payments for the costs of
such training remain available for obligation, the Secretary may use not more
than an amount equal to five percent of the amount of the limitation described
in such section 236(b)(1)(A) to award funds to States that the Secretary
determines have demonstrated exemplary performance in carrying out the program
under this chapter with respect to exceeding the performance levels established
pursuant to section 239(h) and with respect to such other factors as the
Secretary determines appropriate. Such funds shall be available to the States
for the purpose of enhancing the administration of the program which may
include improvements to management information systems, targeted outreach,
staff training, and enhanced services to
participants.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2DAF31C44BEA4EC5BAD5E04D7CEF4065"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming and
clerical amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HE7F5207C6A66435D98BEA3D331E0099"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such section is
further amended in the heading by inserting before the period at the end the
following: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">; incentive
payments to states</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6936E9FFCFD442BA8EB7CE6024D2AC96"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1 of the Trade Act of
1974 is amended by striking the item relating to section 245 and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4379F8A0A01542ED854451678B982662" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 245. Authorization of appropriations;
incentive payments to States.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE9441277696B4896B488714050087300"><enum>133.</enum><header>Phase-out of
demonstration project for alternative trade adjustment assistance for older
workers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 246(b)(1) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2318">19 U.S.C. 2318(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the
date that is 5 years after the date under which such program is implemented by
the State</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2008</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H12CA4B40A4E240C990EA86FDBC5372F"><enum>134.</enum><header>Wage supplement
program</header>
<subsection id="HE11A2FCC95BA4281B400E0C28141E612"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 inserting after
section 246 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7E690AAE238478AAAB217FDA45D65B5" style="OLC">
<section id="H1BCF0197B0804B3C9257CCD5C93978F4"><enum>246A.</enum><header>Wage
supplement program</header>
<subsection id="H472D154F8DD546DCB5A585D6ED111500"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on October 1, 2008, the Secretary
shall establish a program to provide the benefits described in subsection (b)
to an adversely affected worker who meets the eligibility criteria described in
subsection (c), including the requirement that such worker be employed for the
minimum number of hours per week described in subsection (c)(3).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0179DCDC174D4EA8B0CF1605FE93E48"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Benefits</header>
<paragraph id="H96B11BA5CDD94B63B80072B1D9B0E323"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amount of
payments</header><text>A State shall use the funds provided to the State under
section 241 to pay an hourly wage supplement to an eligible adversely affected
worker for a period not to exceed 2 years, in an amount equal to the
difference, if any (but not less than zero) resulting from subtracting the
amount described in paragraph (2)(B) from the amount described in paragraph
(2)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10E981F278F1449FB2B2FBD03B4ECF10"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Factors</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC9B26E40910D47A1B1374BDD9CF17857"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of
paragraph (1), the amount described in this subparagraph is the sum of—</text>
<clause id="HF2BB871314374F25A0F4ED4314E18F6E" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>whichever is the highest of—</text>
<subclause id="H5B651C06EB714247AB16DD9656F1F79D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the hourly minimum wage that is
applicable to a worker under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C.
