110 HR 910 IH: American Competitiveness and
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-02-08
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the American Competitiveness and
Adjustment Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Trade Adjustment Assistance
Sec. 101. Calculation of separation tolled during
litigation.
Sec. 102. Revision of eligibility criteria.
Sec. 103. Health care tax credit.
Sec. 104. Alternative trade adjustment assistance.
Sec. 105. Training funds.
Sec. 106. Effective date.
Title II—Data Collection
Sec. 201. Data collection; study; information to
workers.
Sec. 202. Determinations by the Secretary of Labor.
Sec. 203. Effective date.
Title III—Industry-wide Certifications
Sec. 301. Notification.
Sec. 302. Other methods of requesting
investigation.
Sec. 303. Industry-Wide determination.
Sec. 304. Coordination with other trade provisions.
Sec. 305. Regulations.
Sec. 306. Effective date.
Title IV—Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance
Sec. 401. Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
Title V—Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers
Sec. 501. Clarification of marketing year and other
provisions.
Sec. 502. Eligibility.
Sec. 503. Petition process.
Sec. 504. Amount of cash benefits.
Sec. 505. Effective date.
Title VI—Trade adjustment assistance for firms
Sec. 601. Modification of eligibility.
Title VII—Trade adjustment assistance for service workers and
firms
Sec. 701. Extension of trade adjustment assistance to services
sector.
Sec. 702. Trade adjustment assistance for firms and
industries.
Sec. 703. Monitoring and reporting.
Sec. 704. Effective date.
Title VIII—Authorization of appropriations
Sec. 801. Authorization of appropriations for trade adjustment
assistance.
<enum>I</enum><header>Trade
Adjustment Assistance</header>
<section id="H614873745D664EAF9200C5244823B6D3"><enum>101.</enum><header>Calculation of
separation tolled during litigation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 233 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2293">19 U.S.C. 2293</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" id="H18D1B9852929430793AC1CBA914D1C68">
<subsection id="H134AE8905C8F476FB4159C30580700E7"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Special rule for
calculating separation</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of
this chapter, any period during which a judicial or administrative appeal is
pending with respect to the denial by the Secretary of a petition under section
223 shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the period of separation
under subsection (a)(2), and an adversely affected worker that would otherwise
be entitled to a trade readjustment allowance shall not be denied such
allowance because of such
appeal.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H7405F45133F9471CB9F7009B8688E3B7"><enum>102.</enum><header>Revision of
eligibility criteria</header>
<subsection id="HA5C0333E633A4584979CBE61E7690076"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Downstream
workers</header><text>Section 222(c)(3) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 (U.S.C. 2272(c)(3)) is
amended by striking <quote>, if the certification of eligibility</quote> and
all that follows through the end and inserting a period.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0466A91DBD3C420B8F30C3EC6F00ABAB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Shifts in
production</header><text>Section 222(a)(2)(B) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 (U.S.C.
2272(a)(2)(B)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" id="H5D4FBCF1AE2F4A16B15E84D3371E0292">
<subparagraph id="H8EF62BFE53B440FABCF327539F004789" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>there has been a shift in production
by such workers’ firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or
subdivision.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HD6EAAF41606B4F6992ADE6F6A35D53B0"><enum>103.</enum><header>Health care tax
credit</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2EBD96C42D4A4C6A964759E639DD3812"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Removal of
training requirement</header><text>Section 35(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Act
of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/35">26 U.S.C. 35(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>subsection
(a)(3)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (a)(3)(B) and
(a)(5)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78B275135D7B45FBB5A1179141BD7DF1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Presumptive
eligibility for petitioners for trade adjustment assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9C5DC1E7EED74662A857AB9CF3562236"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/35">Section 35(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB56CFB5AF20E484A892051A57200BF34" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFE101521AFB41A8BFF3AC15B5D606FE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Presumptive
status as a TAA recipient</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>eligible individual</term> shall include any individual who is
covered by a petition filed with the Secretary of Labor under section 221 of
the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name>. This paragraph
shall apply to any individual only with respect to months which—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C3585BD1F0B4732B4C7936F88B469C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">end after the date that such petition is so
filed, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59C0031E30C64717A719235B92C1B700"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">begin before the earlier of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB0CCAD4743941C6BD904B5E2C43C218"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the 90th day after the date of filing of
such petition, or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC795A81D47F74C6CB1002238FA73F496"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which the Secretary of Labor
makes a final determination with respect to such
petition.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACCFB575662943DBAF43D9EE34DE41D6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2784A46E3724B759564A9CC9542A02"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of section 7527(d) of such
Code is amended by striking <quote>or an eligible alternative TAA recipient (as
defined in section 35(c)(3))</quote> and inserting <quote>, an eligible
alternative TAA recipient (as defined in section 35(c)(3)), or an individual
who is an eligible individual by reason of section 35(c)(5)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA955EB6EEE7344D5976FA5AF76F1C35D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 173(f)(4) of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2918">29 U.S.C. 2918(f)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA86CEEE164B14100BAEA78B8EDCF32CD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E7C87A9FEAB49B4A8870040C9C1F41B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking the period
and inserting <quote>, and</quote> ; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C4D077E4C264110B105F35BB1F75713"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (C), the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DC0FBAFDD9B44C3966D24BBF1FEA8ED" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0368115053C24DE897339866B7FEF64F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual who is an eligible individual
by reason of section 35(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB90D9A4658A449BCAB64A997579F2004"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarification of
3-month creditable coverage requirement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD2F6E4713D2344F8A044B23DDBA151E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) of section
35(e)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting
<quote>(prior to the employment separation necessary to attain the status of an
eligible individual)</quote> after <quote>9801(c)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCDE1AB91405D49528CB8D05EAF2432BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 173(f)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2918">29 U.S.C. 2918(f)(2)(B)(ii)(I)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting
<quote>(prior to the employment separation necessary to attain the status of an
eligible individual)</quote> after <quote>1986</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HBB448AAB11F449D8BD1CDC7FE668AC83"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Increase in tax
credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 35(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>65 percent</quote>
and inserting <quote>75 percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC87A9C921546491F9EFF7CBF05EC2731"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply to months beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act in taxable years ending after that date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HEDB9CFBFDEA440CAA97E6CA8FE71154"><enum>104.</enum><header>Alternative
trade adjustment assistance</header>
<subsection id="H7F207DF537634CEFB1ADE9FD1800004F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility of
all workers; lower age requirement</header><text>Section 246(a)(3) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2318(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09AA5BA389A949A0A1248D3F463BE3DD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H333B9817767344C8B047A8DA9FA3DE57"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>A
worker in a group that the Secretary has certified as eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under section 223 may elect to receive benefits under the
alternative trade adjustment assistance program if the worker—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF3F39B5938BD4BB59285628990677200"><enum>(A)</enum><text>obtains
reemployment not more than 26 weeks after the date of separation from the
