[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5258 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5258

    To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to modify the group eligibility 
  requirements under trade adjustment assistance for workers program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2021

 Mr. Pascrell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to modify the group eligibility 
  requirements under trade adjustment assistance for workers program.

    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 ``Improved Access to Trade Adjustment 
Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF GROUP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS UNDER TRADE 
              ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2272(a)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by adding at the end before the 
semicolon the following: ``, failed to increase, or will decrease 
absolutely due to a scheduled or imminently anticipated, long-term 
decrease in or reallocation of the production capacity of the firm''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
with respect to petitions filed under section 221 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271) on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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