110 HR 6442 IH: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary U.S. House of Representatives 2008-07-08 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6442 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 8, 2008 Mr. Spratt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Labor to certify a group of workers in a subdivision of firm as eligible to apply for assistance under the trade adjustment assistance program if the subdivision is a seller of articles of the firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under such program and such sales are related to the article that was the basis for such certification.

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Requirement to certify certain adversely affected secondary workers as eligible to apply for assistance under the trade adjustment assistance program

(a)

Requirement

Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272) is amended— (1)by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (2)by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c)

Other adversely affected secondary workers

A group of workers in a subdivision of a firm shall be certified by the Secretary as eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance benefits under this chapter pursuant to a petition filed under section 221 if the Secretary determines that— (1)a significant number or proportion of the workers have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated; (2)the workers’ subdivision is a seller of articles of the firm (or another subdivision of the firm) that employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under subsection (a), and such sales are related to the article that was the basis for such certification (as defined in subsection (d)(5)); and (3)a loss of business by the workers’ subdivision with the firm (or another subdivision of the firm) described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers’ separation or threat of separation determined under paragraph (1). . (b)

Conforming amendment

Subsection (c) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is amended in paragraph (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting subsection (d). (c)

Definition

Subsection (d) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is amended by adding by adding at the end the following: (5)

Seller

The term seller means a subdivision of firm that sells articles of the firm (or another subdivision of the firm) that were the basis for a certification of eligibility under subsection (a) of a group of workers employed by such firm (or another subdivision of the firm). .