adversely affected employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2112107E8DE543C7B189C8D075CD166"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is at least 40
years of age;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7BC6746EE84B45F4B53E656767D572E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>earns not more
than $50,000 a year in wages from reemployment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C700D9B54AE4862BF6FEC136FBFDE0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is employed on a
full-time basis as defined by State law in the State in which the worker is
employed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H850B8129C05940949CA38C13A68316D5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>does not return to
the employment from which the worker was
separated.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H3F4E7FA24C7A4B84B8920044747BCFD4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H67B61F8D98D5455C986E17FCD171F131"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of section 246(a)(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of
1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2318">19 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2)</external-xref>) are amended by striking <quote>paragraph
(3)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> each place it
appears.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H601B1D2B770E49D493974DD2F1A6B5C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 246(b)(2)
of that Act is amended by striking <quote>subsection (a)(3)(B)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subsection (a)(3)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H931BC43DC85645C4AF9602DC68B06245"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section
35(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking
<quote>246(a)(3)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>246(a)(3)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H123C7B4980B843459CD24C009D629C8F"><enum>105.</enum><header>Training
funds</header>
<subsection id="H718D02D38DA74AD2A1E33FDCF2D4C950"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding for
training</header><text>Section 236(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2296(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0BB1D4A35BCB40F6B9E7D07BC1277E78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>Upon such approval</quote> and all that follows to the end;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA722D2AE80040E898A99F650110A9EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB815BF7D1C2475493596CFA37009980" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0A7E7E29CAB44246A462BF44F91DE669"><enum>(2)(A)</enum><text>Upon approval
of a training program under paragraph (l), and subject to the limitations
imposed by this section, an adversely affected worker covered by a
certification issued under section 223 shall be eligible to have payment of the
costs of that training, including any costs of an approved training program
incurred by a worker before a certification was issued under section 223, made
on behalf of the worker by the Secretary directly or through a voucher
system.</text>
<subparagraph id="H925C532FD42D4E0DAB642153ACA9126D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of the American Competitiveness and Adjustment Act, the Secretary
shall develop and submit to Congress for approval a formula that provides
workers with an individual entitlement for training costs to be administered
pursuant to sections 239 and 240. The formula shall take into account—</text>
<clause id="HC5A5D4A6E94F431284744D00275C8DE9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of workers enrolled in
trade adjustment assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="H036E7C6C90E84BD999254FEAA0FAAB48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the duration of the
assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFA775708A0D84F93B4A75748170BE00"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the anticipated training costs
for workers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H382044131B0F4E1881FF55758800F506"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other factors the Secretary
deems appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3FC7DEBB8A84CA784B7D41861949233" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Until such time as Congress approves
the formula, the total amount of payments that may be made under subparagraph
(A) for any fiscal year shall not exceed 50 percent of the amount of trade
readjustment allowances paid to workers during that fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFA5319541F1472700568121E4D53FA6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modification of
enrollment deadlines</header><text>Section 231(a)(5)(A)(ii) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2291(a)(5)(A)(ii)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5DA33D1ACFF04D80B13155D5DDC8F60"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
subclause (I), by striking <quote>16th week</quote> and inserting <quote>32nd
week</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D66B12660E54D34853761467951F78B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause (II),
by striking <quote>8th week</quote> and inserting <quote>16th
week</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD43C1C3A000F41F5BC48DEBFD1933225"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Approved
training programs</header><text>Section 236(a)(5) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2296(a)(5)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF9F1D4B3D4B747DAAF80441600E545A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (E);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE673A054B3D42C8A72629799B55E14B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H439CA4EBEFC54BB68B6077818CC59FE5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (E) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H960BC80FAA664B55A515DD18E46754F9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H1F0F75C358A84B2B8743C8849C4F6136"><enum>(F)</enum><text>entrepreneurial
training;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H037F899438D8496785BAC06F2FBAC29"><enum>106.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as provided in
section 103(e), the amendments made by this title take effect on the date that
is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and apply to petitions
filed or recertified on or after that effective date.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Data
Collection</header>
<section id="H8AD2D9EC44D54C17BF9F250177718580"><enum>201.</enum><header>Data
collection; study; information to workers</header>
<subsection id="H4C3A2EBC74F54656B9F867C54E3EA711"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Data collection;
evaluations</header><text>Subchapter C of chapter 2 of title II of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> is amended by
inserting after section 249 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" id="HFD3359CC81D84489866D7B57E5EBFC23">
<section id="H03DE93BF6C9144959BB8777852A10019"><enum>250.</enum><header>Data
collection; evaluations; reports</header>
<subsection id="H5AACF5B45DF14759BA68680044001D3D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Data
collection</header><text>The Secretary shall, pursuant to regulations
prescribed by the Secretary, collect any data necessary to meet the
requirements of this chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC3AEC4D113714606B6BEBD3852A13C80"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Performance
evaluations</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an effective
performance measuring system to evaluate the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HAF71AADA177F48D7A300B9048BB38EC1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program
performance</header><text>A comparison of the trade adjustment assistance
program before and after the effective date of the Trade Adjustment Assistance
Reform Act of 2002 with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83CCFC889FA042ED972E73DDBC73B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
workers certified and the number of workers actually participating in the trade
adjustment assistance program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEBD71BEB7474501BA2311AF658C3B77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the time for
processing petitions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4058FD70EDF49EFBC852EF97B5117FF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of
training waivers granted;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCEAC1039823E4572BE956C4CFB569BE3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the coordination
of programs under this chapter with programs under the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H342F071006CD47C5B071286DC0B5FC12"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the effectiveness
of individual training providers in providing appropriate information and
training;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E01F53D21BB48DDAAF75766DA78AD7C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the extent to
which States have designed and implemented health care coverage options under
title II of the Trade Act of 2002, including any difficulties States have
encountered in carrying out the provisions of title II;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H387F113224074B29BD4CC91F6666B7F8"><enum>(G)</enum><text>how Federal,
State, and local officials are implementing the trade adjustment assistance
program to ensure that all eligible individuals receive benefits, including
providing outreach, rapid response, and other activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AFA8EB8D37C4B47871F52158468C5A6"><enum>(H)</enum><text>any other data
necessary to evaluate how individual States are implementing the requirements
of this chapter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H67913CDA010A47088F6CAF8EBC6B5E20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program