201 et seq.), or if such worker is exempt under section 13 of such Act (29
U.S.C. 213), the hourly minimum wage that would be applicable if section
6(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/206">29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)</external-xref>) were applied; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEC9969FA00554A8491DAED314ECFAC14"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the applicable State or local hourly
minimum wage; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H9C64BC1F68334620A61B72C4008200AA" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$2.40.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A31D2B6D2AC45A6A6B40075CFEB8807" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the
amount described in this subparagraph is the hourly wage actually paid to such
worker.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H02777963D4674A3D9E5CD4DD9B70479D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Health insurance
eligibility</header><text>A worker described in subsection (c) who is
participating in the program established under subsection (a) is eligible to
receive, for a period not to exceed 2 years, a credit for health insurance
costs to the extent provided under section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2266DC60643B4F57BA54D35E993BD3E9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility for
wage supplement</header><text>A worker in a group that the Secretary has
certified as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 may
elect to receive the benefits described in subsection (b) if such
worker—</text>
<paragraph id="H721602C61E5540578549AA6009E1FE00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is covered by a
certification under subchapter A of this chapter;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H880EDDBB6FE14C1F916C288405ADF832"><enum>(2)</enum><text>meets the
requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 231(a));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE701B66556B9430FBB5B8838D265D0C4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is employed for an
average of at least 30 hours per week, which may include employment as part of
an apprenticeship program registered under the National Apprenticeship Act (20
U.S.C. 50 et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CDE3F64E0E747238400E4B6BF77B926"><enum>(4)</enum><text>does not return to
the employment from which the worker was separated; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1897B45311FC49B69C5E5009D42FFFD1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has not received any payments under section
246 while covered under the same certification as described in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFF75C7E9E76F461F8FDC347B0BC65D7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect on other
benefits</header><text>A worker receiving payments under this section shall not
be eligible to receive other benefits under this chapter except for training
assistance provided under section 236 (provided that such worker otherwise
meets the requirements of section 236) or the assistance described in
subsection (b)(3). A worker may receive payments under this section during
breaks in training that exceed the period described in section 233(e) if the
worker otherwise meets the requirements of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H0511790CAB8442BEAC78BB6996129F80"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1 of the Trade Act of
1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 246 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA299425AB098425BBA3ECA4BD625B2A7" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 246A. Wage supplement
program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HC5DE96AF47264C2ABF6C3E04004BE1D8"><enum>135.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 247 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2319) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBD89716DD1E438F952C2BDA00D064D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H845F53E8B9BC4F0C0011396578655027"><enum>(18)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>comparable
employment</quote> means, with respect to a worker, work of a substantially
equal or higher skill level than the worker’s past adversely affected
employment, and wages for such work at not less than 80 percent of the worker’s
average weekly wage.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HADE67465EA5341FAB4CCF18FFBB9E9F5"><enum>(19)</enum><text>The term
<quote>adversely affected incumbent worker</quote> means a worker who is a
member of a group of workers who have been certified as eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under subchapter A and who has not been separated from
adversely affected
employment.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H2DCFC92EB7FE4444B935ED18361BB28D"><enum>136.</enum><header>Capacity-building
grants to enhance training for workers</header>
<subsection id="H9FCC4F43E0274FABABD26B58F6E09F9E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="H7971C18664C5439BBFD2220309F3B743" style="OLC">
<section id="HED5BA759F70C4AEAB26F39BA52CD005F"><enum>250.</enum><header>Capacity-building
grants to enhance training for workers</header>
<subsection id="HE6749D0852F0411FB8A125B57F673F8F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
award grants to eligible entities described in subsection (b) to temporarily
increase the capacity of such entities, through the activities authorized under
subsection (c), to provide training to workers as provided for in section
236.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H44D6D8BDC294491BBA6FD14E89037555"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity
referred to in subsection (a) is—</text>
<paragraph id="HAA1B5A8F2E0A4B578D331515989B41F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a community college (as such term is
defined in section 202(a)(2) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied
Technology Education Amendments of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2371">20 U.S.C. 2371(a)(2)</external-xref>) that provides
training for occupations in demand; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB710906606904B5593D563B320C777AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a provider of
training for occupations in demand that is eligible to receive funds under
section 122 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2842">29 U.S.C. 2842</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2D9C006E814E44629262367E58B3876F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity
that is awarded a grant under this section shall utilize funds under the grant
to expand available training slots and prepare adversely affected workers and
adversely affected incumbent workers under this chapter for occupations in
demand by conducting such activities as the Secretary may authorize,
