U.S. Congress - H.R.1729 Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act
H.R.1729 - Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the trade adjustment assistance program, and for other purpose. view all titles (2)
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- Official: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the trade adjustment assistance program, and for other purpose. as introduced.
- Short: Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act as introduced.
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3/28/2007--Introduced.Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to repeal group eligibility requirements for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) that: (1) the country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of the articles be a party to a free tradeOfficial Summary
3/28/2007--Introduced.Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to repeal group eligibility requirements for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) that:
(1) the country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of the articles be a party to a free trade agreement with the United States; or
(2) such country be a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
Requires the Secretary of Labor, with respect to textile and apparel workers, to make group eligibility determinations without regard to the sales, imports, and production factors of the group eligibility requirements.
Requires funds provided to a state to cover the administrative costs associated with its TAA responsibilities to be sufficient to cover all costs associated with operating the program, including caseworker costs.
Increases the amount of payments for training of adversely affected workers under the Act.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the credit for health insurance costs of certain TAA and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) pension recipients.
Requires the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Labor each to carry out compatible and coordinated programs to simplify the TAA and credit eligibility process.
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These bills are H.R. 3920, H.R. 2764, H.R. 4341, H.R. 3375, H.R. 3943, H.R. 3801, H.R. 910, S. 1848, S. 122, H.R. 1729, S. 1652, S. 1739, H.R. 3589, and H.R. 3843. This report will be updated as legislative activity warrants. ...
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