participation</header><text>The effectiveness of the program relating
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC36F6C0F16AF4136AE32E9D3DCF1052D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
workers receiving benefits and the type of benefits being received both before
and after the effective date of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of
2002;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E8B8AA5639642ACBEAEC9182337008F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
workers enrolled in, and the duration of, training by major types of training
both before and after the effective date of the Trade Adjustment Assistance
Reform Act of 2002;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECDAD89F63C14F6E803675728317E02"><enum>(C)</enum><text>earnings history of
workers that reflects wages before separation and wages in any job obtained
after receiving benefits under this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EA86E6801C74C0B84C6275D586750CD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reemployment rates
and sectors in which dislocated workers have been employed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0873F88E81E643AE9DE376AD9D6FF00"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the cause of
dislocation identified in each petition that resulted in a certification under
this chapter; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC38F40F93A0E4FCA82C1E6F693D728C9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the number of
petitions filed and workers certified in each congressional district of the
United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF523ED8BDFDA494485E600ED746424D5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State
participation</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure, to the extent
practicable, through oversight and effective internal control measures the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="H2294DCDEE34C420AA11521FA3DE54C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State
participation</header><text>Participation by each State in the performance
measurement system established under subsection (b) and shall provide
incentives for States to supplement employment and wage data obtained through
the use of unemployment insurance wage records.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D74DF39F36C4469A583ECD5B6AD335E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Monitoring</header><text>Monitoring
by each State of internal control measures with respect to performance
measurement data collected by each State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF30B6F0884B4377B043017DDB9E8C42"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Response</header><text>The
quality and speed of the rapid response provided by each State under section
134(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2864(a)(2)(A)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6D3046C3158C47C9B1EBB5AE9EEEE689"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="H52FDA634B53E4E5EBB479E6F2F95C916"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reports by the
Secretary</header>
<subparagraph id="H4F6604D708D2425EB0ADAF41D2CD08AC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6
months after the date of enactment of the American Competitiveness and
Adjustment Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the
Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a
report that—</text>
<clause id="H9CFF8A1702DA408A8330AE9F1F470073"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describes the
performance measurement system established under subsection (b);</text>
</clause><clause id="HE90206C411204A729D00AD9819933115"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes analysis
of data collected through the system established under subsection (b);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4A47C060D08B432EA64D50DBFB47907D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provides
recommendations for program improvements.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H661985192F0C440CA156A85FFBC5D234"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date the report is
submitted under subparagraph (A), and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives and release to the public a report that
includes the information collected under clause (ii) of subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H25097B1F846D47089959872E79E2BF4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
reports</header><text>Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary, each
State shall submit to the Secretary a report that details its participation in
the programs established under this chapter, and that contains the data
necessary to allow the Secretary to submit the report required under paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F76CF1CD55249F59C2C8E841500D19E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
Secretary shall make available to each State, to Congress, and to the public,
the data gathered and evaluated through the performance measurement system
established under subsection
(b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H91CF414EFA584B25BFF38FE3F735A0C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HFDB9C3922D58436594A8A41DE660AFF8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>Section
281 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19
U.S.C. 2392) is amended by striking <quote>Departments of Labor and
Commerce</quote> and inserting <quote>Departments of Labor, Commerce, and
Agriculture</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14A4459E1D884BD6892F30E967D24776"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Trade monitoring
system</header><text>Section 282 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade
Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2393">19 U.S.C. 2393</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>The
Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor</quote> and inserting
<quote>The Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, and Agriculture</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE657F678B8D44939D2B20CC1B05676E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text>The table of contents for title II of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 249 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" id="HA03BAE65A890493B9FF9DB8BA74BA88" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 250. Data collection; evaluations;
reports.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADA2B4F8B81242219B238BACA90E7D7"><enum>202.</enum><header>Determinations
by the Secretary of Labor</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 223(c) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2273">19 U.S.C. 2273(c)</external-xref>)
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" id="H5D678801B76A47AABC666683EDB12E3E">
<subsection id="HC5DC7F6BE8D948D6B4E470C0649EAB5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication of
determinations</header><text>Upon reaching a determination on a petition, the
Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H2000D9D1F7434EFFA088CFF454ABD00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promptly publish a
summary of the determination in the Federal Register, together with the
Secretary’s reasons for making such determination; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA492B68C56940889268AAE7ACC6208"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make the full text
of the determination available to the public on the Internet website of the
Department of Labor, with full-text
searchability.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H7739C32F7B804BA4836F9D93A73632FA"><enum>203.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by
this title take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>III<?xm-replace_text "?></enum><header>Industry-wide
Certifications</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD79A3AA68A004CE4BFD1B4351D18F40" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Notification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 224 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2274">19 U.S.C. 2274</external-xref>) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA554784F8F61477900CEB8689C7C00D9" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H168F541F7388453087FD2B97B534B45" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>224.</enum><header>Notifications
regarding affirmative determinations and safeguards</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10BC328C8C5B4150B0B720088B3317"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notifications
regarding chapter <enum-in-header>1</enum-in-header> investigations and
determinations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever the
International Trade Commission (in this chapter referred to as the
<quote>Commission</quote>) makes a report under section 202(f) containing an
affirmative finding regarding serious injury, or the threat thereof, to a
domestic industry, the Commission shall immediately—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF49933EAD37745208951C9B5448C5765"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify the Secretary of Labor of that
finding; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H219A308B8E62407BAF929BA1F96676A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a finding with respect to an
agricultural commodity, as defined in section 291, notify the Secretary of
Agriculture of that finding.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6138B43DE40434285228CC2B7F1161E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification
regarding bilateral safeguards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall immediately notify the
Secretary of Labor and, in an investigation with respect to an agricultural
commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture, whenever the Commission makes an