including—</text>
<paragraph id="H4333C0B2067A4DAEB47617F4C2A4E0C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the development of
education and training curricula, which may be developed in consultation with
employers of incumbent workers, local workforce investment boards (as defined
in section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2832">29 U.S.C. 2832</external-xref>)), labor
organizations that represent individuals currently employed in occupations in
demand for the local area, regional economic development agencies, one-stop
operators (as defined in section 101(29) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801(29)</external-xref>),
community-based organizations, or any other public or private entity that is
likely to employ or facilitate the employment of adversely affected workers in
occupations in demand;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BE6108A25A045028B8C73E7BBF355A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the hiring of
additional faculty and staff;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2131B9C4F5584A31A518B2006C56BBC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the acquisition of
new equipment or the upgrading of existing equipment, which shall be necessary
to facilitate the teaching of job skills to adversely affected workers and
adversely affected incumbent workers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4F20FC9CBDB4F699DAD4B4844F846F8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the development of
a program to provide on-the-job training experiences for adversely affected
workers in coordination with local employers that have committed to employ
adversely affected workers following successful completion of the
program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA1D3E373AEC74689A75F6EB43D1F528E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="HEA61F3C7E78C40F1B21864A440515C4B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requests for
applications</header>
<subparagraph id="HF2183DDA250A4BA48828FC4500F95FB0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>By the
secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each fiscal
year, and at such times as the Secretary may determine, the Secretary may
request applications from eligible entities to carry out activities authorized
under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7677ABF5AFD48A0B5B6F535B1437C8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>By an eligible
entity</header><text>At any time, and in such form and manner as the Secretary
may prescribe, an eligible entity may recommend that the Secretary initiate a
request for capacity building grant applications if the eligible entity
believes that there has been or will be a sudden and significant shortage of
training slots available to adversely affected workers and adversely affected
incumbent workers in a local area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB73FBBBAEC254FB18DA0C78C86B7603C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information
required for application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To
be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an applicant shall provide
to the Secretary the following information in the application:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCC20D6A236E445794E28181A39E88D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of
the factors in a local area that have resulted or may result in a significant
increase in demand for training slots by adversely affected workers and
adversely affected incumbent workers, which may include—</text>
<clause id="H55E54D1DD44F444485C78838DB02FC97"><enum>(i)</enum><text>mass layoffs at
firms that are believed to employ a large number of adversely affected workers;</text>
</clause><clause id="H82E26EBF164D491C8DB7A8A720D9A178"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>imminent closure
or relocation of facilities that are believed to employ a large number of
adversely affected workers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H756D234B7DC442F490C61B27C31F84D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>prevailing labor
market conditions that may have an immediate, measurable adverse employment
impact on the employment of adversely affected workers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A3A4B47B8EA4477B02F1433ADB43D71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of
the number of training slots currently available to adversely affected workers
and adversely affected incumbent workers, and the number of proposed additional
slots to be made available using funds under the grant.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB497537DDCF34C68A350C469822EAA96"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of
the potential number of adversely affected workers and adversely affected
incumbent workers in the local area who would be able to access increased
training slots.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52FEA555207C4ED2A79333C35E26A14E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A description of
the commitment made by local employers, labor organizations, and other public
or private organizations to assist in the development of training and related
curricula for the benefit of adversely affected workers and adversely affected
incumbent workers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF926CBBE4C0145A1829443BF1DD50100"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through
2012.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2A5B2AED2BC74D5E93C3AE199CAE2C9D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1 of the Trade Act of
1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 249 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4FDCB58CB88437393D7E4B5A6D0DD60" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 250. Capacity-building grants to
enhance training for workers.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H44E6A7B382E6439281BB26C099BD8B5"><enum>D</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<section id="HB4FF0F12585F43EA8363957FA44C00AD"><enum>141.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by
this title shall take effect beginning 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Other trade
adjustment assistance programs and related provisions</header>
<section id="HC6592D69B7484424A3BFAF58D61C8211"><enum>201.</enum><header>Technical
assistance for firms</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
253 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2343">19 U.S.C. 2343</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8210ECCBEB64B61AC03871F4D52B9A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA088C95BE2004E9594E750E3DDEE51C9"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H908489A352774B15BC3BFC7C33AA5912"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Any grant made under
subsection (b)(3) shall include performance measures that an intermediary
