TRADE ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance within the International Trade Administration (see S. 1120), S6978 [22MY]

Domestic policy: amend to provide trade adjustment assistance for communities (see S. 1110), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 2308), H4875 [3JN]

———amend to provide trade readjustment and development enhancement for communities (see S. 1299), S8232 [19JN]

Employment: amend trade adjustment assistance program to establish a demonstration project to provide self-employment training and assistance to eligible adversely affected workers (see H.R. 1807), H3353 [11AP]

Foreign trade: address foreign private and joint public-private market access barriers that harm U.S. trade and address foreign governments which fail to cooperate with certain investigations (see H.R. 2737), H6868 [15JY]

———ensure that countries keep intellectual property protections current with technology, establish petition process for claims against Caribbean Basin trade partners, and correct certain investigative mechanisms (see S. 1911), S15287 [20NO]

———establish procedures for identifying countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see S. 1324), S8439 [24JN] (see H.R. 2579), H5813 [24JN]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: enforce U.S. rights relative to Mexican restrictions on importation of high fructose corn syrup (see S. 1952), S15975 [25NO]

Tariff: include certain specialty metals as import-sensitive articles that are ineligible for duty-free treatment under the generalized system of preferences program (see H.R. 2056), H3973 [9MY]

Letters

Treatment of trade adjustment assistance health insurance tax credits for workers negatively impacted by trade: several Representatives, H5533 [18JN]

Press releases

Pro-Trade House Democrats Fight To Keep Worker Assistance in Trade Bill, H5533 [18JN]

Remarks in House

Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports, E383, E384, E386 [6MR]

Tariff: include certain specialty metals as import-sensitive articles that are ineligible for duty-free treatment under the generalized system of preferences program (H.R. 2056), E924 [9MY]

Taxation: treatment of trade adjustment assistance health insurance tax credits for workers negatively impacted by trade, H5531-H5535 [18JN], H5562, H5588-H5592 [19JN], E1312 [20JN], E1361 [26JN]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance within the International Trade Administration (S. 1120), S7004 [22MY]

Domestic policy: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S2044 [6FE], S2115 [10FE]

———amend to provide trade adjustment assistance for communities (S. 1110), S6991-S6994 [22MY]

———amend to provide trade readjustment and development enhancement for communities (S. 1299), S8243 [19JN]

Foreign trade: ensure that countries keep intellectual property protections current with technology, establish petition process for claims against Caribbean Basin trade partners, and correct certain investigative mechanisms (S. 1911), S15299 [20NO]

———establish procedures for identifying countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (S. 1324), S8442 [24JN]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: enforce U.S. rights relative to Mexican restrictions on importation of high fructose corn syrup (S. 1952), S15977 [25NO]

Texts of

S. 1120, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Reorganization Act, S7004 [22MY]

S. 1324, U.S. Agricultural Products Market Access Act, S8443 [24JN]