affirmative determination pursuant to one of the following provisions:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65BE25859E4847C1A8563262D7B36DEA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 421 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2451).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE1E2AF9E833E45D0A1A36D3C13D0DE00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 312 of the
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H67518D9E3A584B4D93F9E5F11F7B9372"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 312 of the
United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805
note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F1B47E8FBA94B69B0577CD5E4F3B81"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312 of the United States-Australia
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96020A9D2A1C47B3AC30491EEFFA0400"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312 of the United States-Morocco
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7E53A9BF6EE48B2BCAE67B607FC3E94"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312 of the United States-Singapore
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0282B6CE5FEB4DE5B48FF9AE333EBAD5"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312 of the United States-Chile Free
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00A5CB4D1CB547389729028EC4E94803"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(b) of the North American Free
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3352">19 U.S.C. 3352(b)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19D4C6E54E164E48AA03D2B778504796"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 212 of the United States-Jordan
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2112">19 U.S.C. 2112</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1A1DF27AAD9343E7995F6967E66B3611"><enum>(10)</enum><text>A comparable
provision in any other legislation implementing a free trade agreement between
the United States and one or more other countries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D638E072CBC4E0DBF677CBF981563B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agricultural
safeguards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner
of Customs shall immediately notify the Secretary of Labor and, in the case of
an agricultural commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture, whenever the
Commissioner of Customs assesses additional duties on a product pursuant to one
of the following provisions:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA9B1FA0706A949A4800088E4F5A84664"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 202 of the
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFA9CE45C90A4F448E36D88159931FAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202 of the United States-Australia
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D248F1226704A8085D03CDE576FAFB4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202 of the United States-Morocco
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H749BCD27DA664E188248B6E7B087EC1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201(c) of the United States-Chile
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1977F5B1127C4421B108C4251B5EF565"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 309 of the North American Free
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3358">19 U.S.C. 3358</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B1AFE1EAB9E49788D3E73A6357EBF54"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 301(a) of the United States-Canada
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2112">19 U.S.C. 2112</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H131A1EB999D44C7B9F5861035B19AA7D"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404 of the United States-Israel
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2112">19 U.S.C. 2112</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H53D8426BACF943908B11FA885B7F80C5"><enum>(8)</enum><text>A comparable
provision in any other legislation implementing a free trade agreement between
the United States and one or more other countries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H811478873E934231B56294A49FF6BEE4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Textile
safeguards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President
shall immediately notify the Secretary of Labor whenever the President makes a
positive determination pursuant to one of the following provisions:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10187C2E0C4C4228B61B9DECFBD805CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of the Dominican
Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2CBF65E4A3014C818788191EDB2C1EE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 322 of the
United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805
note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E947AA7273E449A87069811FE02431E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of the United States-Australia
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9D553C009F34C53A4DD34CC7D66D728"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of the United States-Morocco
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF39DE8EAC9CD428181717034EECCC912"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of the United States-Chile Free
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC15DF68DAA34AC296B2A3A3B655C3BB"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of the United States-Singapore
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1EED49686A1644F8ABA54D4FCA9EFDFA"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A comparable
provision in any other legislation implementing a free trade agreement between
the United States and one or more other countries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17E7B730FA44492EAA3E3592952BD9D7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Antidumping and
countervailing duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever the Commission makes a final
affirmative determination pursuant to section 705 or section 735 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 1671d
or 1673d), the Commission shall immediately notify the Secretary of Labor and,
in the case of an agricultural commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture, of that
determination.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE1A6E598165423A8EF61FCD02C61CC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Other methods of
requesting investigation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 221 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2271">19 U.S.C. 2271</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C481067B0D54544B75EDB3285F386FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFF9E89CC10A4D34AC0089DB121CFD4D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7C1F5BBCF29548499C48D865589C7BBA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other methods of
initiating a petition</header><text>Upon the request of the President or the
United States Trade Representative, or the resolution of either the Committee
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Finance
of the Senate, the Secretary shall promptly initiate an investigation under
this chapter to determine the eligibility for adjustment assistance of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C7C84BF76F8487882F6F3EE5244EE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a group of workers (which may include
workers from more than one facility or employer); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60B6AB71B1B5447A95004B8986FA00B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all workers in an occupation as that
occupation is defined in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational
Classification
System.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H985A2C76D6F64E81000738BE9EE7AF88"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2), by inserting
<quote>or a request or resolution filed under subsection (c),</quote> after
<quote>paragraph (1),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEDA70D5C22E4790BEF6365247E42B6E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3), by inserting <quote>,
request, or resolution</quote> after <quote>petition</quote> each place it
appears.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9194D2D6A0A64626925BF502DC239DD8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Industry-Wide
determination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 223 of
the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2273) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA64292C366D84B52B330B2315FD9D8E4" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15E846AA1C844A069094F892F388705F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Investigation
regarding Industry-Wide certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary receives a request or a
resolution under section 221(c) on behalf of workers in a domestic industry or
occupation (described in section 221(c)(2)) or receives 3 or more petitions
under section 221(a) within a 180-day period on behalf of groups of workers in
a domestic industry or occupation, the Secretary shall make an industry-wide
determination under subsection (a) of this section with respect to the domestic
industry or occupation in which the workers are or were employed. If the
Secretary does not make certification under the preceding sentence, the
Secretary shall make a determination of eligibility under subsection (a) with
respect to each group of workers in that domestic industry or occupation from
which a petition was
received.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H848B4EDA4F3B47F88067A1D8E8700F5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Coordination with
other trade provisions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF9C647CF67A4730B9170023235D38C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Industry-Wide
certification based on global safeguards</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7907D0DA0534C99A21D72A76E64AABC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recommendations
