1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Trade Adjustment Assistance
Improvement Act of 2007
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—Trade Adjustment Assistance for Services
Sector
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Extension of trade adjustment assistance to services
sector.
Sec. 103. Trade adjustment assistance for firms and
industries.
Sec. 104. Monitoring and reporting.
Sec. 105. Effective date.
TITLE II—Trade Adjustment Assistance for Industries
Sec. 201. Other methods of requesting
investigation.
Sec. 202. Notification.
Sec. 203. Industry-wide determination.
Sec. 204. Coordination with other trade provisions.
Sec. 205. Regulations.
TITLE III—Other Trade Adjustment Assistance Matters
Subtitle A—Trade Adjustment Assistance
Sec. 301. Calculation of separation tolled during
litigation.
Sec. 302. Establishment of Trade Adjustment Assistance
Advisor.
Sec. 303. Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
Sec. 304. Certification of submissions.
Sec. 305. Wage insurance.
Sec. 306. Training.
Sec. 307. Funding for administrative costs.
Sec. 308. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle B—Data collection
Sec. 311. Short title.
Sec. 312. Data collection; information to workers.
Sec. 313. Determinations by the Secretary of Labor.
Subtitle C—Trade Adjustment Assistance for farmers
Sec. 321. Clarification of marketing year and other
provisions.
Sec. 322. Eligibility.
<enum>I</enum><header>Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Services Sector</header>
<section id="id9B8A7DD8013B4877B38375BE1D381C1D"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Trade Adjustment Assistance
Equity for Service Workers Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID23578B2DB6494048AD1AA33093D7A38C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Extension of trade
adjustment assistance to services sector</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9FCC87EA24664E9891C9F271EF53F94C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Adjustment
assistance for workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="TA74/221(a)(1)(A)">Section 221(a)(1)(A)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2271(a)(1)(A)">19 U.S.C.
2271(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>firm)</quote> and
inserting <quote>firm, and workers in a service sector firm or subdivision of a
service sector firm, or public agency)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8FEB2E3D74E24934AD3A76C9FEB9C3E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Group
eligibility requirements; service workers; shifts in production</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="TA74/222">Section 222</external-xref> 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="IDBC31622B4CEC40518242059A1E1B4145"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID66B87CA466E846BCB4B17856C01969AA"><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="IDE638F283E01F4FB4B0DDE250CD8AD715"><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="IDA28D9CC7637E4E12919E6790A5FB53AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3551F8268F344E41B97B3F14AEA766C6"><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>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2BEDB9B1B454E4FA14E630D503AD8CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49DA7F54756C422A969DDBAD9767EB6C" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCCB515FF3F8C4225B51F09D38B0092FC"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id850EF5D81FCC45A19AEC94793950386C"><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="id7A316D714F5A4EDDBEA576E95E5F392E" 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="IDB4DC45FD27AB450CBB3957DB55DB2914"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEABC65B4C975449B95905A3F59D697AD"><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="ID42A0E1541B784DC89DBF2E1506412247"><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="IDE84A7B9E173B4745A3D05F51D1F19CD4"><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="IDF688A1D76A884506ABEE3F69015C5915"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID429B2053EED0486D9C28270DA3DC33EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4D1DE41E2FE14D488A6C8BDD5CDC3109"><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="IDD6DA13D143C342BDBD627046315DC2DE"><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="ID6898DCB0ECEA4982813075B85579A98A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or services</quote>
after <quote>for articles</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID80A36C91334F45BAA2CD993217376FA2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(or
subdivision)</quote> after <quote>such other firm</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72D6064892904D708C10F93F5F8D5A40"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, if the certification of eligibility</quote> and all that follows to
the end period; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID85DB6D89E8D84B559F726C4BA75817F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1166B598632340F9882CEA85E47F0CCC"><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="ID4DEFA8A267A14C1FAB7F758FAB61B2C2"><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="ID7F8DA71D284B48A8903DB82352FC5EB5"><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="ID8FB70672CF55471D87190DF7971FCE57" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID66B6ADF79F144F438CD3245A36F4D9A8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Basis for
secretary’s determinations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA2AE86E54C054468B591FF181DB420B7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Increased
imports</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 articles or 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 articles or services from a
