[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 110 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S4794]
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           TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE EXTENSION ACT OF 2021

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 2255, introduced earlier 
today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2255) to extend the trade adjustment assistance 
     program for one month.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I further ask that the bill be read three 
times and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and 
laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2255) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows

                                S. 2255

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Adjustment Assistance 
     Extension Act of 2021''.

     SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       (a) Extension of Termination Provisions.--Section 285 of 
     the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended by 
     striking ``June 30, 2021'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``July 23, 2021''.
       (b) Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance.--Section 
     246(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2318(b)(1)) is 
     amended by striking ``June 30, 2021'' and inserting ``July 
     23, 2021''.
       (c) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers.--Section 
     245(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(a)) is 
     amended by striking ``June 30, 2021'' and inserting ``July 
     23, 2021''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     take effect on the earlier of--
       (1) the date of the enactment of this Act; or
       (2) June 30, 2021.
       (e) Application of Prior Law.--Section 406 of the Trade 
     Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (title IV 
     of Public Law 114-27; 129 Stat. 379; 19 U.S.C. 2271 note 
     prec.) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``July 1, 2021'' and inserting ``July 24, 2021''; and
       (B) in paragraphs (5) and (6), by striking ``the 1-year 
     period beginning on July 1, 2021'' and inserting ``the period 
     beginning on July 24, 2021, and ending on June 30, 2022''; 
     and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``July 1, 2021'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``July 24, 2021''.

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