by itc</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60D0D5D61C934AB79949FE6CDE386170"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202(e)(2)(D) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2252(e)(2)(D)) is amended by striking <quote>, including the provision of trade
adjustment assistance under chapter 2</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9FA40488FF340FDBC53E6907BD2940"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(a)(3)(D) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2253(a)(3)(D)) is amended by striking <quote>, including the provision of trade
adjustment assistance under chapter 2</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF25463E415A44E6BB4B7702160866D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance for
workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(a)(1)(A)
of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2253(a)(1)(A)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21751ADED5424E22A8B0487E53C24738" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C915FB55A93462888DAFB04B700C473" indent="up1"><enum>(1)(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After receiving a report under section
202(f) containing an affirmative finding regarding serious injury, or the
threat thereof, to a domestic industry—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H169335ECD1914877ACEF827288BD2028"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the President shall take all appropriate
and feasible action within his power; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE9CF92406E148EEA74EBE99B3B3827D"><enum>(ii)(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Labor shall certify as
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 workers employed
in the domestic industry defined by the Commission if such workers become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated, not earlier than 1 year before, or not later than 1 year
after, the date on which the Commission made its report to the President under
section 202(f); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE24818D4F52485DBC41F0D000EAF2DC"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a finding with respect to an
agricultural commodity as defined in section 291, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall certify as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under section 293
agricultural commodity producers employed in the domestic production of the
agricultural commodity that is the subject of the finding during the most
recent marketing
year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H197565DF61404F91BB197DC7DE32FBB7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Industry-Wide
certification based on bilateral safeguard provisions or antidumping or
countervailing duty orders</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H702648C4EAA34222851567EA1C00B311"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter A of
chapter 2 of title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of
1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2271">19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section
224 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20CD099D5B2D4C62BC43F25EF41889E9" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B6989A008C84BDCA43D7173EFD4128" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>224A.</enum><header>Industry-Wide
certification when bilateral safeguard provisions invoked or antidumping or
countervailing duties imposed</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD7C075AC7784E9B881E6CC909D36B84"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mandatory
certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
10 days after the date on which the Secretary of Labor receives a notification
with respect to the imposition of a trade remedy, safeguard determination, or
antidumping or countervailing duty determination under section 224 (a), (b),
(c), (d), or (e), the Secretary shall certify as eligible for trade adjustment
assistance under section 223(a) workers employed in the domestic production of
the article that is the subject of the trade remedy, safeguard determination,
or antidumping or countervailing duty determination, as the case may be, if
such workers become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated, not more than 1 year before or not more than 1
year after the applicable date.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0669B77E472D41F592AFF1294BC77B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the
term <term>applicable date</term> means—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09CD4DFF4CD34455AB14C58F3E88B5B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which the affirmative or
positive determination or finding is made in the case of a notification under
section 224 (a), (b), or (d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H464729B750F942209308CF57CD548DA2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which a final determination is
made in the case of a notification under section 224(e); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B49F0576A3C43E99894A9E6C5B6BF59"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which additional duties are
assessed in the case of a notification under section
224(c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA5A0A209916459A8676BE0063051100"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agricultural
commodity producers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 6
of title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2401">19 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by striking section 294 and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H260B52EDF4C74CE9B1A2A3C5EED7B94F" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H901EC1423CFA4B93A459F0BEF91D1520" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>294.</enum><header>Industry-Wide
certification for agricultural commodity producers where safeguard provisions
invoked or antidumping or countervailing duties imposed</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BCF1103A00D4CC988CEA4818F14145B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 10
days after the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture receives a
notification with respect to the imposition of a trade remedy, safeguard
determination, or antidumping or countervailing duty determination under
section 224 (b), (c), or (e), the Secretary shall certify as eligible for trade
adjustment assistance under section 293(a) agricultural commodity producers
employed in the domestic production of the agricultural commodity that is the
subject of the trade remedy, safeguard determination, or antidumping or
countervailing duty determination, as the case may be, during the most recent
marketing year.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55977C0DEBF04D348100C88511C70000"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the
term <term>applicable date</term> means—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C36F73173FC4C65AE7706FEB7302D27"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which the affirmative or
positive determination or finding is made in the case of a notification under
section 224(b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H258FAC908F5D4B6CAE932623FEBE92D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which a final determination is
made in the case of a notification under section 224(e); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1883C39ABFE84A44805DD9E3F27CD862"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which additional duties are
assessed in the case of a notification under section
224(c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3D508D7B0DC492DA34E9DA4B795B9FD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><text>The table of contents for title II of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H931749D185E5414A0035BD98ED181507"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the item relating to section
224 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B99EC669C4A474C00C5D846DF048CBC" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 224. Notifications
regarding affirmative determinations and
safeguards.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1980684D6A7D40F3979815086429706B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after the item relating to
section 224 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H189B5E19A550466F8BD9A0A5D361E220" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 224A. Industry-wide
certification based on bilateral safeguard provisions invoked or antidumping or
countervailing duties
imposed.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H723611C5BFAC4531BDB7464700F2C2C9" indent="up1"><enum></enum><text>and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H861B8AF1629F46409150425D72C42E4C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the item relating to section
294 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0114300206849D2B6C1FF5EF1E9D8F" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 294. Industry-wide
certification for agricultural commodity producers where safeguard provisions
invoked or antidumping or countervailing duties
imposed.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H756925D46224462ABED718F14FA93E7B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary
of Agriculture, the Secretary of Labor, and the International Trade Commission
may promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the amendments
made by this title.</text>
</section><section id="H79D39AA2EE4247DE889FAD6E471EC4D4"><enum>306.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by
this title take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and apply to petitions filed or recertified on or after
that effective date.</text>
</section><enum>IV<?xm-replace_text "?></enum><header>Office
of Trade Adjustment Assistance</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD186AD2879D64B2187E2005E3999B0E2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E083BA5557C4645B93F6E80D9789782"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 3 of title II
