[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2995]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1329. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1314, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide for a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse 
determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       After section 3, add the following:

     SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC 
                   AGENCY WORKERS.

       (a) Definitions.--Section 247 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
     U.S.C. 2319) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``The'' and inserting ``Subject to section 222(d)(5), the''; 
     and
       (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or service sector 
     firm'' and inserting ``, service sector firm, or public 
     agency''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(19) The term `public agency' means a department or 
     agency of a State or local government or of the Federal 
     Government, or a subdivision thereof.''.
       (b) Group Eligibility Requirements.--Section 222 of the 
     Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as 
     subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively;
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Adversely Affected Workers in Public Agencies.--A 
     group of workers in a public agency shall be certified by the 
     Secretary as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance 
     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 in 
     the public agency have become totally or partially separated, 
     or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;
       ``(2) the public agency has acquired from a foreign country 
     services like or directly competitive with services which are 
     supplied by such agency; and
       ``(3) the acquisition of services described in paragraph 
     (2) contributed importantly to such workers' separation or 
     threat of separation.'';
       (3) in subsection (d) (as redesignated), by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(5) Reference to firm.--For purposes of subsections (a) 
     and (b), the term `firm' does not include a public agency.''; 
     and
       (4) in paragraph (2) of subsection (e) (as redesignated), 
     by striking ``subsection (a) or (b)'' and inserting 
     ``subsection (a), (b), or (c)''.
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