[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 494 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 494

  To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Labor to 
 certify a group of workers in a subdivision of a firm as eligible to 
 apply for assistance under the trade adjustment assistance program if 
  the subdivision is a seller of articles of the firm that employed a 
group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under such 
 program and such sales are related to the article that was the basis 
                        for such certification.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2009

  Mr. Spratt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Labor to 
 certify a group of workers in a subdivision of a firm as eligible to 
 apply for assistance under the trade adjustment assistance program if 
  the subdivision is a seller of articles of the firm that employed a 
group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under such 
 program and such sales are related to the article that was the basis 
                        for such certification.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO CERTIFY CERTAIN ADVERSELY AFFECTED SECONDARY 
              WORKERS AS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER THE 
              TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Requirement.--Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2272) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Other Adversely Affected Secondary Workers.--A group of 
workers in a subdivision of a firm shall be certified by the Secretary 
as eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance benefits under 
this chapter pursuant to a petition filed under section 221 if the 
Secretary determines that--
            ``(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers 
        have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened 
        to become totally or partially separated;
            ``(2) the workers' subdivision is a seller of articles of 
        the firm (or another subdivision of the firm) that employed a 
        group of workers who received a certification of eligibility 
        under subsection (a), and such sales are related to the article 
        that was the basis for such certification (as defined in 
        subsection (d)(5)); and
            ``(3) a loss of business by the workers' subdivision with 
        the firm (or another subdivision of the firm) described in 
        paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers' 
        separation or threat of separation determined under paragraph 
        (1).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section, as 
redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is amended in 
paragraph (2) by striking ``subsection (c)'' and inserting ``subsection 
(d)''.
    (c) Definition.--Subsection (d) of such section, as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(1) of this section, is amended by adding by adding at 
the end the following:
            ``(5) Seller.--The term `seller' means a subdivision of 
        firm that sells articles of the firm (or another subdivision of 
        the firm) that were the basis for a certification of 
        eligibility under subsection (a) of a group of workers employed 
        by such firm (or another subdivision of the firm).''.
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