organization is expected to achieve with respect to the program carried out
under this chapter. The performance measures shall consist of indicators of
performance described in paragraph (2) and levels of performance described in
paragraph (3) applicable to each such indicator of performance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA01DA8B18FB64940B779506CC2B23C07" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The indicators of performance
referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8230B502676D4803A6C1A74C9BF24500"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The extent to which outreach efforts
effectively apprise import-impacted firms likely to benefit from the program
about resources available under the program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CA58B14F7194C7BA02F003E4F729023"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The extent to which firms receiving
adjustment assistance under section 252 meet or exceed targets to retain or
create employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9F53630D3B34BFAA588ED74E0BB5921"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The percentage of workers totally or
partially separated from employment that have returned to work or returned to
their previous level of employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C0AF090390F46F28178A5CD3F55488"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The extent to which firms receiving
adjustment assistance under section 252 meet or exceed targets for maintaining
or increasing sales or production.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9146039433F4F16AE61B5F918487815"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Such other indicators of performance
as the Secretary may determine are appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE6A36F85646842BBAE520025905B145D" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The levels of performance referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be determined by the Secretary, after consultation with the
intermediary organization. In reviewing an intermediary organization’s levels
of performance, the Secretary shall take into consideration economic conditions
affecting the region served by the organization that may affect that
performance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E91AE8CB2204B248ED912B2927D3BD" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDEFB78DD6DEE44598D53AA9C174500E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any grant made under
subsection (b)(3) shall also include a requirement that the intermediary
organization submit to the Secretary a report on an annual basis on the levels
of performance achieved with respect to each indicator of performance under the
program carried out under this chapter in the preceding fiscal year, and such
additional reports regarding such indicators of performance as the Secretary
may require.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA340CD657DE420798EB04A390CB30F4" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary shall make the
information contained in the reports described in subparagraph (A) available to
the general public through publication on the Website of the Economic
Development Administration and other appropriate methods. The Secretary shall
provide copies of the reports described in subparagraph (A) to the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of
the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09B5CAD93B9F4314B6EBDF35247CE928" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall also publish on the
Website of the Economic Development Administration a list that identifies those
intermediary organizations that fail to submit reports to the Secretary in
accordance with subparagraph (A) on a timely basis or fail to submit accurate
reports to the Secretary in accordance with subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1AA846BB01F8421F8B1C8B51BD860038"><enum>(d)</enum><text>At least once every three years, the
Secretary shall provide for an independent evaluation of each intermediary
organization receiving assistance under this section to assess the intermediary
organization’s performance and contribution toward retention and creation of
employment. The purpose of the evaluations shall be to determine which
intermediary organizations are performing well and merit continued assistance
under this section and which intermediary organizations should not receive
continued assistance under this section, so that other universities and
intermediary organizations that have not previously received assistance under
this section may participate in the program carried out under this
chapter.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HAFD219FD0BE441F5AC32A6F7283D3213"><enum>202.</enum><header>Extension 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="HA89D3646BB6844E08BD2F1CF81A6FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>and $4,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$4,000,000</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02D970F13DAE4474ADC7BAEEFF66028C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>October 1, 2007,</quote> the following: <quote>$15,000,000 for the
9-month period beginning on January 1, 2008, and $19,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 2009 through 2012,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H76E5B0EF3F46457C9692005EADFE25AF"><enum>203.</enum><header>Extension of
trade adjustment assistance for farmers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 298(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2401g(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
<quote>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture
to carry out this chapter $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.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H2E44C8592C664EF1BFD171D0F3BDED7"><enum>204.</enum><header>Judicial
review</header>
<subsection id="H95B65F69248A4606825663614F72FC24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 284(a) of the
Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2395">19 U.S.C. 2395(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence—</text>
<paragraph id="H1EEF0B0D5E2843ADB307506EB4E84063"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or authorized representative</quote> and inserting <quote>or other duly
authorized representative</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0836E460E3794CA8A7C93F016B9EB5F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>aggrieved</quote> and
inserting <quote>, or any of the individuals or entities described in section
