H.R.3920 - Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act

To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers and firms, and for other purposes. view all titles (6)

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  • Short: Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act as passed house.
  • Official: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers and firms, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Early Warning and Health Care for Workers Affected by Globalization Act as passed house.
  • Short: Trade and Globalization Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act as introduced.
  • Short: Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007 as passed house.

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Result: Passed - October 31, 2007

Roll call number 1025 in the House

Question: On Passage: H R 3920 Trade and Globalization Assistance Act

Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%)
Percentage of 'aye' votes: 61%
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Neil Abercrombie
Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
Thomas Allen
Rep. Jason Altmire [D, PA-4]
Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1]
Michael Arcuri
Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]
Brian Baird
Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]
Melissa Bean
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D, CA-31]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
Robert Berry
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]
Rep. Leonard Boswell [D, IA-3]
Frederick Boucher
Allen Boyd
Nancy Boyda
Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]
Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D, CA-18]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3]
Christopher Carney
Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]
Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-20]
Rep. Jerry Costello [D, IL-12]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
Robert Cramer
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D, NY-7]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D, TX-28]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
Lincoln Davis
Artur Davis
Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
William Delahunt
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
Rep. Norman Dicks [D, WA-6]
Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
Rep. Joe Donnelly [D, IN-2]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]
Thomas Edwards
Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
Brad Ellsworth
Rahm Emanuel
Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
Bob Etheridge
Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]
Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
Barton Gordon
Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D, IL-4]
John Hall
Phil Hare
Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Rep. Brian Higgins [D, NY-27]
Baron Hill
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
Paul Hodes
Rep. Tim Holden [D, PA-17]
Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
Darlene Hooley
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
William Jefferson
Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
Stephanie Jones
Steve Kagen
Paul Kanjorski
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D, OH-9]
Patrick Kennedy
Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
Carolyn Kilpatrick
Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
Ron Klein
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
Tom Lantos
Rep. Rick Larsen [D, WA-2]
Rep. John Larson [D, CT-1]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
Rep. Sander Levin [D, MI-12]
Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D, IL-3]
Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9]
Tim Mahoney
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
James Marshall
Rep. Jim Matheson [D, UT-2]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
Rep. Mike McIntyre [D, NC-7]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
Michael McNulty
Kendrick Meek
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D, NY-6]
Charles Melancon
Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2]
Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
Rep. Bradley Miller [D, NC-13]
Alan Mollohan
Dennis Moore
Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4]
Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5]
Patrick Murphy
John Murtha
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
Rep. Richard Neal [D, MA-2]
James Oberstar
David Obey
Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]
Solomon Ortiz
Rep. Frank Pallone [D, NJ-6]
Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]
Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D, CO-7]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D, MN-7]
Earl Pomeroy
Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D, CA-37]
Ciro Rodriguez
Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4]
Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D, CA-34]
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
Rep. Timothy Ryan [D, OH-17]
John Salazar
Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
Rep. Linda Sánchez [D, CA-39]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
Joe Sestak
Carol Shea-Porter
Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27]
Rep. Heath Shuler [D, NC-11]
Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
Ike Skelton
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
Victor Snyder
Hilda Solis
Zachary Space
John Spratt
Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
Bart Stupak
Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
John Tanner
Ellen Tauscher
Gene Taylor
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
Rep. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1]
Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D, MA-5]
Sen. Mark Udall [D, CO]
Sen. Tom Udall [D, NM]
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
Rep. Nydia Velázquez [D, NY-12]
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D, IN-1]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D, MN-1]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
Diane Watson
Rep. Melvin Watt [D, NC-12]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]
Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
Robert Wexler
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
Albert Wynn
Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]
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Official Summary

10/31/2007--Passed House amended. Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007 - Title I: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Subtitle A: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Service Sector Workers; Expansion of Covered Shifts in Production; Expansion of Downstream Secondary Worker Elig
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Official Summary

10/31/2007--Passed House amended. Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007 - Title I: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Subtitle A: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Service Sector Workers; Expansion of Covered Shifts in Production; Expansion of Downstream Secondary Worker Eligibility -

(Sec. 101)

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 (the Act) to allow the filing of a petition with the Secretary of Labor for certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) by adversely affected workers in a service sector firm or a public agency. Revises group eligibility requirements for TAA to cover:
(1) a shift, by such workers' firm or subdivision to a foreign country, of production of articles or in provision of services, like or directly competitive with articles which are produced, or services provided by the workers' firm or subdivision; or
(2) instances where the workers' firm or subdivision obtains or is likely to obtain such articles or services from a foreign country. Provides for the certification for TAA of:
(1) adversely affected workers in a public agency or its subdivision; and
(2) adversely affected secondary workers in a service sector firm or its subdivision.

