1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Trade and Globalization
Adjustment Assistance 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 workers
Subtitle A—Trade adjustment assistance for services sector;
shifts in production overseas
Sec. 101. Extension of trade adjustment assistance to services
sector; shifts in production.
Sec. 102. Monitoring and reporting.
Sec. 103. Effective date.
Subtitle B—Industry-wide trade adjustment
assistance
Sec. 111. Other methods of requesting
investigation.
Sec. 112. Notification.
Sec. 113. Industry-wide determination.
Sec. 114. Regulations.
Subtitle C—Training
Sec. 121. Prerequisite education; approved training
programs.
Sec. 122. Enrollment period; waivers.
Sec. 123. Temporary employment and on-the-job training
accountability.
Sec. 124. Training funds.
Subtitle D—Health coverage improvement
Sec. 131. Short title.
Sec. 132. Improvement of the affordability of the
credit.
Sec. 133. Payment for monthly premiums paid prior to
certification of eligibility for credit.
Sec. 134. TAA recipients not enrolled in training programs
eligible for credit.
Sec. 135. TAA pre-certification period rule for purposes of
determining whether there is a 63-day lapse in creditable coverage.
Sec. 136. Continued qualification of family members after
certain events.
Sec. 137. Preservation of State-based ratings laws.
Sec. 138. Alignment of COBRA coverage with TAA period for
TAA-eligible individuals.
Sec. 139. Addition of coverage through voluntary employees'
beneficiary associations.
Sec. 140. Notice requirements.
Sec. 141. Annual report on enhanced TAA benefits.
Sec. 142. Extension of national emergency grants.
Subtitle E—Wage insurance
Sec. 151. Wage insurance.
Subtitle F—Other trade adjustment assistance
matters
Sec. 161. Calculation of eligibility period for allowance to
accommodate extended training, allowable breaks in training, litigation, and
military service.
Sec. 162. Job search and relocation allowances.
Sec. 163. Certification of submissions;
transparency.
Sec. 164. Establishment of the Office of the Ombudsman for the
Trade Adjustment Assistance program.
Sec. 165. Data collection; information to workers.
Sec. 166. Pilot program for distribution of information to
workers.
Sec. 167. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 168. Extension of authorization of trade adjustment
assistance for workers.
TITLE II—Trade adjustment assistance for rural and distressed
communities
Sec. 201. Purpose.
Sec. 202. Trade Adjustment Assistance for
communities.
Sec. 203. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 204. Effective date.
TITLE III—Trade adjustment assistance for firms
Sec. 301. Trade adjustment assistance for firms.
Sec. 302. Extension of authorization of trade adjustment
assistance for firms.
TITLE IV—Trade adjustment assistance for farmers and
fishermen
Sec. 401. Clarification of marketing year.
Sec. 402. Application to fisherman.
Sec. 403. Eligibility.
Sec. 404. Benefits.
Sec. 405. Audits and reports.
Sec. 406. Extension of authorization of trade adjustment
assistance for farmers.
<enum>I</enum><header>Trade adjustment
assistance for workers</header>
<subtitle id="id92ADFC6D1C61479ABD9167A0E18479AD"><enum>A</enum><header>Trade adjustment
assistance for services sector; shifts in production overseas</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID23578B2DB6494048AD1AA33093D7A38C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Extension of trade
adjustment assistance to services sector; shifts in production</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>; and</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, testing, packaging, or maintenance or
transportation services</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
through <quote>Canada or Mexico</quote>; 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:</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 such customers 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><subsection id="HF43B341BEDF447AF8B94E28D00D8D9BA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional
information</header><text>In determining whether to certify a group of workers
under subsection (a) or (b) pursuant to a petition filed under section 221, the
Secretary should confirm information furnished in the petition and elicit other
relevant information by contacting—</text>
<paragraph id="idD07365BE980343B980380FD5D6B95D76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>officials of
firms and unions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5444B96882F7466BB6BD0790DCFA659D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>employees and any
other persons;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id61FF60A1483A49C1A632740BF7C17921"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Federal and State
agencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1D1908A191E446ED8171DD564CF34B4E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>public and
private
organizations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAB062DA7B6244808680B281EC4BAD5E"><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="ID2561FEF7D2334AE6972C5BDA573EC251" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</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 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB44BFE1974145058B1100700E317C68" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E171A5B9C774E37B993B7BC230BDA17"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Monitoring
Programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</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 90 days
after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Trade
and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007</short-title>, 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
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>103.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by
this subtitle shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="id6B54A79FCF204BE7AD66C80C1D3C3742"><enum>B</enum><header>Industry-wide
trade adjustment assistance</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID31CBBF5A6B094CDC89179820A89826A1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</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="IDE3FAE93FBB51439D9D28776930823CC8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72506526F8334AACB439294A178A46AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>or a
request or resolution filed under subsection (c),</quote> after
<quote>paragraph (1),</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF0444633D28E48AB8DB6A5805BE96AB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>,
request, or resolution</quote> after <quote>petition</quote> each place it
appears; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID94243D9EE83A4498B7FA9E54326CDC99"><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="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></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID185A1A0B52F54CC39079BAD61A4A6F59" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</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 this Act.</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 Area 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" 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 U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security
shall immediately notify the Secretary of Labor and, in the case of an
agricultural commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture, whenever the Commissioner
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 Area Implementation Act of 1985 (<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 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>
and 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>113.</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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD36FB4F10E9D4526A72B130C02A4C16F" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD27BA0C0837349C3B1AB6134343E3E3C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Determination
regarding industry-wide certification</header>
<paragraph id="H18E6C60578274A40923FDE717525CFF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>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 certifies 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—</text>
<subparagraph id="H11D99650043F4BE5BC82CEB84DDF8C25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make a
determination, under subsection (a), of the eligibility of all adversely
affected workers in that domestic industry or occupation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DD13FF43C144579A973BF4C4F517B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make a
determination, under subsection (a), of the eligibility of all adversely
affected workers in that domestic industry or occupation who are located in one
or more States or regions of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E502B2C333D4F8BA4C782172D1C40AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Upon
making a determination of the eligibility for adjustment assistance under this
chapter of a group of workers or all workers in an industry or occupation under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F241EBDA3AD40B7875026CB972D32AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notify each State
in which the workers are located of the determination; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46629CAB42F3438F832BD7B9FBFC0530"><enum>(B)</enum><text>promptly publish a
summary of the determination, together with a summary of the basis for the
determination, in the Federal Register and on the website of the Department of
Labor.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B95F67B73064214AE485FD0029C56EA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>114.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor may promulgate such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the amendments made by this
subtitle.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="id35C955C72CD3473EAD0DCEE0F962E7AB"><enum>C</enum><header>Training</header>
<section id="id2808ECFD7195401BB6D1F1D43D3C424A"><enum>121.</enum><header>Prerequisite
education; approved training programs</header>
<subsection id="idA049F0538C0F452D879B5C7D3564747E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 236(a)(5) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2296(a)(5)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id48A4973705F24465B87DCEA547AC079E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id69D0BAD65C2541A0AE61B804C74CBE27"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (D) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB405A5AD8FD4E9CBF55029C8D6AF3C2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id5C681B463625484387BD4AF521B641B3" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any program of prerequisite education
or coursework required to enroll in training that may be approved under this
section,</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5D1BF26619E94464BE8374B02247C9A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(F)(ii), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at
the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3BFB035CA27F4000B08B1EBDE429EA32"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end and
inserting <quote>, and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCE245CB9AD9D454294D73D39D9CF9F37"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id371E4A1089374331AB8CC3F9D143B9AB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id9840765245A44B84BC7B732DA527D35B" indent="up1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>any training program or coursework at
an accredited institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965) if there is a reasonable expectation of
reemployment upon completion of the training program or coursework, including a
training program or coursework for the purpose of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id0B4EC5BE90524230A01E236F1A96272B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>obtaining a degree or
certification; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id309E675D75434C9D8F38F0C5F7ECB4C9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>completing a degree or
certification that the worker had previously begun at an accredited institution
of higher
education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id116B5DD01EE14B749D9C0A68D4791757"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2293)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idCA4706DAC63543B1A8EEE40CC57B0962"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2), by inserting <quote>prerequisite education or</quote> after
<quote>requires a program of</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2CDC3BAEB17446498FEC8226020D68BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(g), by inserting <quote>prerequisite education or</quote> after
<quote>includes a program of</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idD3FCC01C19AA4B7D9D845E94C8A6DFB9"><enum>122.</enum><header>Enrollment
period; waivers</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="idAFE16B9BD3464FA996BAE985A573F8A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 231 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2291) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id30414096FB874C4FB95005E1387EAF0A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(5)(A)(ii)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id297F9F7316A648A5A6AD83CAF062EF3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (I),
by striking <quote>16th</quote> and inserting <quote>26th</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C13C43B8DDA419D8569AFB436D6470D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause
(II), by striking <quote>8th</quote> and inserting <quote>26th</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id770F31C04A824E0BA9A5F4FB7F166822"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF522EC647C2435293DD4BBD2E70C9F4" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id15BEA89DF68F4BD590D250CA13D1B1EF"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Advanced degree
or certification</header><text>The worker possesses a postgraduate degree from
an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965) and there is a reasonable expectation of
reemployment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id72D844D51A68483DB2F74AA487DDFF57"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Administrative
error</header><text>The worker did not enroll in training before the date
described in subsection (a)(5) as a result of an administrative error made by a
State.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id66214C11F57F45299C32EB2B89EA5A71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 233(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2293(b)) is amended by striking <quote>within 210 days after the date of the
worker's first certification</quote> and all that follows through the end
period and inserting <quote>in accordance with section
231(a)(5).</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idFAD3078FF32E475CB992A62162A5AC76"><enum>123.</enum><header>Temporary
employment and on-the-job training accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 236(d) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2296(d)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB13F34546B24BF78CFFEBC554C793E3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idE0F6701AA758495C86AFD69949953B0C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="idB0ECE26BBC764CF781C247A99F12AF12"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A worker may not be determined to be ineligible or
disqualified for unemployment insurance or benefits under this
subchapter—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDB61E998CE694584876D3B9A1BD2D29E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>because the
worker—</text>
<clause id="id92A2943E2F7247A49D692B1B752C473C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is in training
approved under subsection (a);</text>
</clause><clause id="idAC06A3686D234714A3BF6E2A9F775F10"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>left work that
was not suitable employment to enter such training;</text>
</clause><clause id="id79A10D3270D8465DBA1EEB8FC61092C0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>left work that
the worker engaged in on a temporary basis during a break in such training or a
delay in the commencement of such training;</text>
</clause><clause id="id77F769C2A7FD42DA8A1B58A3CA63D59B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>left or refused
on-the-job training that was not suitable on-the-job training; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idF81F374F3508452B991F8AE12DCDB178"><enum>(v)</enum><text>refused
on-the-job training to attend a classroom training course approved under
subsection (a); or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36104A40BE3945BD9FDF772F7EC1A59F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>because the