foreign country.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID03F6399EC37C4A118A5D0F1453441EC6"><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="IDA6BB3849E7D449D2821D10865C02AC48"><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="IDDDC9DE3091904589AD20DF636400E0BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="TA74/247">Section 247</external-xref> 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="IDCA53655A261A480CB8F6CFC59B48EDE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBA038DB5E5F64ED38CDF138ADC5DCD59"><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="ID705430950CCF461389CC2B0E9BA5CD1E"><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="IDD1FD2C97316F40619599CC910EEFEFF4"><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="ID8B5449DDA4814CCEBE05CCC36F8B9653"><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="ID1DC1B50B8E3A4DEC8AB391FA7579652E"><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="ID2E3EE2C608E141C6858F8B76591E6D45" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFA9586B22ED54A478B3389EF8A85536F"><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="IDCC2C03734C114CC8B87334BD39104703"><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></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID22AE387883EC4CC08FD443376D4419B5"><enum>103.</enum><header>Trade
adjustment assistance for firms and industries</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE48D1F4CBB5F4412975880429C190B59"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Firms</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID79BC8C30B40043129F92358E59B18927"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="TA74/251">Section 251</external-xref> 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="ID97322415F14949EE9CF78A68C120385A"><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="IDBD18B62713DA42FBB0275F5E95E0F673"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6B16B40950D54774B8A9358E6E254CB0"><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="ID6957DDC8539E4A5498B9DD95AC7C762D"><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="ID87F299B0CC6845588515C79641239373"><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="ID9D126F6E309A470EAB163A190049E31E"><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="ID8A759CA90BF845A0BEFC91B466E9DE11" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDA45EE6F43844EE0B8651B5896CF14FE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Basis for
Secretary determination</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2F0A9CEA2360463EA3145C57AFAF3B8D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Increased
imports</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 articles or 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 articles or services from a foreign
country.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCEFD8F7842DF4EFE9054C65A397D3C65"><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="IDF65A8F2AB6AD470B84DFC8A5A824684E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="TA74/261">Section 261</external-xref> 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="ID4C984B669A354EB49A5E13984AA8B584"><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="ID7F535A07F4C9425CB0DF97C35F36D5B1"><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="IDC424C8CD181540D5AE6BC1AA503E5FEA" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9E4C6DD53527484B9CED156502C1DC2F"><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="ID356CE43083474B83BDDAE7F114661268"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Industries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="TA74/265(a)">Section 265(a)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2355(a)">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="ID178033BEE7F34B47A03FAAEB9F239DB2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF886F7AC8D7E4DCDA7A6420A16392C23"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="TA74/249">Section 249</external-xref> 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="id8D8932948591419B8ED87321AA4A0428"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2561FEF7D2334AE6972C5BDA573EC251" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</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="ID3D14F52F97D147EDA2BE4AA0E59E5538"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFB204FA5233A41E38F3BDAABF61EEEF5"><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="IDF70EC3C8F78D44DD83545FB88A262B2C"><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="ID879DF3A48638412B97FAC8B850475D1F"><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="IDA0D635515D5744A6B8D7E9FDD7726E9F"><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="ID86AE20ADBA374E3994D836057637933D"><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="ID2F73B18B7B5F4036B6C8DD7B30DE24FD"><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="ID714520D747644A27B27D063433223B07" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9BEC72BCB82B4FBEA1B68004ACB518CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Collection of
data and reports on service sector</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID716B85CC41EE425BB261048394432514"><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 Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement
Act of 2007, 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="ID483DBAF142B64A249D193B6B9536FF85"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary of
Commerce</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFB9ACADDDF44156BD9346424E0E3B1E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by
this title shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Industries</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID31CBBF5A6B094CDC89179820A89826A1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</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="ID94243D9EE83A4498B7FA9E54326CDC99"><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="ID34094AD3DCD244F3AD2084BA3C6CBDBC" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAB1513291DE7478D9C4FF943B6EAD3BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other methods
of initiating a petition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon
the request of the President or the United States Trade Representative, or the