(Sec. 102)

Requires certification determinations of the Secretary of Labor to be published on the Department of Labor's website.

(Sec. 103)

Requires the Secretary of Labor to:
(1) implement a system to collect certain data on adversely affected service sector workers; and
(2) conduct a study, and report to Congress, on ways to improve the timeliness and coverage of data on trade in services. Subtitle B: Industry-Wide Trade Adjustment Assistance -

(Sec. 111)

Provides for certification for TAA of adversely affected workers in a domestic industry.

(Sec. 112)

Requires the International Trade Commission (ITC) to notify the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce of affirmative determinations of:
(1) serious injury or market disruption, or threat of serious injury or market disruption, to a domestic industry; and
(2) injury, or threat of injury, to a domestic industry by reason of imports which have been provided a countervailing or antidumping subsidy. Requires the ITC in cases of an affirmation determination to notify the firms of the affected industry of the allowances, training, employment services, assistance in filing petitions, and other benefits provided under the Act. Requires the Secretary of Labor to notify the Secretary of Commerce of the identity of firms that have been certified as eligible for TAA. Subtitle C: Program Benefits -

(Sec. 121)

Revises certain qualifying requirements for TAA for adversely affected workers.

(Sec. 122)

Increases:
(1) the length of time and amount of TAA payments for training of adversely affected workers; and
(2) the maximum allowance to cover costs of such workers for job search expenses and relocation expenses.

(Sec. 126)

Revises employment services provisions to require the Secretary of Labor to provide, directly or through the states, delineated employment and case management services to adversely affected workers.

(Sec. 127)

Increases the training cap for FY2008-FY2010. Requires a new allocation formula.

(Sec. 128)

Includes, as part of an approved training program for adversely affected workers, any program of prerequisite education or coursework required to enroll in an approved training program.

(Sec. 129)

Provides that an adversely affected worker shall not be ineligible or disqualified for unemployment insurance or TAA program benefits due to a break in or delay in the commencement of training by such worker.

(Sec. 130)

Provides additional payments to states participating in the training of adversely affected workers under the TAA program for administrative expenses incurred and employment and case management services provided by the state. Subtitle D: Health Care Provisions -

(Sec. 141)

Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to increase the credit for health insurance costs of an eligible:
(1) TAA recipient,
(2) alternative TAA recipient, or
(3) Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) pension recipient. Sets forth requirements to provide continued eligibility for the first 36 months after the event for the credit for qualifying family members if the eligible individual:
(1) becomes entitled to Medicare;
(2) is divorced; or
(3) dies. Sunsets such credit after December 31, 2009. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study, and report to Congress, on the health insurance tax credit.

(Sec. 142)

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the IRC, and the Public Health Service Act to set forth requirements providing for the extension of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage for certain qualified TAA-eligible individuals and PBGC recipients. Subtitle E: Wage Insurance -

(Sec. 151)

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to replace provisions providing for a demonstration project for alternative trade adjustment assistance for older workers with a program establishing reemployment TAA program eligibility requirements for the payment of reemployment TAA (or wage insurance) to eligible older workers. Subtitle F: Other Matters -

(Sec. 161)

Prohibits TAA program benefits from being provided to an alien worker unless such worker is a lawful permanent resident living in the United States.

(Sec. 162)

Imposes additional requirements upon state agencies advising and interviewing adversely affected workers.

(Sec. 163)

Requires (currently, authorizes) a state agency or the Secretary of Labor to waive the repayment of TAA paid mistakenly to a person in cases where it was not fault of the person and it would cause a financial hardship for the person.

(Sec. 165)

Establishes in the Department of Labor the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

(Sec. 166)

Directs the Secretary of Labor to implement a system to collect, and make publicly available on the Department of Labor's website, data on all adversely affected workers who apply for or receive TAA. Requires the Secretary of Labor to report to Congress on whether changes to TAA eligibility requirements, benefits, or training should be made based on such collected data.