provisions of State law or Federal unemployment insurance law relating to
availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work apply
to a week of training approved under subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4007FF7DD6B549A2901B325F09056B9F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election of
trade readjustment allowance over unemployment insurance</header><text>A worker
may elect to receive benefits under this subchapter instead of receiving
unemployment insurance if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id4CBE34477DD34C0AB8F17C7A3F1887DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the worker leaves
work that the worker engaged in on a temporary basis during a break in
training, as described in paragraph (1)(A)(iii);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idBD2E54460F444DC583D0FCDDBEE83B10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the worker is
eligible for benefits under this subchapter for which the worker was eligible
before engaging in such work; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8E025901AF204983AEA0000C229C0B04"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the worker is
eligible for unemployment insurance based on leaving such work.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6247D2EB4255462485DE20D751AFF1BD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Suitable
on-the-job training</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term
<term>suitable on-the-job training</term> means on-the-job training—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1080980394264DA08DEDA0026EE7B561"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that can
reasonably be expected to lead to suitable employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA978578E740F4570A2458A91A8CAFBE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that is
compatible with the skills of the worker;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB0E64F0A865240608495E719D0F773EC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id4C05D165843B4FC89048FAD7C0B87427"><enum>(i)</enum><text>involves a
curriculum through which the worker learns the skills necessary for the job for
which the worker is being trained; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id895AC08CF7234BA3872FAC8A5B38B979"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>can be measured
by benchmarks that indicate that the worker is learning such skills; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id378E0717BAD341AEA0196F5CB365CC80"><enum>(D)</enum><text>that is certified
by the State as an on-the-job training program that meets the requirements of
subparagraph
(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idD611433BF9E14BD7A9B1720CD9C0CD11"><enum>124.</enum><header>Training
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 236(a)(2) of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id027A95866B4D444494C6D7548EE97D2E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id9566FE7C1C3643BD9F0F1919CF8BB62B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Total payments;
allocation of payments</header>
<subparagraph id="idC626A49769F24C179F75B84905A35B2D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Total payments
for fiscal year 2008 and succeeding fiscal years</header>
<clause id="id1650FC341E454D9881FECEE10613DB8C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2008</header><text>The total amount of payments that may be made under
paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2008 shall not exceed $440,000,000.</text>
</clause><clause id="id1B9224CD21B34F498A85B1F53C753E5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2009 and succeeding fiscal years</header><text>The following shall apply to
fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter:</text>
<subclause id="id77301960732C417FAB992F893A086331"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amount of the total payments that may be made for a
fiscal year shall be 110 percent of the total payments authorized to be made
for the preceding fiscal year, if during the preceding fiscal year the total
amount obligated or expended by States was equivalent to 90 percent or more of
the total payments authorized to be made for such preceding fiscal year.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id92EC1434C7994F649C5D0EE43706530A"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
amount of the total payments that may be made for a fiscal year shall be 100
percent of the total payments authorized to be made for the preceding fiscal
year, if during the preceding fiscal year the total amount obligated or
expended by States was equivalent to less than 90 percent of the total payments
authorized to be made for such preceding fiscal year.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1F9451DAD2C7409CA981057A9A6D6DA1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation of
total payments</header>
<clause commented="no" id="id1D28C43E51974805ABD5014B586330AF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Plan and
rulemaking</header>
<subclause commented="no" id="id943B2BEADF604C28B5FE6864CB736514"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of the <short-title>Trade and Globalization
Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a plan—</text>
<item commented="no" id="id2262E197FD5D4B3EAD542690280D4446"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for allocating and disbursing payments
among States in a manner that takes into account—</text>
<subitem commented="no" id="idD424CDA2D299462D8F3190709C739699"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">historic trends in the number of workers
covered by certifications under this chapter in each State, including the most
recent 6-month period for which data are available;</text>
</subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id2F15D79C66424FF9BBEF2855398F2E69"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>historic trends
in the number of workers enrolled in training under this section in each State,
including the most recent 6-month period for which data are available;</text>
</subitem><subitem commented="no" id="idEE35DA68FABB4363B8D5228B78707B66"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>the obligations
of States to make payments with respect to training under this section for
workers in the following fiscal year; and</text>
</subitem><subitem commented="no" id="idDC160D8453434B7A9E4A30519483FA69"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>the ability of
States to respond to unanticipated demands for training under this section;
and</text>
</subitem></item><item commented="no" id="id38962B03757E450FB603B777BF5267E0"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>for ensuring
that States collect and report accurate information on the trends, obligations,
and demands described in subclause (I).</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idED4E75B64C284D688AD748A1C92EAC23"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header>
<item commented="no" id="idE309B60E7EFA4355AB64D281C7CE8E54"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
prescribe regulations, pursuant to section 553 of title 5, United States Code,
to carry out the plan required by subclause (I).</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="id71D23D8B621B4828B327297F2ED4E985"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Timing of
rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall issue the notice of proposed rulemaking with respect to the regulations
required by item (aa) not earlier than the date that is 90 days after the date
on which the Secretary submits the plan under subclause (I).</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id97ABBB2DA6CC4916A3C8ED325CD146D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Distribution
of remaining funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, in any
fiscal year, the Secretary does not distribute all of the funds authorized for
payments under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall distribute the remaining
funds in a manner to be determined by the Secretary—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="idB2E34ED1E20547CBAC7EE32F651E0744"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to any State that requests the distribution
of such funds and has—</text>
<item commented="no" id="id3080D6B2E67D4AF0A135AB26940C422C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expended more than 50 percent of the funds
already distributed; or</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="id9271205DF28A4455AE8907BC3D357572"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obligated more than 75 percent of the funds
already distributed; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idE2955D40C65E496E85C79A5D781F8140"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to any State that the Secretary determines
needs additional funds.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idA3284E7DDB5040CE9E1E0C9A43CB797B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Allocation of
payments if costs estimated to exceed total payments</header><text>If, during a
fiscal year, the Secretary estimates that the amount of funds necessary to pay
the costs of training approved under this section will exceed the amount of
limitations imposed under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall decide how the
portion of such limitations that has not been expended at the time of such
estimate is to be apportioned among the States for the remainder of such fiscal
year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id14BE46329CDC449C8B0308C7E90F099E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of training
funds for caseworker services</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, a State may expend not more than 5 percent of the funds allocated to
the State in a fiscal year for the costs of training approved under this
section to provide services related to benefits under this chapter.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF8E1602C9086488AB3CF96BFF1A3E156"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of the <short-title>Trade and Globalization
Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007</short-title>, and every 90 days 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 a report on—</text>
<clause id="id839D19A8A29A42C085924185F6F798C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the allocation among States of funds for
training approved under section 236;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id38B86A8F8A11408E8B3F1CF06C0A37EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of
funds obligated or expended to provide training under subsection (a), including
obligations accrued for the following fiscal year, during the preceding quarter
and cumulatively during the fiscal year;</text>
</clause><clause id="idA12ED1B2B8E94DBD88009B55EFB99352"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the demand for such funds anticipated for
any remaining quarters in the fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id8A714D96CB644C21A326B0C0C7D57321"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the efforts of the Department of Labor to
ensure that each State receives funds sufficient to provide training approved
under section 236 to all eligible
workers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="idD7A884F6FA864C9996540B82EFB348C9"><enum>D</enum><header>Health coverage
improvement</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02C06440EF2F42E4BD7DF539A0D7DA8A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>131.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>TAA Health Coverage Improvement
Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC1C0F8B209604B15A1D4CB460C7AF922" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>132.</enum><header>Improvement of the
affordability of the credit</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8745EAC010984DF5AFE7F6FB3C261BFE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Improvement of
affordability</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8525D348876648E68754A3161878520F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 35(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to credit for health insurance costs of
eligible individuals) is amended by striking <quote>65</quote> and inserting
<quote>85</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6E1F69B12C984104B9451355D7A44CA3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7527(b) of
such Code (relating to advance payment of credit for health insurance costs of
eligible individuals) is amended by striking <quote>65</quote> and inserting
<quote>85</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID28C9F74752F949DA8C3EE9C00C1F3BAC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFEFD1F987F7A459A932918E82DA78072" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>133.</enum><header>Payment for monthly
premiums paid prior to certification of eligibility for credit</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA5136662139E48BA94B8E2F5D1F22159"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payment for
premiums due prior to certification of eligibility for the credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7527 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to advance payment of credit for health insurance costs of
eligible individuals) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDE3CDD29CF1D42A894A14D88E259C0C4" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFF5646F70F0C4CF6AA6972F99980476E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Payment for
premiums due prior to issuance of certificate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program established under subsection
(a) shall provide that the Secretary shall make 1 or more retroactive payments
on behalf of a certified individual in an aggregate amount equal to 85 percent
of the premiums for coverage of the taxpayer and qualifying family members
under qualified health insurance for eligible coverage months (as defined in
section 35(b)) occurring prior to the issuance of a qualified health insurance
costs credit eligibility
certificate.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1E8356A3760F446CA1935698190FDEE6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
this section shall apply to months beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act in taxable years ending after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID08F22C75DE654D5C840A5560E7C078EB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>134.</enum><header>TAA recipients not
enrolled in training programs eligible for credit</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C93346413AB4B888F6B6E35C6132690"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 35(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (defining eligible TAA recipient) is amended by inserting
<quote>or (a)(5)</quote> after <quote>subsection (a)(3)(B)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID30B626586FC54025992AB847938EDC20"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
this section shall apply to months beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act in taxable years ending after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF78B6014E17647F88815FFE1613086E6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>135.</enum><header>TAA
pre-certification period rule for purposes of determining whether there is a
63-day lapse in creditable coverage</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF0DCA77D43C94000820C23045A04427D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>IRC
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9801(c)(2)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to not counting periods before
significant breaks in creditable coverage) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1A79328EE35B4894AF65653CAEAED178" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID95A05A0D265340279615942A9793AE1D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>TAA-eligible
individuals</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBE08577FF93C40768F1B1D3467BB5CD1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>TAA
pre-certification period rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a TAA-eligible individual,
the period beginning on the date the individual has a TAA-related loss of
coverage and ending on the date which is 5 days after the date of the notice by
the Secretary (or by any person or entity designated by the Secretary) that the
individual is eligible for a qualified health insurance costs credit
eligibility certificate for purposes of section 7527 shall not be taken into
account in determining the continuous period under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCC5D53A2DF8645D4A2BDE4870D7BF9C6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>TAA-eligible
individual</term>, and <term>TAA-related loss of coverage</term> have the
meanings given such terms in section