resolution of either the Committee on Finance of the Senate or the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, 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="id12359329D9194D40ABE97AA4DED3AE74"><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="id3BBAE3AC56E34555A538523265C974FA"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE3FAE93FBB51439D9D28776930823CC8"><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="IDF0444633D28E48AB8DB6A5805BE96AB7"><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="ID185A1A0B52F54CC39079BAD61A4A6F59" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</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 Act of 1974" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55173FE1D8E44365BB672D99050429E2" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF4C70358CE834A44809B929DB73C32C8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>224.</enum><header>Notifications
regarding affirmative determinations and safeguards</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4561179767464F21828FB1F404274BC5"><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 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="id6FB70202FAA245278189E4C8BA14BA89"><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="id44DB978D03624322B156DF20A3C6C9C5"><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="ID57FE8A0A4A21494598D8B09F87FC70CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification
regarding bilateral safeguards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The International Trade 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="ID34E8A3F91CDF4E27B467B344E0BE1E4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 421 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2451">19 U.S.C.
2451</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA044544A8BC749E5B0FB5D4EB7D894EA"><enum>(2)</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 note">19 U.S.C. 3805 note</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID290E82C49C7A4D8987186CE0653FCDD0"><enum>(3)</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 note">19 U.S.C. 3805 note</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC795FBB295F047C398EB90790D5F6170"><enum>(4)</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 note">19 U.S.C. 3805 note</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID92CD5474BFE849D3A5AFF9351D71B6C8"><enum>(5)</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 note">19 U.S.C. 3805 note</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID405AD34FF876463F884A9619CB098D62"><enum>(6)</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(b)">19 U.S.C. 3352(b)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID06C43C245209488195EA430799008925"><enum>(7)</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" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06227F387F8F4ECE9C65B60C7C60D464"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312 of the Dominican
Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
(19 U.S.C. 4062).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF879907417B44BB3B146DC38FF138B3F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Section 312 of
the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C.
3805 note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90FC652CE34E464ABA13F25AF4B987FB"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Section 312 of
the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805
note).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID24EA092BF1E24260AE615A9B3C958CD5"><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" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0D43F665553B44E7B883BA7BDCD26E1B"><enum>(1)</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 note">19 U.S.C. 3805 note</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA5DC2EBE50EB4E1AB86E319F4BAF210E"><enum>(2)</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 note">19 U.S.C. 3805 note</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8B5F460D77DE46CC98D6783D2F6A3BFB"><enum>(3)</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 note">19 U.S.C. 3805 note</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID34F2F450EDA44D0BA0ABD5C437C44E52"><enum>(4)</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="ID40D9DA75C586425AAEB7642333A5DDDA"><enum>(5)</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 note">19 U.S.C. 2112 note</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCA3274926A7240699B0DEE25211ABE32"><enum>(6)</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 note">19 U.S.C. 2112 note</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD95394EA6EA45CE93538AC24F38520E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 202 of
the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 4032).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4D49FAA82EE242258F88E50B8AD9B92A"><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="IDED9F8202224A462D992D57DE9D195297"><enum>(1)</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 note">19 U.S.C. 3805 note</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA177FC72F1A4444C803ECE8AB2B9399E"><enum>(2)</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 note">19 U.S.C. 3805 note</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID049B57601BC44E7C8881CA7C07B9DE4E"><enum>(3)</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 note">19 U.S.C. 3805 note</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDED2BDDC94CCC4E2E879ECE8B009F643F"><enum>(4)</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 note">19 U.S.C. 3805 note</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3454EFC3772B42A2921DDE41FCEE75E5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of the Dominican
Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
(19 U.S.C. 4082).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E02FA363105485E9874D8E71503333D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of the United States-Bahrain
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805 note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FA442B900684B0B8F9FA97A8B498F02"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of the United States-Oman Free
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805 note).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4C24D263C85A4D03AE948E80CEDB358A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Antidumping and
countervailing duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever the International Trade 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>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1671d">19 U.S.C.
