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HR 494 IH
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 494
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Labor to certify a group of workers in a subdivision of a firm as eligible to apply for assistance under the trade adjustment assistance program if the subdivision is a seller of articles of the firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under such program and such sales are related to the article that was the basis for such certification.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 14, 2009
Mr. SPRATT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Labor to certify a group of workers in a subdivision of a firm as eligible to apply for assistance under the trade adjustment assistance program if the subdivision is a seller of articles of the firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under such program and such sales are related to the article that was the basis for such certification.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO CERTIFY CERTAIN ADVERSELY AFFECTED SECONDARY WORKERS AS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER THE TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Requirement- Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
‘(c) Other Adversely Affected Secondary Workers- A group of workers in a subdivision of a firm shall be certified by the Secretary as eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance benefits 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 have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;
‘(2) the workers’ subdivision is a seller of articles of the firm (or another subdivision of the firm) that employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under subsection (a), and such sales are related to the article that was the basis for such certification (as defined in subsection (d)(5)); and
‘(3) a loss of business by the workers’ subdivision with the firm (or another subdivision of the firm) described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers’ separation or threat of separation determined under paragraph (1).’.
(b) Conforming Amendment- Subsection (c) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is amended in paragraph (2) by striking ‘subsection (c)’ and inserting ‘subsection (d)’.
(c) Definition- Subsection (d) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is amended by adding by adding at the end the following:
‘(5) SELLER- The term ‘seller’ means a subdivision of firm that sells articles of the firm (or another subdivision of the firm) that were the basis for a certification of eligibility under subsection (a) of a group of workers employed by such firm (or another subdivision of the firm).’.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.494 as Introduced in House To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Labor to certify a group of ...