4980B(f)(5)(C)(iv).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID60B2530E46F14368BD9EBC786E050A7E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>ERISA
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 701(c)(2)
of the <act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974</act-name> (29 U.S.C. 1181(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE022D7DEFEB4439D9E7A9C1201BBB524" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5C2CA90DA2204094A48B3F83867187F2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>TAA-eligible
individuals</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID11EF870639E24D6887F4700095B05B26"><enum>(i)</enum><header>TAA
pre-certification period rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a TAA-eligible individual,
the period beginning on the date the individual has a TAA-related loss of
coverage and ending on the date that is 5 days after the date of the notice by
the Secretary of the Treasury (or by any person or entity designated by the
Secretary of the Treasury) that the individual is eligible for a qualified
health insurance costs credit eligibility certificate for purposes of section
7527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not be taken into account in
determining the continuous period under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3229EE9EDFD8449EA77B7FA03B54EAE9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>TAA-eligible
individual</term>, and <term>TAA-related loss of coverage</term> have the
meanings given such terms in section
605(b)(4).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID56B112F5AEB0448F8C5C39BB1D774FF1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>PHSA
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2701(c)(2)
of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 300gg(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Public Health Service Act" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID823F0C02C0ED46E7A9D25AA174FE41C9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFD6A2153FA2743088DB986DDBBE54D6D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>TAA-eligible
individuals</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3C3EB86B3CE34756B6AEDDA3D597F9BE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>TAA
pre-certification period rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a TAA-eligible individual,
the period beginning on the date the individual has a TAA-related loss of
coverage and ending on the date that is 5 days after the date of the notice by
the Secretary of the Treasury (or by any person or entity designated by the
Secretary of the Treasury) that the individual is eligible for a qualified
health insurance costs credit eligibility certificate for purposes of section
7527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not be taken into account in
determining the continuous period under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE94419A666B84046AC2DD1F42F338D20"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>TAA-eligible
individual</term>, and <term>TAA-related loss of coverage</term> have the
meanings given such terms in section
2205(b)(4).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF261104368704599B785A8060824099E"><enum>(d)</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 such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID42B97C11B48649B895765E6F6F1761BC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>136.</enum><header>Continued
qualification of family members after certain events</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD63786A81A364B4F81A0B0E38D969230"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (g) of
section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating
paragraph (9) as paragraph (10) and inserting after paragraph (8) the following
new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5C6BF163F9934F01ACDEA0F1B15B8CAC" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID16E09FAE477F4056973A8F42BB9A465F"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Continued
qualification of family members after certain events</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFB0FA51AB01E4190A72F60EC9DBE60B7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible
individual becomes medicare eligible</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a month which would be an
eligible coverage month with respect to an eligible individual but for
subsection (f)(2)(A), such month shall be treated as an eligible coverage month
with respect to such eligible individual solely for purposes of determining the
amount of the credit under this section with respect to any qualifying family
member of such individual.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBE4788A0A1F4402AAF0599F5F06CC7F7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Divorce</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a month which would be an
eligible coverage month with respect to a former spouse of a taxpayer but for
the finalization of a divorce between the spouse and the taxpayer that occurs
during the period in which the taxpayer is an eligible individual, such month
shall be treated as an eligible coverage month with respect to such former
spouse.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA8D95F82E13947AAB02C85212970DB85"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Death</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a month which occurs after
the death of an eligible individual and which would be an eligible coverage
month with respect to such eligible individual if the individual had survived
and met any applicable eligibility requirements for the maximum permissible
period, such month shall be treated as an eligible coverage month with respect
to the spouse of such eligible
individual.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDA3AD413136A4270B24FA73FCE605FE1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 173(f) of
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(f)) is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE0A03404577442A2B7B7819505FD022A" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6F54A7A9A69242C585C785BAE10536A9"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Continued
qualification of family members after certain events</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID74555BFB7B4B41358822DBF7B0B55386"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible
individual becomes medicare eligible</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a month which would be an
eligible coverage month with respect to an eligible individual but for
paragraph (7)(B)(i), such month shall be treated as an eligible coverage month
with respect to such eligible individual solely for purposes of determining the
amount of the credit under this section with respect to any qualifying family
member of such individual.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2707498B9E424ACE982D0171D67F898F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Divorce</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a month which would be an
eligible coverage month with respect to a former spouse of a taxpayer but for
the finalization of a divorce between the spouse and the taxpayer that occurs
during the period in which the taxpayer is an eligible individual, such month
shall be treated as an eligible coverage month with respect to such former
spouse.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFD5E6239A3ED451A9788296D372AA3E6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Death</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a month which would be an
eligible coverage month with respect to an eligible individual but for the
death of such individual, such month shall be treated as an eligible coverage
month with respect to the spouse of such eligible
individual.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8222EDB4603C42C7A1FD1C230624135A"><enum>(c)</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 such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5E86003048494C5B9EB02F5251B36C55" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>137.</enum><header>Preservation of
State-based ratings laws</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F1FDDF7B78C4C56A6B9CDF87C4E2D01"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ratings
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A)
of section 35(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding
at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B146CA1367346C6AF00554470C57C11" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DF49E80AD77406783EF007D3E677BD2"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Risk
rating</header><text>If risk rating is used to determine premiums for insurance
provided under any subparagraph of paragraph (1) to which this subparagraph
applies, the issuer of the insurance meets, with respect to such insurance, any
requirements with respect to risk rating which are applicable under the laws of
the State in which the insurance is issued to health insurance coverage
provided to employees by an employer who normally employs between 2 and 50
employees on a typical business
day.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDB32E14051E04191A41C33B865E305D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
173(f)(2)(B)(i) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2918(f)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subclause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F6827C0910B43C2AC31975D5AA271D0" style="OLC">
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id178A778D3EC1463A9048067A855D7FBF"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Risk
rating</header><text>If risk rating is used to determine premiums for insurance
provided under any clause of subparagraph (A) to which this clause applies, the
issuer of the insurance meets, with respect to such insurance, any requirements
with respect to risk rating which are applicable under the laws of the State in
which the insurance is issued to health insurance coverage provided to
employees by an employer who normally employs between 2 and 50 employees on a
typical business
day.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID18575B0A869C45B692ED83ADED66391A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>138.</enum><header>Alignment of COBRA
coverage with TAA period for TAA-eligible individuals</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID03F8F92252DD443AA4429FC1AC880137"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Internal
Revenue Code of 1986</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
4980B(f)(5)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7315C30A8E3340CFBA91146D5983EDF5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subparagraph heading, by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">and
coverage</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">election</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEEE820F15A0444E1AFFFD5579EFD473B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAAA736F2CFC84977BC8950F4E6A56F8C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the clause heading, by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">and
period</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">Commencement</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6E75D0A7067144C0AC2E8D6D73B8624A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new
sentence: <quote>In no event shall the maximum period required under paragraph
(2)(B)(i) with respect to such continuation coverage be less than the period
during which the individual is a TAA-eligible individual.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC52E58C4123B41548106037BA278436B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>ERISA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 605(b) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974</act-name> (29 U.S.C. 1165(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID96BBD2BCE6A84F69BA8E80C022F75332"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and
Coverage</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Election</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE72C5D40F64D4BD09F1D0B53A9459034"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID75F0E81CB03B4679BE964E2FFFC47FDD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and
period</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Commencement</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0253963D64D421D9B95EF3DC6A2D1C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new
sentence: <quote>In no event shall the maximum period required under section
602(2)(A) with respect to such continuation coverage be less than the period
during which the individual is a TAA-eligible individual.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID15C1AD1ECC44423A9C7154019E6B229A"><enum>(c)</enum><header><act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2205(b) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
300bb–5(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID98DECB8BCDE349FFA5032FD3EE7BE82A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and
Coverage</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Election</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID34F986437B7A40A981BD419C03D0CC72"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB516C1E2CCF14A0BBB91744ACE93AB50"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and
period</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Commencement</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B4BFCBC8B91422E8826E254F41DC200"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new
sentence: <quote>In no event shall the maximum period required under section
2202(2)(A) with respect to such continuation coverage be less than the period
during which the individual is a TAA-eligible individual.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7398BE96D53C4AC7AA966AD9FF921A25"><enum>139.</enum><header>Addition of
coverage through voluntary employees' beneficiary associations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id634DBD936FAE488394072E56CEC828A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of
section 35(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E6911573C2E4219892C444530D6A5CF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA274BB68C224FBBA76FC20D5B8B8038"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Coverage under an
employee benefit plan funded by a voluntary employees' beneficiary association
(as defined in section 501(c)(9)) established pursuant to an order of a
bankruptcy court, or by agreement with an authorized representative, as
provided in section 1114 of title 11, United States
Code.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28E0C6FEDC4549B3AF86786A894C9F50"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
173(f)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(f)(2)(A))
is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB71A90AFA65D48EFBBF1DE9A05F1AB9E" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0A475D7351F43EEA3D9B931ACD109A0"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>Coverage under
an employee benefit plan funded by a voluntary employees' beneficiary
association (as defined in section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986) established pursuant to an order of a bankruptcy court, or by agreement
with an authorized representative, as provided in section 1114 of title 11,
United States
Code.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEC2539B1B0E24E0AB0F93B6FA9DA4275" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>140.</enum><header>Notice
requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7527 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to advance payment of credit for
health insurance costs of eligible individuals), as amended by this Act, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFCDED83428E74D8691CBCBF8A49F1C74" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5530D67478664C99A6AEFAC52044A4F9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Inclusion of
certain information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
notice by the Secretary (or by any person or entity designated by the
Secretary) that an individual is eligible for a qualified health insurance
costs credit eligibility certificate shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID155D2A268A9A4455AA47DFDB5C15F941"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the name, address, and telephone number of
the State office or offices responsible for determining that the individual is
eligible for such certificate and for providing the individual with assistance
with enrollment in qualified health insurance (as defined in section
35(e)),</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID664267D1564743E2B6595EB133EC6D9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of the coverage options that are
treated as qualified health insurance (as so defined) by the State in which the