1671d</external-xref> 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="ID2D45F09B365B4484B6439FD716274F5A"><enum>203.</enum><header>Industry-Wide
determination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 223 of
the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2273">19 U.S.C. 2273</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC837976023614A408A99DA502A38A025" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA4E08532C08143689980B5510E490B46"><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 a determination and issue a 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="ID411DB5916E5448B7A923E14EF35D1532"><enum>204.</enum><header>Coordination
with other trade provisions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID13F7AFE218C1496D8E02B091F0512407"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Industry-Wide
certification based on global safeguards</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7CC4A5926CBF4AB091369BBE5809E81A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recommendations
by itc</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEC7CF207E51C4109983B977B4BF6D049"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="TA74/202(e)(2)(D)">Section 202(e)(2)(D)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2252(e)(2)(D)">19 U.S.C.
2252(e)(2)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, including the
provision of trade adjustment assistance under chapter 2</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5EEA94CF5D1249DDAE9F114B71428117"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="TA74/203(a)(3)(D)">Section 203(a)(3)(D)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2253(a)(3)(D)">19 U.S.C.
2253(a)(3)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, including the
provision of trade adjustment assistance under chapter 2</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID50CE8074B2664DB1A135DDEB3102E698"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance for
workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="TA74/203(a)(1)(A)">Section
203(a)(1)(A)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of
1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2253(a)(1)(A)">19 U.S.C. 2253(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>)
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DEFEBB7BB6C4BB3B1B0BDB8947AA621" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID33A74291785E46CB94CC5E7BDFD63091"><enum>(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="ID1BAE0CDC6226466F826E6A4B8921E2B5"><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="id654A904AA4F64020AC10C62A24DA81F1"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC40A4DC845A24476844E248010978E09"><enum>(I)</enum><text>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>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9339f7fb355c463d8e8a74f3608f84c7" indent="up1"><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>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA7683326594C43F28E82955241417340"><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="IDB9E7BC1646374795A773AAF4D7651B27"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter A of
chapter 1 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</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 224
the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE0074A0569C74A3B9C86869E9EF37550" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1F5225E2C43241099814EA40D5559869" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>224A.</enum><header>Industry-Wide
certification where bilateral safeguard provisions invoked or antidumping or
countervailing duties imposed</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0D70B320D5AF4213975070A814C74DE4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD807AD9F3DB641FE8B3F00C605B6CD2F"><enum>(1)</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>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8AE3DA7625304A11ABE154E0B3F2FA8F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the
term <term>applicable date</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID77E5E161CAB048E5B4FBD4A3B1F6185D"><enum>(A)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID93FBEB17B2104CCE96A9C4C31282806E"><enum>(B)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID781B950786C74BC2B6F09428545777A5"><enum>(C)</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>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD036E492656B42CF9CA19DFDBE682172"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualifying
requirements for workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
provisions of subchapter B shall apply in the case of a worker covered by a
certification under this section or section 223(e), except as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6D251C1B6BD04BB481B4FF1A94D05097"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 231(a)(5)(A)(ii) shall be
applied—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3C1BF8EDC6EA43E3883B361656AAD518"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by substituting <quote>30th week</quote>