(Sec. 167)

Extends through FY2012 the TAA program for workers and farmers.

(Sec. 168)

Gives the United States Court of International Trade authority to either remand a case to take further evidence or reverse the action of the appropriate Secretary.

(Sec. 169)

States that provisions relating to adjustment assistance for workers and provisions relating to adjustment assistance for firms shall be liberally construed in favor of certifying workers for assistance. Title II: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms -

(Sec. 201)

Allows the filing of a petition with the Secretary of Commerce for certification of eligibility to apply for TAA by a service sector firm.

(Sec. 202)

Extends the TAA program for firms through FY2012.

(Sec. 203)

Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to provide technical assistance for the establishment of industry-wide programs for the development of new services. (Currently, such assistance is available only for new product development.)

(Sec. 204)

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to:
(1) conduct a demonstration project that will allow small- and medium-sized U.S. manufacturers to gain access to resources that will help them better compete domestically and globally;
(2) establish an advisory board; and
(3) report to Congress on such project. Earmarks amounts through FY2012. Title III: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers -

(Sec. 301)

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to publish petitions for certification for TAA by a group of agricultural commodity producers on the Department of Agriculture's website. (Currently, publication is only required in the Federal Register.) Authorizes an agricultural commodity producer or group of producers that resides outside of the state or region identified in a petition to file a request to become a party to such petition. Title IV: Unemployment Insurance - Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act -

(Sec. 402)

Amends the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Labor to make unemployment compensation modernization incentive payments in FY2008-FY2012 by certain transfers from the federal unemployment account to the accounts of the states in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

(Sec. 403)

Amends the IRC to extend the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) excise tax imposed on every employer through 2011.

(Sec. 404)

Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish the Safety Net Review Commission. Title V: Manufacturing Redevelopment Zones -

(Sec. 501)

Authorizes the designation of 24 nominated areas as manufacturing redevelopment zones and limits the maximum aggregate population of all such zones to 2,000,000. Sets forth eligibility criteria for nominated areas. Provides for the issuance of manufacturing redevelopment bonds (qualified tax credit bonds) and tax-exempt facility bonds and requires the proceeds to be used for promoting development or other economic activity in such zones, including environmental remediation and public infrastructure improvements. Increases the state low-income housing credit for buildings located in such zones. Allows a credit to holders of such qualified tax credit bonds. Provides the state housing credit ceiling of a state which includes such a manufacturing redevelopment zone shall be increased by a specified amount. Provides for a tax credit to holders of qualified tax credit bonds.

(Sec. 502)

Delays until 2012 the application of special rules for the worldwide allocation of interest for purposes of computing the limitation on the foreign tax credit. Title VI: Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification - Early Warning and Health Care for Workers Affected by Globalization Act -

(Sec. 602)

Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the Act) to redefine the terms "employer," "plant closing," "mass layoff", and "employees" for purposes of the Act. Requires an employer to:
(1) give 90-day written notice (currently, 60-day) to employees (including part-time employees) and appropriate state and local governments before ordering a plant closing or mass layoff;
(2) notify the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) of such closing or layoff; and
(3) provide affected employees with information regarding benefits and services available to them, including unemployment compensation, trade adjustment assistance, COBRA benefits, and certain other services. Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate U.S. Senators and Members of the House of Representatives who represent the area where such closing or mass layoff is to occur. Makes an employer who violates such notice requirements liable to the employee for, among other things, two days pay (under current law, back pay for each day of violation) multiplied by the number of days short of the required 90 day notice that was not given, including interest on such pay. Authorizes an affected employee to file a complaint against the employer individually and/or with the Secretary alleging a violation of the notice requirements. Requires the Secretary to investigate and attempt to resolve complaints of violations committed by an employer. Requires an employer to post conspicuously upon its premises pertinent provisions of this Act and information on the filing of a complaint. Sets forth a civil penalty for willful violation of such requirement. Prohibits the rights and remedies provided under this Act from being waived, deferred, or lost pursuant to any agreement or settlement other than an agreement or settlement negotiated by the Secretary, an attorney general of any State, or a private attorney on behalf of affected employees. Requires the Secretary to maintain a guide on the benefits and services available to affected employees.

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... taa helps far fewer workers than it should. the new version (hr 3920) doubles trade adjustment assistance’s authorized budget. it also extends taa to ...

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