individual resides, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF0608551CA934A59BBED225BC0D6C7FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a TAA-eligible individual
(as defined in section 4980B(f)(5)(C)(iv)(II)), a statement informing the
individual that the individual has 63 days from the date that is 5 days after
the date of such notice to enroll in such insurance without a lapse in
creditable coverage (as defined in section
9801(c)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEF4CE4AE4CFF462FB300D379212AF1F1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>141.</enum><header>Annual report on
enhanced TAA benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not
later than October 1 of each year (beginning in 2007) the Secretary of the
Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall report to the
Committee on Finance and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on
Education and Labor of the House of Representatives the following information
with respect to the most recent taxable year ending before such date:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA27B7A1E8A55472884AD14AA53898FFD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total number of participants utilizing
the health insurance tax credit under section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, including a measurement of such participants identified—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEA495722AEFC4C478EC71CCF3F1ABFEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by State, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE7D94D4A0153464692D1AB9142E72370"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by coverage under COBRA continuation
provisions (as defined in section 9832(d)(1) of such Code) and by non-COBRA
coverage (further identified by group and individual market).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID056D5ABA37CF41F68885EEFA8951C0F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The range of monthly health insurance
premiums offered and the average and median monthly health insurance premiums
offered to TAA-eligible individuals (as defined in section
4980B(f)(5)(C)(iv)(II) of such Code) under COBRA continuation provisions (as
defined in section 9832(d)(1) of such Code), State-based continuation coverage
provided under a State law that requires such coverage, and each category of
coverage described in section 35(e)(1) of such Code, identified by State and by
the actuarial value of such coverage and the specific benefits provided and
cost-sharing imposed under such coverage.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD5A3510896EE43A9B574A1116F7941CB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of States applying for and
receiving national emergency grants under section 173(f) of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(f)) and the time necessary for
application approval of such grants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA6A995DEA26344809FCCA8741C30A037"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cost of administering the health credit
program under section 35 of such Code, by function, including the cost of
subcontractors.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4DE435A2300747D7820E01A19EE9630C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>142.</enum><header>Extension of
national emergency grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6F9C04E6D7AC4C69B336B11C24F0D1FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 173(f) of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(f)), as amended by this Act,
is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB557CD290F804671B78091F1512AB0AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5345B6A6C9EE40B7BBB3C7C5D15F8D00" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCAFE3D19F30441F982BACD456F25DA1C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0D760B4D8CAF4C50AD3FB2BCD04CCFBA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Health
insurance coverage for eligible individuals in order to obtain qualified health
insurance that has guaranteed issue and other consumer
protections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made
available to a State or entity under paragraph (4)(A) of subsection (a) shall
be used to provide an eligible individual described in paragraph (4)(C) and
such individual’s qualifying family members with health insurance coverage for
the 3-month period that immediately precedes the first eligible coverage month
(as defined in section 35(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) in which
such eligible individual and such individual’s qualifying family members are
covered by qualified health insurance that meets the requirements described in
clauses (i) through (v) of section 35(e)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (or such longer minimum period as is necessary in order for such eligible
individual and such individual’s qualifying family members to be covered by
qualified health insurance that meets such requirements).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC974E22605664157B3D45F77A6140EA7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available to
a State or entity under paragraph (4)(A) of subsection (a) may be used by the
State or entity for the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8360041BC84241DB82240D5A78B0C145"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Health
insurance coverage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To assist
an eligible individual and such individual’s qualifying family members with
enrolling in health insurance coverage and qualified health insurance or paying
premiums for such coverage or insurance.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC6F6C39D491848F69AC2E621470ECFC8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Administrative
expenses and start-up expenses to establish group health plan coverage options
for qualified health insurance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To pay the administrative expenses related
to the enrollment of eligible individuals and such individuals’ qualifying
family members in health insurance coverage and qualified health insurance,
including—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7806453A2887498986502935E8E130D7"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eligibility verification activities;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID085F6D248C0042468CB7816D4029D2C2"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the notification of eligible individuals of
available health insurance and qualified health insurance options;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID250CC8CA5E2A443BB56072720A599149"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">processing qualified health insurance costs
credit eligibility certificates provided for under section 7527 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID814D9687213E46DB9B8FF2C290D6648B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing assistance to eligible
individuals in enrolling in health insurance coverage and qualified health
insurance;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4E656C958D1C45199EDDF64C092E5B91"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development or installation of
necessary data management systems; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7A17F59CC03145CF9E9DD46ECA80607E"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other expenses determined appropriate
by the Secretary, including start-up costs and on going administrative
expenses, in order for the State to treat the coverage described in
subparagraphs (C) through (H) of section 35(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 as qualified health insurance under that section.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA5B1A81908E0469B979BF8ADEA619A79"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To pay for outreach to eligible individuals
to inform such individuals of available health insurance and qualified health
insurance options, including outreach consisting of notice to eligible
individuals of such options made available after the date of enactment of this
clause and direct assistance to help potentially eligible individuals and such
individual’s qualifying family members qualify and remain eligible for the
credit established under section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and
advance payment of such credit under section 7527 of such Code.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD62F1CE8AEAD4515939AA014C2DF1C98"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Bridge
funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To assist potentially
eligible individuals purchase qualified health insurance coverage prior to
issuance of a qualified health insurance costs credit eligibility certificate
under section 7527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and commencement of
advance payment, and receipt of expedited payment, under subsections (a) and
(e), respectively, of that section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD08129EBE7424DDDB524C81CFFB6AF81"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The inclusion of
a permitted use under this paragraph shall not be construed as prohibiting a
similar use of funds permitted under subsection
(g).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC53E06BB638C480B95C8B91D91778A82"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID09B98E8906E34A8E8DD33EBE1ED976F4" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8A3D7686F35B4D0DB79B08188602CABD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified
health insurance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes
of this subsection and subsection (g), the term <term>qualified health
insurance</term> has the meaning given that term in section 35(e) of the
Internal Revenue Code of
1986.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID273BAEBD54964B7CA0DD5D5505094619"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 174(c)(1) of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2919(c)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID93F64D43D306486E9EB6518C62D81C26"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Authorization and
appropriation for fiscal year 2002</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Appropriations</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCE906D9866BA49F8A639220E94A309DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting
the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC47F02283F20414DABB13E46BDEA7A87" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID103F5EA2F2334AC982F8C43BBDA92CCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to carry out subsection (a)(4)(A) of
section 173—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7FC176D373B04401BC465551F23C5EA6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE75B2C42F95B4841A4EE8C09F4199A7A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$300,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
2008 through 2010;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA95B72F28F7F40728F6E45015D610AAF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report
regarding failure To comply with requirements for expedited approval
procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 173(f) of
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(f)), as amended by section
6, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0FFB7D96DF6E4DCBBFB0B026465D0F11" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4BD30270D8154E2F898DE9C8CDB9171C"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Report for
failure to comply with requirements for expedited approval
procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary
fails to make the notification required under clause (i) of paragraph (3)(A)
within the 15-day period required under that clause, or fails to provide the
technical assistance required under clause (ii) of such paragraph within a
timely manner so that a State or entity may submit an approved application
within 2 months of the date on which the State or entity’s previous application
was disapproved, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress explaining
such
failure.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC9096763B5CC443EA168E8DA945EEDBB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective as if
included in the enactment of the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–210; 116
Stat. 933), subsection (f) of section 203 of that Act is repealed.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idDF62083F8A48448B9DEC9800F8CDC64E"><enum>E</enum><header>Wage
insurance</header>
<section id="id32CD69A1B31848B6863D84966168CD3F"><enum>151.</enum><header>Wage
insurance</header>
<subsection id="idCEE917599D994684B88343683AC37D8B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2318) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id3ED821D9731F4E4DBFBF941F15655F92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">alternative
trade adjustment assistance for older workers</header-in-text></quote> and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">wage
insurance</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4A574FD7F4E8482E84D39ABD935112F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>alternative trade adjustment assistance</quote> each place it appears
and inserting <quote>wage insurance</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id026F84CE48D84FB8B9147CA030F4C8BF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF4A44D385AEE4493BFCD43F395D8F037"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="id98E4DA190C9542ACB09071FC146FF63D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="idD951DDC3859F460BBE24962D7048CB63"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for a period not to exceed 2 years</quote> and inserting <quote>for the
eligibility period under paragraph (4)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id1CD8D6E6F3B441EC92E0248658BF6164"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>paragraph (3)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idC68C94EA9E27445D8175D59D1E43CD92"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="idFEA56E3E6C9846C4BA3CD17655D0EE24"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for a period not to exceed 2 years</quote> and inserting <quote>for the
eligibility period under paragraph (4)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idF2E47C7D3C96478E80DE8E1E25AFA9CA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>paragraph (3)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph
(3)</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idAC035CD1936E48A0A7EE51E4ED6A1310"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2BC2F389867D40188DCE16D76236340B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id2E69B666D4064A09AA593838FA2387CD"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Training</header><text>A
worker described in paragraph (3) shall be eligible to receive training
approved under section 236.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF291D46B2FEF4BECABC8AD5E1100387D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (3) through (5) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B42B4CFEC3A4FABBC68F85864F5CE31" style="OLC">
<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
wage insurance program if the worker—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0842B27E70BE4A3097494D50458B3DA2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is at least 40
years of age;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID01821BAA566E4662B10C384D88A18CD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not earn
more than $60,000 a year in wages from reemployment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID56142EA1CA7D4898BF12AF1E98CDE493"><enum>(C)</enum><text>does not return
to the employment from which the worker was separated and—</text>
<clause id="id3EC94A70C8DD48B1B0D069181A3C42BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>obtains
reemployment on a full-time basis as defined by State law in the State in which
the worker is employed;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6E46BDFC6F4D49FAB877C3E34AD679B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>obtains
reemployment of not less than 20 hours a week and is enrolled in training
approved under section 236; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id45E8BC1ABE7F4F6BADF6D0DEF408137E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>received a
trade readjustment allowance under part I of subchapter B for less than the
total number of weeks for which the worker was eligible to receive such
allowance under section 233 and obtains reemployment not later than 26 weeks
after successfully completing a training program approved under section
236.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id18CF4D0306B34DCFBD1D78392BEEA81F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligibility
period</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id39D2B04229DB4101A80FF77822783C4F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Worker who has
not received trade adjustment allowance</header><text>In the case of a worker
described in paragraph (3) who has not received a trade readjustment allowance
under part I of subchapter B, the worker may receive wage insurance under this
section for a period not to exceed 2 years from the date that is the earlier
of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id16CD7F9D3E9F431CA320647AECD08690"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the date on which
the worker exhausts all rights to unemployment insurance based on the
separation of the worker from adversely affected employment; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id9EEF637759794B8E8D404024FEE008A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date on
which the worker obtains reemployment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id85926BEF771A4006AF37DF3E0A046BBE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Worker who has
received trade adjustment allowance</header><text>In the case of a worker
described in paragraph (3) who received a trade readjustment allowance under
part I of subchapter B, the worker may receive wage insurance under this
section for a period—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id6CF9C1319DDE4778813967AD66E1240F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>beginning on the
date on which the worker obtains reemployment; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id1E46C378D8BF478EB507B4D62B281F9D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not to
exceed—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id255D2FFCD6AE4E09AEAEE38827A7AE80"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the total number
of weeks for which the worker is eligible for such allowance, less</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id5DD04B7D66034FD1AA6EB7CE1C82037E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the total number
of weeks for which the worker received such allowance.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idBB0487D2E20442EA861DCCE99BE62AC2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Total amount of
payments</header><text>The payments described in paragraph (2)(A) made to a
worker may not exceed $12,000 per worker during the eligibility period under
paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id11ADD22C9268453FB4EF27DA40FD06A5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Limitation on
trade readjustment allowances</header><text>A worker described in paragraph (3)
may not receive a trade readjustment allowance under part I of subchapter B
during any week for which the worker receives a payment described in paragraph
(2)(A).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1304AC17093D48AD8D19E10EFABF5A96"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2), by striking <quote>subsection (a)(3)(B)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (a)(3)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BF46D7FCF3649068181606843BAADE8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of
program</header><text>Section 246(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2318(b)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>5</quote> and inserting
<quote>10</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4C30A58808943039CDDE0229962CB0F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for title II of the Trade Act of
1974 is amended by amending the item relating to section 246 to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77C69BC6C44B4AB5AA4AC98CCC9FEFC6" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 246. Demonstration project
for wage
insurance.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idCE40F0CB099B43AD87717B8A4A14C82F"><enum>F</enum><header>Other trade
adjustment assistance matters</header>
<section id="IDC010C7BE3F8F4EE89BF252DC6D4F8AED"><enum>161.</enum><header>Calculation of
eligibility period for allowance to accommodate extended training, allowable
breaks in training, litigation, and military service</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),
as amended by sections 121(b) and 122(b), is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idEAACB0D880C942799CF3F62713F0EFF5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking
<quote>30</quote> and inserting <quote>90</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA92C4C90D3D54E5C9AA01EC9C48402BB"><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="IDC4520C2E2DAB4A358BF0B014279EA829" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID0BEAC44D1F394CA7820E4C68086791C6"><enum>(h)</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 period equivalent to
the period the worker’s enrollment in training was extended beyond the deadline
applicable under section 231(a)(5)(A)(ii) pursuant to a waiver granted under
subparagraph (D), (E), or (F) of section 231(c)(1).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDE76681C59F7D46AF8FC4FF565A87066B"><enum>(i)</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><subsection id="id8251FEB3D751456ABA760FBDE565997C"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Special rule
for active duty military service</header>
<paragraph id="id0AE0CA7BFA764827874DAFF18BF500DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an
adversely affected worker described in paragraph (2) shall be eligible for a
trade readjustment allowance and other benefits under this subchapter in the
same manner and to the same extent as if a petition that resulted in a
certification under section 223 for that worker was filed on the date described
in paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id40D7264483C443FB88D4BEAD81456CF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Worker
described</header><text>A worker described in this paragraph means a worker
who—</text>
<subparagraph id="id81C34246A56D48E2975758EF2891BD69"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a member of a
reserve component of the Armed Forces; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6F9B0D63E9AA48ABB0DB2A1797B67824"><enum>(B)</enum><text>serves on active
duty—</text>
<clause id="idB8120503CDB4405B84863ED14D63EF73"><enum>(i)</enum><text>after the date on
which the worker became totally separated, or partially separated, from the
adversely affected employment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA2BC6F63070848348DB20941A8DBF4A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>before the
worker completes training approved under section 236.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F6442582C654D6FAE61A3064F6E7929"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Date
described</header><text>The date described in this paragraph is a date that is
on or before the 30th day after the worker returns from active duty or such
later date as determined on a case-by-case basis by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idF7EF3D901ABB475FA415A24156127354"><enum>162.</enum><header>Job search and
relocation allowances</header>
<subsection id="id7F55077C126E44FEB717526A64CA2C51"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Job search
allowances</header><text>Section 237(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2297(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD9A8DCA41700464380974CEA76DA0242"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>90 percent of the cost of</quote> and inserting
<quote>all</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF82E0C3D46E448AE8990E5C77EDA7B49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>$1,250</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,500</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21EBB466EB3E45F58D7E378D11A4F7A6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Relocation
allowances</header><text>Section 238(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2298(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42F491CC82AE4CD49E0E6992BEFE5EC8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>90 percent of the</quote> and inserting <quote>all</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC807FDC8843E4CCAACCEC4D5988D1A4D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>$1,250</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,500</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4DBDD6B5279B489AB1D1BA8E31A44209"><enum>163.</enum><header>Certification
of submissions; transparency</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>), as
amended by section 113, is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50C7B7E0802D4008808F8851F72E3945" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFF8B3B645334940B028B1013F59BE91"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submissions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5752FF38D3D4476AB1CA231E0C0EE6D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8747A459D1444D8BAD96B3EC4F226DFF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subpoenas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the
Secretary should require an employer to provide evidence or information
requested by the Secretary under paragraph (1) by subpoena pursuant to section
249 if, within 20 days of such request, the employer does not—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAFCEC8A88184E1FA47F112AD01CF430"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide such evidence or information;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC789C0954EEF410BB024EDB5992EF65F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
Secretary that the employer will provide such evidence or information within a
reasonable time.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id865B9435A7EE49DC82BAACE324E66EFC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Standards for
investigations and determinations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA68CA6E68C5B4E74B1FEA4D797AB6B86"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of the <short-title>Trade and Globalization
Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a plan for establishing standards, including data requirements, for
investigations of petitions filed under section 221 and criteria for making
determinations under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86E37C4D52DC4F21B0174245BF49B95D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id7BBA691F059D4F169DE1F7D4638CCC7C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
prescribe regulations, pursuant to section 553 of title 5, United States Code,
to carry out the plan required by paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7A17F84CD31A4CDCB1E9BC6A3E03C76A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Timing of
rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall issue the notice of proposed rulemaking with respect to the regulations
required by subparagraph (A) not earlier than the date that is 90 days after
the date on which the Secretary submits the plan under paragraph
(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idA8C0E28534834D2087A01C60BF3EC37F"><enum>164.</enum><header>Establishment
of the Office of the Ombudsman for the Trade Adjustment Assistance
program</header>
<subsection id="id65D021048E5B4B5686222AB09F5915E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter A of
chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) is
amended by inserting after section 221 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC56C8F6A34C84D428272AEF8820728EE" style="OLC">
<section id="idEA1149BB53AE4A46A5C7A2972D1CE9C1"><enum>221A.</enum><header>Establishment
of the Office of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Ombudsman</header>
<subsection id="IDbf43213e37fe4474971760a8e5143691"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the Department of Labor an office to be known as the
<quote>Office of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Ombudsman</quote> (in this
section referred to as the <quote>Office</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID025446da81de497face74352d4f7f05b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Head</header><text>The
head of the Office shall be the Ombudsman. The individual serving as Ombudsman
shall be either of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID7a3b3abb490f4604984bf6d94e74b58c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An officer or
employee of the Department of Labor designated by the Secretary from among
officers and employees of the Department who have experience and expertise
necessary to carry out the duties of the Office specified in subsection
(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID896e116a1de74f81929a57489e774dcd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An individual
employed by the Secretary from the private sector from among individuals in the
private sector who have experience and expertise necessary to carry out the
duties of the Office specified in subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID442a58de0d854eaba5280f938e15d8e1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
duties of the Office shall be as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="IDc0ae157444744c25a9c48c0961306e73"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To provide
information on—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8D1D084A83764B71A6CACBFA6AABE3C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the benefits
available under this chapter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF08D1435474B44BDBC7B033805DF3B0B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the requirements
and procedures applicable to the provision of such benefits; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1F76B8EEFBBA432AB130901B0462FF51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the tax credit
for health insurance costs under section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDef406952f1464bed9eba69070279849d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To provide
technical assistance to individuals, groups of workers, and other parties
seeking to file petitions with the Secretary for benefits under section
221.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id61B409CE9AA348AC87F7D240E0BB1DC2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To provide
assistance to employers to provide information required by the Secretary
related to a pending petition.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id3C7ED6EF905E41DE8A0404151AEA3B2C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To receive
complaints, grievances, and requests for assistance from workers seeking
benefits under this chapter with respect to the administration of such
benefits.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3114B4A144D3449D8DBBAF1EBDBAEFD5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To carry out such
other duties with respect to this chapter as the Secretary shall specify for
purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd2cca6e9151c4b4fb47586c1b0eeffec"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Independent
office</header><text>The Secretary shall take appropriate actions to ensure the
independence of the Office within the Department of Labor, including
independence from other officers and employees of the Department engaged in
activities relating to the administration of the provisions of this
chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID80914806e35848b8a89bfe81c082759a"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual
report</header>
<paragraph id="IDfeb6d89aee3147129155d0d304a68967"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than February 15 each year, the Ombudsman shall
submit to Congress a report on the activities of the Office under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2c543e3467c3442b8f589f6d470bf11e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
report under paragraph (1) shall set forth the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb3073e22128f4294805354598be89af9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The number and
types of complaints, grievances, and requests for assistance received by the
Ombudsman under this chapter during the preceding year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd5a4cefcc76f415cb163aa2f97b2aa39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An assessment of
the most common difficulties encountered by workers seeking benefits under this
chapter during the preceding year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID739fcfa3fec248efaa546494eb30c812"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Initial
report</header><text>The first report under paragraph (1) shall be the report
submitted in 2008.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa691e615e1b24f2cb9633f51f15705ea"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text>The
Secretary of Labor (and the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to the tax
credit for health insurance costs under section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986) shall undertake outreach to advise the public of the existence and