of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2341 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 255 the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DF5DCFACD5C4100BB91969F5CF59DA1" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A3638CB0DC84598B376E74547B14275" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>255A.</enum><header>Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E8388ED59B0404CBD59FE80B610D3EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of the American Competitiveness and Adjustment Act, there shall be
established in the International Trade Administration of the Department of
Commerce an Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF26F2DE10A14802A96F202EAF2122A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office shall be headed by a Director,
and shall have such staff as may be necessary to carry out the responsibilities
of the Secretary of Commerce described in this chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD11BAD9E6A224916BEB0D83AC128EC2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office shall assist the Secretary of
Commerce in carrying out the Secretary’s responsibilities under this
chapter.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H714A6A62F01D4B8997701B788164E9F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 255 the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA45B31B325C4B6082B0343B64EB2BAD" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 255A. Office of Trade
Adjustment
Assistance.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>V<?xm-replace_text "?></enum><header>Trade
Adjustment Assistance for Farmers</header>
<section id="H69E0C9AB8C9F46CB964BED423E002736"><enum>501.</enum><header>Clarification
of marketing year and other provisions</header>
<subsection id="HE04C080F68BB4988800038B6A47B6977"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 291(5) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2401">19 U.S.C. 2401(5)</external-xref>) is
amended by inserting before the end period the following: <quote>, or in the
case of an agricultural commodity that has no officially designated marketing
year, in a 12-month period for which the petitioner provides written
request</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC5DCEE6AFDB14E1EBB7F4797CCD7901"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fishermen</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, for purposes of chapter 2 of title II of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 2271 et
seq.) fishermen who harvest wild stock shall be eligible for adjustment
assistance to the same extent and in the same manner as a group of workers
under such chapter 2.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5258ED7DCBC1491EB5CC8E3E61CD8460" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<subsection id="H0F9E10B0C91343759666D5EBAF7020DB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 292(c)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2401a">19 U.S.C. 2401a(c)(1)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>80 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>90
percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0F8175CACF244A39B523F4971933AC49"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Net farm
income</header><text>Section 296(a)(1)(C) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2401e">19 U.S.C. 2401e(a)(1)(C)</external-xref>) is
amended by inserting before the end period the following: <quote>or the
producer had no positive net farm income for the 2 most recent consecutive
years in which no adjustment assistance was received by the producer under this
chapter</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA1EEA6DE83584229863775486392F6DE"><enum>503.</enum><header>Petition
process</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 293 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2401c">19 U.S.C. 2401c</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF0165A2E12D4E0E8CA5AADA2F20600" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HABA09DA8347C471A96A5972DA213773"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Addition of
commodity producers to petition</header><text>At any time after a petition is
filed under section 292 by a group of agricultural commodity producers,
including after the Secretary issues a certification of eligibility under
subsection (a) to a group of agricultural producers, any other producer of that
agricultural commodity may elect to join the group of producers who filed the
petition. Any producer who makes an election under the preceding sentence is
eligible for assistance under this chapter to the same extent as the producers
who filed the petition.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H50F2C2DE86764C3D802EF93E1927D8F9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Amendment of
petition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any case in which
the Secretary issues a certification of eligibility under subsection (a)
pursuant to a petition filed under section 292, the group of producers of an
agricultural commodity to whom the certification applies may thereafter amend
the petition to modify the countries described in section 292(c)(2) or to
modify the heading or subheading under which the agricultural commodity is
classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H2014AA5850314BADB379D500AC00CE6B"><enum>504.</enum><header>Amount of cash
benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 296(b)(1) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2401e">19 U.S.C. 2401e(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5F29748E85448279F3465925EEDF700" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6989E619A2D64E58B01E2DD231B6129E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the
provisions of section 298, an adversely affected agricultural commodity
producer described in subsection (a) shall be entitled to adjustment assistance
under this chapter as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H78B578C27992412D8E56640938A81D5D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Commodities
receiving assistance</header>
<clause id="H668116A7DC5D4485AF715C6600F9A217"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the agricultural
commodity with respect to which the certification under this chapter applies is
described in clause (ii), the adversely affected agricultural commodity
producer shall be entitled to adjustment assistance under this chapter in an
amount equal to the product of—</text>
<subclause id="H23470EAFB61E4B3DAEED7D5BF44186E2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>one-half of the
difference between—</text>
<item id="H9997EBFC9F5D4F09005F1FDC76F06CE9"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>an
amount equal to 80 percent of the average of the national average price of the
agricultural commodity covered by the application described in subsection (a)
for the 5 marketing years preceding the most recent marketing year, and</text>
</item><item id="H686BA651C95A4ADB901144DC4C295743"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the
national average price of the agricultural commodity for the most recent
marketing year, and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HCCD461AAF9BA4C5085F236344466CFB2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of the
agricultural commodity produced by the agricultural commodity producer in the
most recent marketing year.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HC4F381D6008242519F452F949031A854"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Agricultural
commodities described</header><text>An agricultural commodity is described in
this clause if it is—</text>
<subclause id="HEBC9F71C62D74527914CAE863B76DCD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a covered commodity
for purposes of section 1103 or 1104 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7913">7 U.S.C. 7913</external-xref>, 7914);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAAF81AB0A6584571A5EB106107102700"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a loan commodity
for purposes of section 1202 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7932">7 U.S.C. 7932</external-xref>); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H46F92CD5C23A40208D1838AF45B57409"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a product
eligible for assistance under subtitle C, D, or E of title I of that Act, or
the amendments made by any such subtitle.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A75B19EFDFA40708D417DCD005ECE27"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other
commodities</header><text>If the agricultural commodity with respect to which
the certification under this chapter applies is not covered under subparagraph
(A), the adversely affected agricultural commodity producer shall be entitled
to adjustment assistance under this chapter in an amount equal to the product
of—</text>
<clause id="HF638D63B288B411C8C02FEE7A4546C49"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the difference
between—</text>
<subclause id="HCCC07516EA37499E8B5FFF646733734B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an amount equal to
80 percent of the average of the national average price of the agricultural
commodity covered by the application described in subsection (a) for the 5
marketing years preceding the most recent marketing year, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9DB848DC077F433597BC8666F0D85FA7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the national
average price of the agricultural commodity for the most recent marketing year,
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H39C02E59FCCF4273893F198534E18DA4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of the
agricultural commodity produced by the agricultural commodity producer in the
most recent marketing
year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H03254D8168AD4861B91F2FA437EF5EC0"><enum>505.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by
this title apply to petitions filed or recertified under chapter 6 of title II
of the Trade Act of 1974 on or after January 1, 2007.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Trade adjustment
assistance for firms</header>