for <quote>26th week</quote> in subclause (I); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB55367A6D7A14748889848FE304070BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by substituting <quote>26th week</quote>
for <quote>20th week</quote> in subclause (II).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1849B470A9B2494F961D4884D3DA97A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of section 236(a)(1) (A) and
(B) shall not
apply.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID02F9A708D5324F319AC6C02D805D7D4A"><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</external-xref> et seq.) 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="IDC55915F48EAF462C8065024AA9768796" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFB9DCFFBBDD146A8A47F3A0DE2E5F634" 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="ID501382757B714ACFB43A403EAE664D02"><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="ID2393D46DCA444907AE5E4998A89BE337"><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="ID1E98F8E093714946986F37351A8723C4"><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="IDC66C0079D56C4B67B92B00581A49EAF4"><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="IDDA4F5BE317AC45C3A985D2BC0198B164"><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="ID6F5C9E6C45A24DEFBA3A5E3171B98B90"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of
1974</act-name> is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9ECD916EB6A548359DDDD65951C1D3F9"><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="IDFB3A6EF83A5D4590BDEF700AF39D85C9" 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="ID9A9B9BFA62B2408283FCCCBF6B5E081E"><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="ID495E13409AA4413B83AE997198E289CE" 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>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID46847314EB014FDCBE89435A234CC7A0" indent="up1"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2650B1DECE684DD48AE38D50BD75DA4E"><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="IDE8C085708FEE4E96BDCDAD8240C80C47" 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="ID896A7C783160477ABFA1D216A09F2CAC"><enum>205.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury, the
Secretaries of Agriculture and 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><enum>III</enum><header>Other Trade
Adjustment Assistance Matters</header>
<subtitle id="IDA817B65DC9794BA2ADCE8D40F6D787E2"><enum>A</enum><header>Trade Adjustment
Assistance</header>
<section id="ID1EEFD15326DF4BABA970DB296F2955D9"><enum>301.</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> (19 U.S.C. 2293) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" id="IDC4520C2E2DAB4A358BF0B014279EA829">
<subsection id="IDE76681C59F7D46AF8FC4FF565A87066B"><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="ID5D0440BABF644109AE674363DA9B2FCF"><enum>302.</enum><header>Establishment
of Trade Adjustment Assistance Advisor</header>
<subsection id="IDF07658A9D6BB4C2FB5D9CF1A98DC5A57"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter A 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 221, the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" id="ID9D2B963F0F2C406989F17785A771BBD9">
<section id="ID61D452C11A6247A4AA9E4359E4BB941B"><enum>221A.</enum><header>Establishment
of Trade Adjustment Assistance Advisor</header>
<subsection id="ID0A7689A728F5453CA6FE7AA38851266D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established in the Department of Labor an office
to be known as the <quote>Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance Advisor</quote>
(in this section referred to as the <quote>Office</quote>). The Office shall be
headed by a Director, who shall be responsible for providing assistance and
advice to any person or entity described in section 221(a)(1) desiring to file
a petition for certification of eligibility under section 221.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID19B575346EDD46A28719A9CDE5E34BFE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>The Director shall coordinate with each agency
responsible for providing adjustment assistance under this chapter or chapter 6
(including the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance established under section
255A) and shall provide technical and legal assistance and advice to enable
persons or entities described in section 221(a)(1) to prepare and file
petitions for certification under section
221.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3AF08AFCB71B4F8CA98AF36F6B3266AB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for title II of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 221, the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" id="ID4E81598B43A8485E9FA88F9A403E835A" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 221A. Establishment of Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Advisor.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0BD2DEDE707B49938AEDCA5363044B32" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDED0C2E53BD04CB9962B1F2356828E43"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 3 of title II
of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2341">19 U.S.C.