221(a)(1)(C), aggrieved (or on behalf of such workers aggrieved)</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBBB043F7F5F046D89050DEACF3D1A3AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 223</quote> and inserting <quote>section 226</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF0D4665E48CA4D0BA4F0A3ECE74B3700"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect beginning 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H45F394B0B23C4F34008EA7C9E5FAC57F"><enum>205.</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 285 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> each
place it appears and inserting <quote>September 30, 2012</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Miscellaneous
provisions</header>
<section commented="no" id="H215D9D592FE84D43B46B4B505EE35539" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Credit reduction for
failures relating to co-enrollment of participants and program performance
reports</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H99008C578EBD4E90BF06BD214BD2B7AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (3) of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/3302">section 3302(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4865DC501CCE4DD69E2B31C71EA389DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(3) If</quote> and inserting <quote>(3) (A) Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), if</quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD88AAB21D71C4BEFB59EAAC5B6E287C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1598305978EA4B3C98F8B97E1E2FB88"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9450F87F5C0C472C8E36C2D5948EDEF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBDF6D15C0D4E4A0AA38EA4A0648F4D8D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If
the Secretary of Labor determines that a State, or State agency, failed to meet
the requirements of subsections (e)(1) (relating to the co-enrollment of
participants) or (h)(3) (relating to the submission of reports on program
performance) of section 239 of the Trade Act of 1974, the Secretary of Labor
may direct that, in the case of a taxpayer subject to the unemployment
compensation law of such State, the total credits (after applying subsections
(a) and (b) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of this section) otherwise allowable
under this section for a year during which such State or agency fails to meet
those requirements shall (in lieu of reduction under subparagraph (A)) be
reduced by 3 percent of the tax imposed with respect to wages paid by such
taxpayer during such year which are attributable to such
State.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3443C5DE679847A48CF5668BC1E55D9C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to taxable years beginning after September 30, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDC3E76E039F34B74A830A5DFF632F281"><enum>302.</enum><header>TAA wage
supplement participants eligibility for credit for health insurance
costs</header>
<subsection id="H215A7A079CB546D881A6BEB4E00DB28"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Paragraph
(1) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/35">section 35(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and
by adding after subparagraph (C) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H113696C21D604272B014DEF000B76FAF">
<subparagraph id="H114B757CA6584C7E830062509EDF94B8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an eligible TAA
wage supplement
recipient.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H19956E4DEC474A459551BEB664DC1238"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible TAA
wage supplement recipient defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 35 of such Code
is amended by adding after paragraph (4) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H62595EE31CBB40B19EB9C2DA3C9702AC">
<paragraph id="H8DBF2BEA29FC4E32B3195EBA30F2D9BD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligible TAA
wage supplement recipient</header><text>The term <quote>eligible TAA wage
supplement recipient</quote> means, with respect to any month, any individual
who—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8B09DDD088E44BFEBA6236422BFE0889"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a worker
described in section 246A(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 who is participating in
the wage supplement program established under section 246A(a) of such Act,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4B3756EBD4B4C089E64AC4982CF25A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is receiving a
benefit for such month under section 246A(b) of such Act.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">An
individual shall continue to be treated as an eligible TAA wage supplement
recipient during the first month that such individual would otherwise cease to
be an eligible TAA wage supplement recipient by reason of the preceding
sentence.</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H10B7447310474BCBAF82A8004416D064"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified health
insurance</header><text>Subparagraph (J) of section 35(e)(1) of such Code is
amended by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of clause (ii), by striking
the period at the end of clause (iii) and inserting <quote>, or</quote>, and by
inserting after clause (iii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F109D7B82874C988D568D05A18D8FC1" style="OLC">
<clause id="H08BEAB19823041539B51CE97D3E7F00"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an eligible TAA wage
supplement recipient, the benefit described in subsection
(c)(5)(B).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HBF52B32EFF97405DB6481FFD00EDC0E5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Subsidized
coverage</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 35(f)(1) of such Code is
amended —</text>
<paragraph id="HB36E5375BAD44CC786569C637EA4C144"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or an eligible TAA wage supplement recipient</quote> after
<quote>eligible alternative TAA recipient</quote> in the matter preceding
clause (i), and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC41A8C3A9A044DD9B0D986EADBA1B0CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">or eligible TAA wage supplement
recipients</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">eligible alternative TAA
recipients</header-in-text></quote> in the heading.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFFCB053F88DA43B3B5101516E648D5F6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Advance payment
of HCTC</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 7527(d) of such Code is amended
by striking <quote>or an eligible alternative TAA recipient (as defined in
section 35(c)(3))</quote> and inserting <quote>, an eligible alternative TAA
recipient (as defined in section 35(c)(3)), or an eligible TAA wage supplement
recipient (as defined in section 35(c)(5))</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA62F3A7BA9724400B516C4B01EA5BC7C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2007.</text>
</subsection></section>