<section id="HB76AD6F3A17D40AFB33CC90300C9C1A8"><enum>601.</enum><header>Modification of
eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 251(c) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2341">19 U.S.C. 2341(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF7D0AF293AD94D538E69F33DFA681010"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(B)(ii) by striking
<quote>sales or production, or both, of an article that accounted for not less
than 25 percent of the total production or sales of the firm during the
12-month period preceding the most recent 12-month period for which data are
available have decreased absolutely</quote> and inserting <quote>average
monthly sales or production, or both, during the 60-month period preceding the
most recent 12-month period for which data are available, of an article that
accounted, during such 60-month period, for not less than 25 percent of the
total production or sales of the firm, have decreased absolutely</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE0409938FCA43DE810843B98FDD7A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1)(C)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H981B866E2D444032B2254279C8B42564"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>increases of</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H438CE0943A8647F2BA68E03300BCC1AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>importantly</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1186E54461C341D18534446652E9B66E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1460DBC838E4651BBA6CD06C67CFEEF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H0BC27F8108C64A0289B68BC0900CC00" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If
imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by the firm concerned exceed 65 percent of the market for such
articles in the United States, the Secretary shall give substantially greater
weight to the factors set forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1)
than to that set forth in subparagraph (C) of paragraph
(1).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Trade adjustment
assistance for service workers and firms</header>
<section id="H4B7B6230B2A34C8AA86B4ED02B7E1803"><enum>701.</enum><header>Extension of
trade adjustment assistance to services sector</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57305E02F2214BF0BD5583EC71664B32"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Adjustment
assistance for workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 221(a)(1)(A) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2271(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>firm)</quote> and inserting
<quote>firm, and workers in a service sector firm or subdivision of a service
sector firm or public agency)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29A7FA8292604493AFE506E9B9F574FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Group
eligibility requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 222 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2272">19 U.S.C. 2272</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1653F62B72C143F18DA7D89800897BE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6DA563F96F34ECFA999CA207D7DC009"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>agricultural firm)</quote> and inserting <quote>agricultural
firm, and workers in a service sector firm or subdivision of a service sector
firm or public agency)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3D4D6BAFAA24315B97EB98BA9DC4A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or
public agency</quote> after <quote>of the firm</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AD92A3D5CAA444EBE25F2B14F72D611"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD786FD2F6619422D8F56357918709F40"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking
<quote>like or directly competitive with articles produced</quote> and
inserting <quote>or services like or directly competitive with articles
produced or services provided</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07488BFFEA5346EDA3B88816FAD129FC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (B) (as amended by
section 102(b) of this Act) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3168611895442F889FBA14D1DD2624C" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H253FE79331154163A06750212FE4BEFD" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC0A84DE9F62C483CB8F96835B9AA1157"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there has been a shift, by such workers'
firm, subdivision, or public agency to a foreign country, of production of
articles, or in provision of services, like or directly competitive with
articles which are produced, or services which are provided, by such firm,
subdivision, or public agency; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2881873FE7FC4924B5DF3B546C574FA7" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such workers' firm, subdivision, or public
agency has obtained or is likely to obtain such services from a foreign
country.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC475ADC94D0B4EFAB74DFBED5CA85CA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89028EA9E03E48E39D10E042B8C3947C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>agricultural firm)</quote> and inserting <quote>agricultural
firm, and workers in a service sector firm or subdivision of a service sector
firm or public agency)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H809212BB57184E09B51FF680D294BDFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>or
service</quote> after <quote>related to the article</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H186F4D05B48A47F59FCB98EB64588EBA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting <quote>or
services</quote> after <quote>component parts</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3B369CB0D65424BAF4395C2B84308E8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1AB6E3A9C694E88B24621A08916EF4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98AFF7DE49574331A9D5679C5D4D01C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or services</quote>
after <quote>value-added production processes</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1D40E883C0B41269B832636C057C8D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or finishing</quote> and
inserting <quote>, finishing, or testing</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H753C997D6D894D12AFE0C3112C26AB3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or services</quote>
after <quote>for articles</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9024B4D0AC6D4E7CA2AA5E3DD9F6900"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(or
subdivision)</quote> after <quote>such other firm</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9708D7F6E57844598574AEEE493D82CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA81B31F3AAF24F688B642FA224655FE4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>for articles</quote> and
inserting <quote>, or services, used in the production of articles or in the
provision of services</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF94576392EDF4C53A839DA6ED9A757CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(or
subdivision)</quote> after <quote>such other firm</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B5F0653D68341C2B3EFD9D0287200C1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H281F68AB192E49BBBEA2FAD6CF978E00" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF1CD0E7B8974D35AB00E6A133FCAC3B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Basis for
secretary’s determinations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8B9480B92464B42005EA5DBF42C3110"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Increased
imports of services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
purposes of subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii), the Secretary may determine that
increased imports of like or directly competitive services exist if the
workers’ firm or subdivision or customers of the workers’ firm or subdivision
accounting for not less than 20 percent of the sales of the workers’ firm or
subdivision certify to the Secretary that they are obtaining such services from
a foreign country.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F305C8DDAF7434EBF9F2FF0F0B7906E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Obtaining
services abroad</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes
of subsection (a)(2)(B)(ii), the Secretary may determine that the workers’
firm, subdivision, or public agency has obtained or is likely to obtain like or
directly competitive services from a foreign country based on a certification
thereof from the workers’ firm, subdivision, or public agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7262DE0EEC42436A841B003554D8E0DD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority of the
Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
obtain the certifications under paragraphs (1) and (2) through questionnaires
or in such other manner as the Secretary determines is
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB661E1E25C6C4B3EBC00EDE938186C11"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 247 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2319">19 U.S.C. 2319</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16C99CCBE11643ECA3CC00A15C20E6A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H621E62644B3B4681AC4BDF6EBFE52D1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or public
agency</quote> after <quote>of a firm</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B7E9C3F491648D2B504F2155406C187"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or public
agency</quote> after <quote>or subdivision</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08E1979F7B3E4C25A6165729C98F5DBF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting <quote>or
public agency</quote> after <quote>the firm</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB04C6EFBAAC540D8A8002107F9A1EB97"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (8) through