2341</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 255 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9A86F8A51EBE43AD9DCE362927067A81" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID954705F511B443EBB284353274341972" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>255A.</enum><header>Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID43140247DD4E441F9806F4848ACBFF8D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act of 2007, there
shall be established in the International Trade Administration of the
Department of Commerce an Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance (in this
section referred to as the <quote>Office</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC73C0CDA26E44B1280F948480C747B84"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC8699FDC8A994436BCAEF6E0949AA3CD"><enum>(c)</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></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID05D91C2B4ED742F986F92B96FF59CD60"><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:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID201059605C5144AD929C694203FA38CA" 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><section id="ID0E1AFE891C054B3592065D70FF53799B"><enum>304.</enum><header>Certification
of submissions</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), as amended by section 203, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" id="ID604EE70411FB4FAA8EBFBF74A6D01FAF">
<subsection id="ID4DA9B5A755A84D86B8D1CD74AF5703E1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Certification
of submissions</header><text>If an employer submits a petition on behalf of a
group of workers pursuant to section 221(a)(1) or if the Secretary requests
evidence or information from an employer in order to make a determination under
this section, the accuracy and completeness of any evidence or information
submitted by the employer shall be certified by the employer’s legal counsel or
by an officer of the
employer.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID3B59689C38BC4F6E8B59D2F072B733CB"><enum>305.</enum><header>Wage
insurance</header>
<subsection id="ID1142F38C33424E54AE388503681072A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</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 act-name="Trade Act of 1974" id="ID0377D4011EE44A9DB862AA1B8915B9C9">
<paragraph id="ID3BD25C1B6B4B4B76A29E6C395CDDEDB1"><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="ID0CBFD58035554F9CBC238156BBC0443E"><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="ID0842B27E70BE4A3097494D50458B3DA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is at least 40
years of age;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID01821BAA566E4662B10C384D88A18CD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>earns not more
than $50,000 a year in wages from reemployment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID56142EA1CA7D4898BF12AF1E98CDE493"><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="IDADBE6450356B4E46AB2F4A9C72C74F87"><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="IDE48ECAA96AF84C95A262A6507F257713"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="ID00E02399541F46069D1CB8D074AF8B08"><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> (19 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2)) are amended by striking <quote>paragraph
(3)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> each place it
appears.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3C14B4DC380C431799432983F6EC80EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 246(b)(2)
of such Act is amended by striking <quote>subsection (a)(3)(B)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subsection (a)(3)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id52C8B5AFE66047B583F4D63A44FC1959"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Section
246(b)(1) of such Act is amended by striking <quote>5 years</quote> and
inserting <quote>10 years</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID1C63468A9F564F0F86C59B4675E7F4E7"><enum>306.</enum><header>Training</header>
<subsection id="IDB1F7486315B74EC8B17154166B53DDF0"><enum>(a)</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="ID40C48063D7854995AE7D6975E9E20CC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subclause (I),
by striking <quote>16th week</quote> and inserting <quote>26th week</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID32FAE095FAE4407EA5E06C5C883A4730"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause
(II), by striking <quote>8th week</quote> and inserting <quote>20th
week</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC010C7BE3F8F4EE89BF252DC6D4F8AED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of
allowance to accommodate training</header><text>Section 233 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 2293),
as amended by section 301, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" id="IDA474C37D8CD54294844FA0FD572679AC">
<subsection id="ID0BEAC44D1F394CA7820E4C68086791C6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Extension of
allowance</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a
trade readjustment allowance may be paid to a worker for a number of additional
weeks equal to the number of weeks the worker’s enrollment in training was
delayed beyond the deadline applicable under section 231(a)(5)(A)(ii) pursuant
to a waiver granted under section
231(c)(1)(E).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idC8C1B0963A9646138F76061EA387DA40"><enum>(c)</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="id2AD6EF059236469784252484D2C9CD1E"><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="id3878148007024D70BD5316E507028887"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF52DEDED737A4AF9AAE45F0DA7A32B9F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idA6C9932B0CFB40BC91D08AAC4297C1ED"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idDB79C1E7ED4A4D4CAC6DB326A3FE9242"><enum>(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><subparagraph id="IDa15621f66dc943bb8c72c3b5a426eaf5" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Not later than 6 months after the date