duties of the
Office.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id5EA4593737FD4E8EA86AB360702503F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for title II of the Trade Act of
1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 221 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F586D578D5D438CB1C59A8BA180E273" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 221A. Establishment of the
Office of the Trade Adjustment Assistance
Ombudsman.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID82AA2831117143F79FE74CCE132612CD"><enum>165.</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 (19 U.S.C. 2311 et
seq.)</act-name> is amended by adding at the end the following:</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 filed under section 221.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1BEC04CA965C47649852AAE114CE2632"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The number of
training waivers granted under section 231(c), classified by the type of waiver
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 approved under section 236
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 chapter.</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 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="idD907AE5FC6704FA4B09060C6A8208B85"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of
the <short-title>Trade and Globalization Adjustment
Assistance Act of 2007</short-title>, 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 a report that includes the
information collected under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD3EEF842923B4295AFDF7E9D96A740AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The
Secretary shall make a report required by paragraph (1) available to each State
and to the
public.</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:</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 the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D603FEEA86D48A7A8C61A5E481A50EC"><enum>166.</enum><header>Pilot program
for distribution of information to workers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E6E35CDB0874304B3B043F5820A3EF6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
September 30, 2008, the Secretary of Labor shall fully implement a pilot
program to provide information on the availability of trade adjustment
assistance under chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271
et seq.) to workers who inquire about or receive unemployment insurance
benefits. The pilot program shall use telephone, Internet, and in-person
communication to distribute such information to workers.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94F3C3BBF8C249B98CF58503AF13AFD8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study and
report by Comptroller General</header><text>Not later than March 31, 2011, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BC1A7A146254D42874EB8D05EA388F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a study
of the implementation and outcomes of the pilot program under subsection (a);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF018F1A6EC2C4CA384655F76A7D2818A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to the
Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives a report on the findings of the study conducted under
paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB760C6C00D4042ACBFB4CAC8D6092ED7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary of Labor shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to
implement the pilot program under subsection (a), pursuant to section 553 of
title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CF7904381CD47FEAD38920DCBF1C6A5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62E2380AFBF34739A66C7A9C9AE959D4"><enum>167.</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF886F7AC8D7E4DCDA7A6420A16392C23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF32CD0CFE89B4AB9982E6432C0625A89"><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><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E4B6DE79EBF4BCB8FDBAC4E10E242FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 265(a) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2355(a)) is amended by striking <quote>new
product development</quote> and inserting <quote>the development of new
products and services</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id78B5684AD5B54EB88712756C53FAC163"><enum>168.</enum><header>Extension of
authorization of trade adjustment assistance for workers</header>
<subsection id="idEDDCDDC941724003BED56A9A0D57C737"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15B4119C5A794EE8B8D3B2BAD0E3CDBB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Section
285(a) 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></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Trade adjustment
assistance for rural and distressed communities</header>
<section id="ID8F79885815C24AF79E961BCF2ABEFB1B"><enum>201.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to assist
communities negatively impacted by trade with economic adjustment through the
integration of political and economic organizations, the coordination of
Federal, State, and local resources, the creation of community-based
development strategies, and the provision of economic transition
assistance.</text>
</section><section id="ID82AAD1D5F39247569878F86B17981B03"><enum>202.</enum><header>Trade
Adjustment Assistance for communities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 4 of title II of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 2371 et
seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" id="ID6829B1731D3F4BEF82C615EF9D86C1E7" style="OLC">
<chapter id="IDCE9CF998D852443CA0C2EF371AE36CF5"><enum>4</enum><header>TRADE ADJUSTMENT
ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES</header>
<section id="IDA9012193EF13405CBDC9AEE637D8E306"><enum>271.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this chapter:</text>
<paragraph id="ID5DF8E279803F444CA81C7D3477398994"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agricultural
commodity producer</header><text>The term <term>agricultural commodity
producer</term> has the same meaning as the term <term>person</term> as
prescribed by regulations promulgated under section 1001(e) of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(e)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBE65B3289BDF4EAC833591B29BE23E82"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Community</header><text>The
term <term>community</term> means a city, county, or other political
subdivision of a State or a consortium of political subdivisions of a State
that the Secretary certifies as being negatively impacted by trade.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2607B43EA0824C4DAA4A24FC2F05CD34"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Community
negatively impacted by trade</header><text>A community negatively impacted by
trade means a community with respect to which a positive determination has been
made under section 273.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7BC93D23096C49CCBCA1FEDE116855BA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible
community</header><text>The term <term>eligible community</term> means a
community certified under section 273 for assistance under this chapter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0E0223592EA1441183E580C6A91B7E35"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Fisherman</header>
<subparagraph id="IDFED29B6A52DB4A73B2A135F3F09C574D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>fisherman</term> means any person
who—</text>
<clause id="IDD2C7B10B4AB34AC3B7F5141CB7BB4AEB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is engaged in
commercial fishing; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3F23FBC39DA74F42B8A320E136CF3FF4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is a United
States fish processor.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA12616DF53AF4B7EB251A34406E22F06"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Commercial
fishing, fish, fishery, fishing, fishing vessel, person, and united states fish
processor</header><text>The terms <term>commercial fishing</term>,
<term>fish</term>, <term>fishery</term>, <term>fishing</term>, <term>fishing
vessel</term>, <term>person</term>, and <term>United States fish
processor</term> have the same meanings as such terms have in section 3 of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1802).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4A5EA205FC9B4BD4B74EAFD7B9E8662B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Commerce.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID1148E79F3863467EB4D7B79C0F7447B5"><enum>272.</enum><header>Community
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program</header>
<subsection id="ID98D693EFCE8049D29D45BDE8CDC80F4F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Within
6 months after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance
Act of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish a trade adjustment
assistance for communities program at the Department of Commerce.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDD35CD74D46394F6FA08B3F0E3474BA26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Personnel</header><text>The
Secretary shall designate such staff as may be necessary to carry out the
responsibilities described in this chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID04E5E7A6CD1F401092BF13D642049EB1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination of
Federal Response</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID79E5C9037D874726AA381F5EDE7718E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide
leadership, support, and coordination for a comprehensive management program to
address economic dislocation in eligible communities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID546A4B6C6A254E439F35EFFFDDCB2A34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coordinate the
Federal response to an eligible community—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID398928F7421D48648A93BE9FF908E32F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by identifying
all Federal, State, and local resources that are available to assist the
eligible community in recovering from economic distress;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID425ED3284C9D46AC9BE6ECC3CFF73B2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by ensuring that
all Federal agencies offering assistance to an eligible community do so in a
targeted, integrated manner that ensures that an eligible community has access
to all available Federal assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC4E5C2810D8F40E88052DDAE5F804DB6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by assuring
timely consultation and cooperation between Federal, State, and regional
officials concerning economic adjustment for an eligible community; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4E4CEBA517C64630BD0059C054CFBBA5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by identifying
and strengthening existing agency mechanisms designed to assist eligible
communities in their efforts to achieve economic adjustment and workforce
reemployment;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID08E302908D8F431A8A52D73F92A2B804"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide
comprehensive technical assistance to any eligible community in the efforts of
that community to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3DDAA1882855476B9A4CA73782A06B9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify serious
economic problems in the community that are the result of negative impacts from
trade;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE78ACF6165524C52863DA4ED218D19B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>integrate the
major groups and organizations significantly affected by the economic
adjustment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7392A63E93944776A3BCCEC396296579"><enum>(C)</enum><text>access Federal,
State, and local resources designed to assist in economic development and trade
adjustment assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1CEADBD5BAE840A8A6EBC9D2667AD5AD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>diversify and
strengthen the community economy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4C0E71A26A774FADA56AA0AA2AA61007"><enum>(E)</enum><text>develop a
community-based strategic plan to address economic development and workforce
dislocation, including unemployment among agricultural commodity producers and
fishermen;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF667BFC1A6164D379424F41EA5B864F4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establish
specific criteria for submission and evaluation of a strategic plan submitted
under section 274(d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCCEF890D53C042D7A5B4C8D158086A10"><enum>(5)</enum><text>establish
specific criteria for submitting and evaluating applications for grants under
section 275;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID22FB1044A348475FAD8A4D50040B2C19"><enum>(6)</enum><text>administer the
grant programs established under sections 274 and 275; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC4AF34B7229E4C32949E4DB76CC9B221"><enum>(7)</enum><text>establish an
interagency Trade Adjustment Assistance for Communities Working Group, chaired
by the Secretary or a designee of the Secretary, consisting of the
representatives of any Federal department or agency with responsibility for
economic adjustment assistance, including the Department of Agriculture, the
Department of Education, the Department of Labor, the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Small
Business Administration, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of
Commerce, and any other Federal, State, or regional department or agency the
Secretary determines necessary or appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDD41375BA5862404A843AF3845AE6A401"><enum>273.</enum><header>Certification
and notification</header>
<subsection id="IDD4CD45C0ECD343479770AF15D68E1B27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after an event described in subsection (c)(1), a community
described in subsection (b)(1) may submit a petition to the Secretary for a
determination under subsection (b)(2) that the community is negatively impacted
by trade, as described in subsection (b)(2). If the Secretary makes a positive
determination, the Secretary shall certify the community as eligible for
assistance under this chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3DA380E4F32749D1830F33698866379C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination
that community is eligible</header>
<paragraph id="ID2218CD97BBDA45F18AECBBE729D8BA59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Community
described</header><text>A community described in this paragraph means a
community with respect to which, on or after October 1, 2008—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDC17210BDDFB24A3889127B071987C44B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Labor certifies a group of workers (or their authorized representative) in the
community as eligible to apply for assistance pursuant to section 223;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2CF3C4B51B7F4AE48D13C2F57B26437F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Commerce certifies a firm located in the community as eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under section 251; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID103738E02B9E4F49A762727C65C8E597"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Agriculture certifies a group of agricultural commodity producers (or their
authorized representative) in the community as eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under section 293.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0CF9AE805E1B47C281C25A65444F4890"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Negatively
impacted by trade</header><text>The Secretary shall determine that a community
is negatively impacted by trade, after taking into consideration—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDBA2ABD9FE8944538A9E040D0BCE668CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
jobs affected compared to the size of the workforce in the community;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8002C380EA524DB1BA3C69953A673E56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the severity of
the rate of unemployment in the community and the duration of the unemployment
in the community;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA2699E76EBA24B3A9F91CD0AE67BBB9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the income levels
and the extent of underemployment in the community;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID56DC4488920946C4AFCBB704DAB87C3E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the out-migration