(17) as paragraphs (9) through (18), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0831045589E8467C81D100EEB8E2E04B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (6) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H941B9B34629C4ADD004CEAFA54AF92BD" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC283EBAD327D429A831FC54CC3E85FD0"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>public agency</term> means a
department or agency of a State or local government or of the Federal
Government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55F816A87A9145CD9DD7E6E736F87C49"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>service sector firm</term>
means an entity engaged in the business of providing
services.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA8C02093012407AB0E8537C08326D3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 245(a) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2317(a)) is amended by striking <quote>, other than subchapter
D</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF38BD374D68D47BC848C13E1B3E8F55F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><header>Trade adjustment
assistance for firms and industries</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF4021BA494C47C7ACA1AFE5FC31F24F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Firms</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA274CE3CE6794A92BD9E181E9E73B79C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 251 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2341">19 U.S.C. 2341</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC84A9E96BF743BAAE198D6BD65F9018"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>or
service sector firm</quote> after <quote>(including any agricultural
firm</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2E535A34BFE4B28A563EC1FF0FF7FE2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA50D9E9731A4B40AA838E41325DDAFC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by inserting <quote>or service sector firm</quote> after <quote>any
agricultural firm</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD85D7A00904944C5BC57541DA32F6572"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting
<quote>or service</quote> after <quote>of an article</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA17BED79743641F588E0E760A5D3EDAF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking
<quote>articles like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced</quote> and inserting <quote>articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles or services which are produced or provided</quote>;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C00B2651FFD4438B4233BAEA673DF8C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24D9C54181DC4E849795ABC3A1C5988" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H306D4924EFE0495AA0045F60FFE2F761"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Basis for
Secretary determination</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24E68CD622B6405E8F928446A9E09CAF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Increased
imports of services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
purposes of subsection (c)(1)(C), the Secretary may determine that increases of
imports of like or directly competitive services exist if customers accounting
for not less than 20 percent of the sales of the workers’ firm certify to the
Secretary that they are obtaining such services from a foreign country.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFC6768FC7C240F3A801F866D3236386"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority of the
Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
obtain the certifications under paragraph (1) through questionnaires or in such
other manner as the Secretary determines is appropriate. The Secretary may
exercise the authority under section 249 in carrying out this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B54A02FE6C54100B847043FC3912710"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 261 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2351">19 U.S.C. 2351</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A51CE3704FA4FFE8700B2E23C3B5945"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>For purposes of</quote>
and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Firm</header-in-text>.—For purposes of</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13EAF5126DC347D49F4F293EA9F694B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA23B2A1ABD5740F2AC04033CBABECDF6" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F04A5A638D94129B714FE9474BD4E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Service sector
firm</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this
chapter, the term <term>service sector firm</term> means a firm engaged in the
business of providing
services.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE6F9883CE2848C9A5DE03CC0639DD2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Industries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 265(a) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2355">19 U.S.C. 2355(a)</external-xref>)
is amended by inserting <quote>or service</quote> after <quote>new
product</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6667328DDF2E47E2B500F31ACBF7C5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58911986ABC54E4D80825621B574867C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 249 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2321">19 U.S.C. 2321</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>subpena</quote> and inserting
<quote>subpoena</quote> each place it appears in the heading and the
text.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC03680007C6D444DBF1EFFC6D8501872"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking
<quote>Subpena</quote> in the item relating to section 249 and inserting
<quote>Subpoena</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3BB85F17663A44D192EC2FD32DC24CA8"><enum>703.</enum><header>Monitoring and
reporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 282 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2393">19 U.S.C. 2393</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63BA6FFBECC64D1F9D225300A3744DFF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38E5E711D2DA4F76A9679E67BB323C79"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote>
and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Monitoring Programs</header-in-text>.—The Secretary</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C714EEE83974771A6305B9638005F91"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and services</quote>
after <quote>imports of articles</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H462CB324C79D44EAA5A1E92D19BD153D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and domestic provision
of services</quote> after <quote>domestic production</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H835B56CBC8E64150A193F67CF8009613"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or providing
services</quote> after <quote>producing articles</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DF45520E21C4C21A4D5A0A2848F2FE2"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, or provision of
services,</quote> after <quote>changes in production</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8606636058C34BE785AB5C61BDA1C22"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4851F5D7C74C4814B2186B65E425B372" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F7D75C8775B4D24BDE9F65DE308802C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Collection of
data and reports on services sector</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB64EBE5B08E4545924966CBDF01BDBC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary of
Labor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 months
after the date of the enactment of the American Competitiveness and Adjustment
Act, the Secretary of Labor shall implement a system to collect data on
adversely affected service workers that includes the number of workers by
State, industry, and cause of dislocation of each worker.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2354C5E314284B3EA5974719D98BE42E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary of
Commerce</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6
months after such date of enactment, the Secretary of Commerce shall, in
consultation with the Secretary of Labor, conduct a study and report to the
Congress on ways to improve the timeliness and coverage of data on trade in
services, including methods to identify increased imports due to the relocation
of United States firms to foreign countries, and increased imports due to
United States firms obtaining services from firms in foreign
countries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H043B8CA4228E417392CE170022515C7C"><enum>704.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as provided in
subsection (b), the amendments made by this title shall take effect on the date
that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<section id="HF14ADB144934444DA02B200400BC9980"><enum>801.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations for trade adjustment assistance</header>
<subsection id="HB7CED79DE50540909D87993BCD9188D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Workers</header><text>Section
245(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2317">19 U.S.C. 2317(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H938E747F69DE416393D7D474865B002D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Firms</header><text>Section
256(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2346">19 U.S.C. 2346(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>$16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007</quote> and
inserting <quote>$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through
2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFA04CC0B20FC4986A49BDF32D9ABADF2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Farmers</header><text>Section
298(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2401g">19 U.S.C. 2401g(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section>