of enactment of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act of 2007, 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="IDbaecb1ccfb9146cf98c329c6e36bffa6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of workers enrolled in
trade adjustment assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDae8a17518c9a488fb438bb7a9487aa20"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the duration of the
assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9b3841f784ba476a83b93ef7cbb05e32"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the anticipated training costs
for workers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID03a3135f8d4840ad9b5ddac4a9695da1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other factors the Secretary
deems appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID09fc84010a9c4cd4acf9d67f9868a7d7" 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 id="id38B7E85CDFDA4DCC913DABF2210A88FF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Approved
training programs</header>
<paragraph id="id5EFD0FE5C9C1432FA1C15AE0442D76EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 236(a)(5) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2296(a)(5)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC073CB78F45A4445BFE85D20444D44C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (E);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id121E0235E9344E7590610E515CAC1C24"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (H); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF2079FBECA4344B094E759E4523BD67C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (E) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF98913BD45E54EC3B48862DBF5D5DDBA" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idF764983ACBBE4927BA5B210EB1F08958"><enum>(F)</enum><text>integrated
workforce training;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5B750CA315934EC6A2F668962429B49E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>entrepreneurial
training;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF14CB6BE1BBF4FD19B88F8CD968703F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section
247 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2319), as amended by 102(c), is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12D5953AAA564F02BB5B69A9DFA49A9D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idD4A97F32A1994C95AA3B423D3CF7384C"><enum>(19)</enum><text>The term
<term>integrated workforce training</term> means training that integrates
occupational skills training with English language
acquisition.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id687311EC98CD43F78908DBFDC52DD553"><enum>307.</enum><header>Funding for
administrative costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
241 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2313) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2350EC69E718490391412192BC9566DC" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id896699B490604EFF9910F7360CAD898D"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Funds provided by
the Secretary to a State to cover administrative costs associated with the
performance of a State's responsibilities under section 239 shall be sufficient
to cover all costs of the State associated with operating the trade adjustment
assistance program, including case worker
costs.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id2EE4BF55C33A4374B424DCE9C958ABCF"><enum>308.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="id315F1E2D890E415BAA394387978BD15E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 245(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2317(a)) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting
<quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id44116EB85A244AF88BFEA89D9B24D7CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Firms</header><text>Section
256(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2346(b)) is amended by inserting
<quote>and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012,</quote>
after <quote>fiscal years 2003 through 2007,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id68C23D7E5B7242B182766B85D0B98256"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Section
285 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended by striking
<quote>2007</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB61BBB43E9AE4A9AAD85CAFBA800B5C7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Farmers</header><text>Section
298(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2401g(a)) is amended by striking
<quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="IDD339C88C37114998BF84656EA5983AF5"><enum>B</enum><header>Data
collection</header>
<section id="ID238203CA4B7642D79076BD2693F833A1"><enum>311.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>Trade Adjustment
Assistance Accountability Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID82AA2831117143F79FE74CCE132612CD"><enum>312.</enum><header>Data
collection; information to workers</header>
<subsection id="IDB8B1CC5D6F384A20986D2542C3F474AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Data
collection</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 Act of 1974" id="IDBDD69FF00D104BF0911C6CD6B380F592">
<section id="ID368522EC02E047F6BC3E857BECC4ECCD"><enum>250.</enum><header>Data
collection; report</header>
<subsection id="ID686885639A3448F18B3B98461E062AC5"><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. The Secretary shall collect and publish, on an
annual basis, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID64F9487C9015452294CFCBBB0B17AB52"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The number of
workers certified and the number of workers actually participating in the trade
adjustment assistance program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE18D283DB97C415F9B660B4D929B1785"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The time for