of population from the community and the extent to which the out-migration is
causing economic injury in the community; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCF6A12687D3C4D15B3C75CEAFB5D46DD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the unique
problems and needs of the community.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID520DE4125B044E729C926BF892EC6B6C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition and
Special Rules</header>
<paragraph id="ID3E03085FFB39495D99D09B476BB5E2BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Event
described</header><text>An event described in this paragraph means one of the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID16F9EFDA05CB41209DF0A200F761CFED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A notification
described in paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF6C5EACB943D406BA633D46AD2B912FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A certification
of a firm under section 251.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID404C0605A6C64915B63F717DFA04B229"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A determination
by the Secretary that a significant number of fishermen in a community have
been negatively impacted by trade.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4176C0352228432FB9D1DCCE74DE1391"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The
Governor of a State shall be notified immediately—</text>
<subparagraph id="idAD4E0E9E99534730B7DC7A69EFCF1918"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by the Secretary
of Labor, upon making a determination that a group of workers in the State is
eligible for trade adjustment assistance under section 223;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73B1EAA540534DEFA20F14E9ABE47267"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by the Secretary
of Commerce, upon making a determination that a firm in the State is eligible
for adjustment assistance under section 251; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2D443BD5012D457AAB2CE6AC118C61D7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by the Secretary
of Agriculture, upon making a determination that a group of agricultural
commodity producers in the State is eligible for adjustment assistance under
section 293.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5E579AEFF05C40F69F6D2619AB46AC75"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Look
back</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id397E3BD095EA4B8CADD99A765C93C885"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 210 days after the date described in
clause (ii), a community described in subsection (b)(1) may petition the
Secretary for a determination that the community is negatively impacted by
trade, as described in subsection (b)(2), in any case in which an event
described in paragraph (1) occurs—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id4BFA24FE8A64476788FC69F264FF4096"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on or after
January 1, 2007; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id94C5C9E1AA964FC7880EDA6CD2B1CB59"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>before the date
on which the Secretary completes the implementation of the program established
pursuant to section 272(a).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9AAD6E83FF6848769D592FC69DC09451"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notifications</header>
<clause commented="no" id="id23720A81166F4C7C8A10089DBA32B8BF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Notifications
to the Secretary of Commerce</header><text>If, during the period described in
subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Labor makes a determination that a group of
workers is eligible for trade adjustment assistance under section 223 (or the
Secretary of Agriculture makes a determination that a group of agricultural
commodity producers is eligible for adjustment assistance under section 293, as
the case may be) the Secretary of Labor (or the Secretary of Agriculture, as
the case may be) shall notify the Secretary of the determination not later than
30 days after the date described in subparagraph (A)(ii).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idF0313B8A32D64532B877B95933C877B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Notifications
to States</header><text>The Secretary shall notify the Governor of a State
of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id2110C543D3144CE5A0540CF6CA1A2319"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a
determination—</text>
<item commented="no" id="idF5755E770D89458AB7CC1E304E36C103"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>described in
clause (i) made during the period described in subparagraph (A) in the State
immediately upon receiving the notification required by clause (i); or</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="idB08E598D7EBA4684AD7376DF6B2A0B08"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>made by the
Secretary during the period described in subparagraph (A) that a firm in the
State is eligible for adjustment assistance under section 251; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idB53BEE6E65E342D39A228BC2BB207D7A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the ability of a
community affected by such a determination to petition under subparagraph (A)
for a determination that the community is negatively impacted by trade.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID19AABE8111EF4D73837AD2C7E08AC9CA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notification to
Eligible Communities</header><text>Immediately upon certification by the
Secretary that a community is eligible for assistance under subsection (b), the
Secretary shall notify the community—</text>
<paragraph id="IDDFEA19CF327B4F24915B5AB66C21C1FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>of the
determination under subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0380030E8CF348E1AF4F426BD2B3BC2C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>of the provisions
of this chapter;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7C320BB52A354C9BB0F1F7BC18A94993"><enum>(3)</enum><text>how to access the
clearinghouse established by the Department of Commerce regarding available
economic assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID99D1DE08123E49DFA509891D9FA24FF8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>how to obtain
technical assistance provided under section 272(c)(3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFC732A2902FA4B65B1DA3659C92782DD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>how to obtain
grants, tax credits, low income loans, and other appropriate economic
assistance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDC79DF9D256194CE8A28CECF07BC96EBD"><enum>274.</enum><header>Strategic
plans</header>
<subsection id="ID9A6109FA9EFB4776925A21BEFF0ADCD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An eligible community may develop a strategic plan for
community economic adjustment and diversification.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF8BDE6AE4651473D950D6782D7782076"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements
for strategic plan</header><text>A strategic plan shall contain, at a minimum,
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDD3BEC1620303409ABD1229FED0C0BE5C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description and
justification of the capacity for economic adjustment, including the method of
financing to be used.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC74F3730B77543BBB66D6FF5727EB5E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of
the commitment of the community to the strategic plan over the long term and
the participation and input of groups affected by economic dislocation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF0743E0F85DF41DD91951A55DDFD2BA4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of
the projects to be undertaken by the eligible community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6326B3B4B31C46058358633034C564CF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of
how the plan and the projects to be undertaken by the eligible community will
lead to job creation and job retention in the community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9EC058B5EC2241A095666F08D19ED24C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A description of
how the plan will achieve economic adjustment and diversification.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC1F281EBB9AF46C5BEECDEAC51524BE8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A description of
how the plan and the projects will contribute to establishing or maintaining a
level of public services necessary to attract and retain economic
investment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDCD495A065EC403482AC71DA3D21FF3D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A description and
justification for the cost and timing of proposed basic and advanced
infrastructure improvements in the eligible community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2C1DF49ED4474FAB8652326E324FD623"><enum>(8)</enum><text>A description of
how the plan will address the occupational and workforce conditions in the
eligible community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID16A9A644655F4ABAABF4A73A5BED88BC"><enum>(9)</enum><text>A description of
the educational programs available for workforce training and future employment
needs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB5B4B3FED689454194003C7C4092661D"><enum>(10)</enum><text>A description of
how the plan will adapt to changing markets and business cycles.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF55BAB0C36E445E593C237C7D7BD62C0"><enum>(11)</enum><text>A description
and justification for the cost and timing of the total funds required by the
community for economic assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8B78809FFD90458881BDD09B58B921A5"><enum>(12)</enum><text>A graduation
strategy through which the eligible community demonstrates that the community
will terminate the need for Federal assistance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC19F6DA7616B4FBEAA6EE573E8F0E7DE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants to
develop strategic plans</header><text>The Secretary, upon receipt of an
application from an eligible community, may award a grant to that community to
be used to develop the strategic plan under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDBF43872F902E4974A545AABA46722DB4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Submission of
plan</header><text>A strategic plan developed under subsection (a) shall be
submitted to the Secretary for evaluation and approval.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID1B3733CED40A4710A148B94BC4513A7E"><enum>275.</enum><header>Grants for
economic development</header>
<subsection id="ID900D185E3F0D4F57B65797D85FFBE32A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, upon approval of a strategic plan from an
eligible community, may award a grant to that community to carry out any
project or program that is certified by the Secretary to be included in the
strategic plan approved under section 274(d), or consistent with that
plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID081520181B5D4E3D8FC3BD1AC31A6881"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
grants</header>
<paragraph id="ID4C99F50270F14CF0B59084EA850A1A6D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), in order to assist eligible
communities to obtain funds under Federal grant programs, other than the grants
provided for in section 274(c) or subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary
may, upon the application of an eligible community, make a supplemental grant
to the community if—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0AF45BDC0090436284CC683B1E4C31CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the purpose of
the grant program from which the grant is made is to provide technical or other
assistance for planning, constructing, or equipping public works facilities or
to provide assistance for public service projects; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9517BFADCD6A457391C0B11BC7B670EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the grant is one
for which the community is eligible except for the community’s inability to
meet the non-Federal share requirements of the grant program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD51FEBDC81C142329B1299BD07797489"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use as
non-Federal share</header><text>A supplemental grant made under this subsection
may be used to provide the non-Federal share of a project, unless the total
Federal contribution to the project for which the grant is being made exceeds
80 percent and that excess is not permitted by law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDA96F7E1771D44724A1119EB38F2D39DA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rural community
preference</header><text>The Secretary shall develop guidelines to ensure that
rural communities receive preference in the allocation of resources.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID184D9F29D3464B14B829F4EB1890AFB6"><enum>276.</enum><header>General
provisions</header>
<subsection id="ID0A29717977664B00AB44DD3A1830E6A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out the
provisions of this chapter. The Secretary may not implement any regulation or
guideline proposed by the Secretary with respect to this chapter, until the
date that is 60 days after the date the Secretary submits the regulation or
guideline to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID68CED1204E844F58AAA41DC96C56DFD5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Supplement Not
Supplant</header><text>Funds appropriated under this chapter shall be used to
supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds
expended to provide economic development assistance for communities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID59697553478742DC814B1416E2AEB4B4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to carry out
this chapter. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain
available until
expended.</text>
</subsection></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID34161AAD412D4E008D3F73D22EBF8CA8"><enum>203.</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subsection id="ID8FDA9AE056BA4A0786A85A29D383EF7E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Section
285(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19
U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" id="ID3FE3F344F3FA4B75ADA4541A3E47F125" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDA8F6B5224FC34780AE5A640AE3A71C24"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance for
communities</header><text>Technical assistance and other payments may not be
provided under chapter 4 after September 30,
2013.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDCA49E5A47E284D2B88EE919F9AA79651"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
Contents</header><text>The table of contents for the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> is amended by
striking the items relating to chapter 4 of title II and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" id="ID5FDA1D0ACFFB4EB6BCB974C8C5141C20" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="chapter">Chapter 4—Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Communities</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 271. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 272. Community Trade Adjustment
Assistance Program.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 273. Certification and
notification.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 274. Strategic plans.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 275. Grants for economic
development.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 276. General
provisions.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="IDC62EB94A4F224D67961ECA213C44F4D9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Judicial
Review</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id740BF58CACF64D72ABE5B826899ADCFD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 284(a) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2395(a)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idD88AAAD91ECE47A28969D740DBFF3184"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or 296</quote> after <quote>section 293</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC31CB616409748798166061D87676F95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or any other interested domestic party</quote> and inserting <quote>or
authorized representative of a community</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA3CBC07A5ECD48C2882DA5D8B0040F3B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 271</quote> and inserting <quote>section 273</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id51CE8424C4574AE5AB26F40D9F90513D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1581(d)