processing petitions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1BEC04CA965C47649852AAE114CE2632"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The number of
training waivers granted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6BA616CBCA974CB38041036FA1F6DA5C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The number of
workers receiving benefits and the type of benefits being received.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1ACB5A1E44C24A42870453B743EF2F3F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The number of
workers enrolled in, and the duration of, training by major types of
training.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC86186532A044E7DAB485F3012E4264D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Earnings history
of workers that reflects wages before separation and wages in any job obtained
after receiving benefits under this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5DC8BD9027A246E1ACB068F4922F853E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Reemployment
rates and sectors in which dislocated workers have been employed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCF11E5E1D1B44CA6997FD7C6448862E9"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The cause of
dislocation identified in each petition that resulted in a certification under
this chapter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE64FB94BC8DF4606BDBA09344D64FE8E"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The number of
petitions filed and workers certified in each congressional district of the
United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC8D2C2A51C374CEEA2A3346B7EFEB51E"><enum>(b)</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="ID98CB5C3494B74605963283450744284A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State
participation</header><text>Participation by each State in the collection of
data required under subsection (a) 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="ID964A0B904BDD4EB8AE4530694480235E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Monitoring</header><text>Monitoring
by each State of internal control measures with respect to program measurement
data collected by each State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID440EBD605A294843BEE4C95D127318AA"><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 commented="no" id="ID84838591FFF64DA6BF4A0A49B0667850"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="IDF95EAE17602645A4BDF5143E5BC2FA4C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, 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 make available to each State and to the public a report
that includes the information collected under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDD33E925851A64E9CB9E0BEFE794D0298"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="ID38608BA6E8854A52ADA0AD18B0CD1EDF"><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="IDB82606605CC7486590070648C9927A91"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Trade
monitoring system</header><text>Section 282 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 2393) 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="ID9EE6389953074CA7853C667270F1C20E"><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 Act of 1974" id="ID2F07AD54996E4D6FA333F68CADDCF1C9" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 250. Data collection;
report.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9652BA363F274E63B059CF8100616FAD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDBD7F71CA9A634C2482C88E67637791F7"><enum>313.</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> (19 U.S.C. 2273(c))
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" id="ID23BA0A2849BD4E1E86BB86866DC0C67B">
<subsection id="IDA96CDB3D16074C5480D5D729739E4D9D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication of
determinations</header><text>Upon reaching a determination on a petition, the
Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDE7C0B65CDBAA43A1BB5AB8F36DC8285C"><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="ID0305E44FBAA7428AB376A614BF0BA155"><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></subtitle><subtitle id="ID0BC20DC930E64E1BA4340C77DBE6D84C"><enum>C</enum><header>Trade Adjustment
Assistance for farmers</header>
<section id="ID33B2143C9C9845B1949A4CD11AD84591"><enum>321.</enum><header>Clarification
of marketing year and other provisions</header>
<subsection id="ID404F35BC4E314578BDF25925188093B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 291(5) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 2401(5)) 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="ID74D3DB9A94144209B7861C11BB100D41"><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 id="ID0E13A54F8EB540A4A98E393BA2F4C4AE"><enum>322.</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<subsection id="ID6984522319E84AA9ACAF9809A5328C2F"><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> (19 U.S.C. 2401a(c)(1)) is
amended by striking <quote>80 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>90
percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3F4274D48BE04040BB738791AE941C26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rule
for qualified subsequent years</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 292(d) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2401A(d)(2)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A11071C557444D69137AA495ADF04EE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id355C032B9E5B4942ACC8E3283A610B13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the agricultural commodity, or class
of goods within the agricultural commodity, produced by the group contributed
importantly to the decline in price determined under subsection (c)(1) without
regard to whether imports of such articles increased in any year subsequent to
the year the group was first
certified.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9F0CC3CF57B74954BF172C0380BCA75B"><enum>(c)</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> (19 U.S.C. 2401e(a)(1)(C)) 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></subtitle>