of title 28, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idF660277020CC46068CBEE352B1EDDA23"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA4E5EE07D96743338552EDFA598FA910"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id5E754F7896CC4D6D953E773585157B9D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>271</quote> and inserting <quote>273</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id2938BC954A7649D3B253ECEE5B2C8FF4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the
period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9C939D014EFF4A57A64B4D31790EE5E9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id056B0DA74757448BB277D553290DF535" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="id2E229AC4268C442E8D8A95C65693700F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any final
determination of the Secretary of Agriculture under section 293 or 296 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2401b) with respect to the eligibility of a group
of agricultural commodity producers for adjustment assistance under such
Act.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9BEDC318D46940DBB5996F4D77808612" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The provisions of this
title shall take effect on October 1, 2008.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Trade
adjustment assistance for firms</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID22AE387883EC4CC08FD443376D4419B5"><enum>301.</enum><header>Trade
adjustment assistance for firms</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID79BC8C30B40043129F92358E59B18927"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</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>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID97322415F14949EE9CF78A68C120385A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>or
service sector firm</quote> after <quote>(including any agricultural
firm</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBD18B62713DA42FBB0275F5E95E0F673"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6B16B40950D54774B8A9358E6E254CB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D736808ED694C6D80CADC278D96F6DD"><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)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id92FA2BE51B1C4C2BADAA11BF0A7711AA"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>,
or</quote> and inserting a comma;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idBF4CC13708E34843BFB03C2ADF0A21CD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)—</text>
<item commented="no" id="id0325B7912FBD40EAAC4239B41148EB64"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or service</quote> after <quote>of an article</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="id7ADA8B965A7040198D3E980A18EDBEA1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, and</quote> and inserting <quote>, or</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id987354CE64E24C159EF5D943DD3B85AF"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59AB2827D6FF40B0B4C4A9E4F73B906E" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" id="id5EE8D841FFAA4C9F9BB33436426E20D5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sales or production, or both, of an article
or service that accounted for not less than 25 percent of the total production
or sales of the firm during the 60-month period preceding the most recent
12-month period for which data are available have decreased absolutely,
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><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>increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles which are produced</quote> and inserting <quote>imports of 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="H1186E54461C341D18534446652E9B66E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>paragraph
(1)(C)—</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)(C):</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9D126F6E309A470EAB163A190049E31E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8A759CA90BF845A0BEFC91B466E9DE11" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDA45EE6F43844EE0B8651B5896CF14FE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Basis for the
determination of the Secretary</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 such customers 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>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF65A8F2AB6AD470B84DFC8A5A824684E"><enum>(b)</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>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4C984B669A354EB49A5E13984AA8B584"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>For purposes of</quote>
and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Firm</header-in-text>.—For purposes of</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7F535A07F4C9425CB0DF97C35F36D5B1"><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="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>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1B47E16ADFFA4086B709EB9E2F1B4C5F"><enum>302.</enum><header>Extension of
authorization of trade adjustment assistance for firms</header>
<subsection id="id037A3C115B124E1C95D7C32D4D6A7A65"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</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" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82C3F2D1B81E42C98F027986F009315E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Section
285(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended by striking
<quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Trade adjustment
assistance for farmers and fishermen</header>
<section id="ID33B2143C9C9845B1949A4CD11AD84591"><enum>401.</enum><header>Clarification
of marketing year</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
291(5) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19
U.S.C. 2401(5)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85672CC593604F8992840577E91E5525" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id43CB088C79E245658EDDAE45314D20C3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>National
average price</header><text>The term <term>national average price</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA315F82EE9C0425CA874D34E4A0E4E95"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the national
average price paid to an agricultural commodity producer for an agricultural
commodity in a marketing year as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCCFA135218CF4913BAC1EFDCC764A09C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an
agricultural commodity that has no officially designated marketing year, the
national average price paid to an agricultural commodity producer for that
commodity in the 12-month period requested by the
petitioner.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idC6351DEF7B874A48825BDFBBF6E81FE7"><enum>402.</enum><header>Application to
fisherman</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 and aquaculture producers shall be eligible for adjustment
assistance without regard to whether such fishermen seek such assistance based
on an increase in imports of wild stock or an increase of imports of
farm-raised stock.</text>
</section><section id="ID0E13A54F8EB540A4A98E393BA2F4C4AE"><enum>403.</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 to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA67A7516BC64457D89098F3A72816E34" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID16CF0FB131664882801157544F55E2D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that either—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACE9261E9D404AAD9229F00765601BDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the national average price for the
agricultural commodity, or a class of goods within the agricultural commodity,
produced by the group for the most recent marketing year for which the national
average price is available is less than 90 percent of the average of the
national average price for such agricultural commodity, or such class of goods,
for the 5 marketing years preceding the most recent marketing year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C0635C6CCC949099CAE11BC9DFD3E60"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the national average price for the
agricultural commodity for the most recent 2 marketing years for which the
national average price is available is less than 90 percent of the average of
the national average price for such agricultural commodity, or such class of
goods, for the 3 marketing years preceding the 2 most recent marketing years;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</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 the year after the year
the group was first
certified.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idEA7B013BC4B64DF496E644DD4DCA7CB6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility of
certain other producers</header><text>Section 292 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 2401a)
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8702E09908854422A10C59EA848236D2" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="idD4576D686B854B3793823A0D7787971F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligibility of
certain other producers</header><text>An agricultural commodity producer or
group of producers that resides outside of the State or region identified in a
petition filed under subsection (a) may file a request to become a party to
that petition not later than 15 days after the date notice is published in the
Federal Register with respect to that
petition.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idCEC4A84BC7974CAE9686A2CC6C429905"><enum>(d)</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—</text>
<paragraph id="idE690124FDED14DAFA3210E02A4C0EC34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The producer's</quote> and inserting <quote>(i) The
producer's</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id438608B737234873884A3ED92DC64FCF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id02D709BF622648DDB6C041F349B0AB9E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C9AA7543AD446F592231249C3150E25" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" id="id00B5F103186B41D78E5392BA4247350B" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>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.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1EACE15E06654A34A699916A70DDAEBC"><enum>404.</enum><header>Benefits</header>
<subsection id="idEBE8D07ABE984E6AB15FCD735F3C6645"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amount of cash
benefits</header><text>Section 296(b)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 2401e(b)(1)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id93C4F7FCE57343A3BACF9E37187FACC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>one-half</quote> and inserting <quote>85
percent</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0D7821B174A84CE88C149E064EF6C36D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (i) of
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>80 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>90
percent</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBA0D5CD5FB7A4568B6D6D24DE2AD572F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Intensive
technical assistance</header><text>Section 295 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2401d) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA14AFBEA9B5400D861F0D19D1F33C28" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id54714C3E041B4189AA1520D899B189E0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Intensive
technical training</header>
<paragraph id="idC95B482702854683AB52BB25DA1FAC17"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An adversely affected agricultural producer that fulfills
the requirements set forth in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of section
296(a)(1) may opt to receive intensive technical assistance from the Secretary
for a period not to exceed 2 years from the date of certification of a petition
described in section 292(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD95D3B00CC2442E985BEAC05EAE48314"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation of
Agricultural Extension Service Center</header><text>The Secretary shall
designate a Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service to
develop and coordinate an intensive technical assistance curriculum for
adversely affected agricultural commodity producers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb517b424843144bcada5b8523137ed6b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated
$5,000,000 in each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to the Secretary for
the purpose of delivering the intensive technical assistance described in
paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id9635BFA7D294403C8363F124690C9538"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>Section 295(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2401d(a)) is amended by striking <quote>groups</quote> and inserting
<quote>agricultural commodity producers (or groups of such
producers)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id37A853619558455BACBD048EEE49851B"><enum>405.</enum><header>Audits and
reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 293 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2401b) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id696F13152CF747A2897A7BF80F562AFE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id06C9D172AB3F48C0A2E124B825D6963C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Audit and
report by the Comptroller General</header>
<paragraph id="idE3C346B47FBA42CCA29B776DD30855A8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than January 31, 2012, the Comptroller General
of the United States shall conduct an evaluation of the program under this
chapter and shall report the results of the evaluation to the Committee on
Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0C5A4B0F2E0A49E692AD06C43D5D680E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of
evaluation and report</header><text>The evaluation and report shall
include—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4840AA1725F5458FAEFBA7C44424208C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of
the extent to which the Department of Agriculture is fulfilling its obligations
under this chapter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0BE8B9C3504646B387F06E3149A5E5EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of
the outreach to potentially eligible agricultural commodity producers and
groups of such producers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49311629826340CCB7FDB33A74772940"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assessment of
the effectiveness and outcomes of the benefits received; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id936DD728F8FE4EC48B4DACDBD6381E6C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommendations
for improving the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB406716BA9D41B9A53DFC03E6598F69"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report by
Secretary</header><text>Not later than November 15, 2008, and annually
thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall report to the Committee on
Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives on, for the 12-month period ending October 31 of the current
calendar year—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE151AECD0DF4EF1974C866E303550F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the agricultural
commodities covered by a certification under this chapter and the States or
regions in which such commodities are produced;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D4E02CF6C0D492490E4077C92F05A44"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the total number
of such commodities, by State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88CFC06074C1453A88344C7D30E6D385"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the total number
of agricultural commodity producers, by congressional district, receiving cash
benefits under section 296(b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1682ADAAE23B4AAE9BF4B44E1B1B3059"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the total number
of agicultural commodity producers, by congressional district, receiving
intensive technical training under section
296(c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB61BBB43E9AE4A9AAD85CAFBA800B5C7"><enum>406.</enum><header>Extension of
authorization of trade adjustment assistance for farmers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9299D6A113F417EA13279932D3D04A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F7845EBE7E94CFE8D0B54F30D86AF2D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Section
285(b)(2) 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></section>