[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1449 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1449
To reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance program.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 10, 2025
Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Fetterman, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Wyden, Ms.
Klobuchar, Ms. Smith, Mr. Reed, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Markey) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
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A BILL
To reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance 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 ``Trade Adjustment Assistance
Reauthorization Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADE ADJUSTMENT
ASSISTANCE.
(a) Applicability of Certain Provisions.--Except as otherwise
provided in this Act, the provisions of chapters 2 through 6 of title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on June 30, 2021, and as
amended by this Act, shall--
(1) take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act;
and
(2) apply to petitions for certification filed under
chapter 2, 3, or 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 on or
after such date of enactment.
(b) References.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a provision of chapters 2 through 6 of
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, the reference shall be considered to
be made to a provision of any such chapter, as in effect on June 30,
2021.
SEC. 3. RENEWAL OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Termination Provisions.--Section 285 of the Trade Act of 1974
is amended by striking ``June 30, 2021'' each place it appears and
inserting ``December 31, 2031''.
(b) Training Funds.--Section 236(a)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974
is amended by striking ``2015 through 2021'' and inserting ``2026
through 2032''.
(c) Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance.--Section 246(b)(1) of
the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``June 30, 2021'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2031''.
(d) Authorizations of Appropriations.--
(1) Trade adjustment assistance for workers.--Section
245(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``June
30, 2021'' and inserting ``December 31, 2031''.
(2) Trade adjustment assistance for firms.--Section 255(a)
of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``2015 through
2021'' and inserting ``2026 through 2032''.
(3) Trade adjustment assistance for farmers.--Section
298(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``2015
through 2021'' and inserting ``2026 through 2032''.
SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS.
(a) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers.--
(1) Petitions filed on or after july 1, 2021, and before
date of enactment.--
(A) Certifications of workers not certified before
date of enactment.--
(i) Criteria if a determination has not
been made.--If, as of the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Labor has not
made a determination with respect to whether to
certify a group of workers as eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under section 222 of
the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a petition
described in clause (iii), the Secretary shall
make that determination based on the
requirements of section 222 of the Trade Act of
1974, as in effect on such date of enactment.
(ii) Reconsideration of denials of
certifications.--If, before the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary made a
determination not to certify a group of workers
as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974
pursuant to a petition described in clause
(iii), the Secretary shall--
(I) reconsider that determination;
and
(II) if the group of workers meets
the requirements of section 222 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on such
date of enactment, certify the group of
workers as eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance.
(iii) Petition described.--A petition
described in this clause is a petition for a
certification of eligibility for a group of
workers filed under section 221 of the Trade
Act of 1974 on or after July 1, 2021, and
before the date of the enactment of this Act.
(B) Eligibility for benefits.--
(i) In general.--Except as provided in
clause (ii), a worker certified as eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under section
222 of the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a
petition described in subparagraph (A)(iii)
shall be eligible, on and after the date that
is 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, to receive benefits only under the
provisions of chapter 2 of title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on such date of
enactment.
(ii) Computation of maximum benefits.--
Benefits received by a worker described in
clause (i) under chapter 2 of title II of the
Trade Act of 1974 before the date of the
enactment of this Act shall be included in any
determination of the maximum benefits for which
the worker is eligible under the provisions of
chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974,
as in effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(2) Petitions filed before july 1, 2021.--A worker
certified as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
pursuant to a petition filed under section 221 of the Trade Act
of 1974 on or before June 30, 2021, shall continue to be
eligible to apply for and receive benefits under the provisions
of chapter 2 of title II of such Act, as in effect on June 30,
2021.
(3) Qualifying separations with respect to petitions filed
within 90 days of date of enactment.--Section 223(b) of the
Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act, shall be applied and administered by substituting
``before July 1, 2021'' for ``more than one year before the
date of the petition on which such certification was granted''
for purposes of determining whether a worker is eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance pursuant to a petition filed
under section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974 on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act and on or before the date that is
90 days after such date of enactment.
(b) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.--
(1) Certification of firms not certified before date of
enactment.--
(A) Criteria if a determination has not been
made.--If, as of the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Commerce has not made a determination
with respect to whether to certify a firm as eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under section 251 of
the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a petition described
in subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall make that
determination based on the requirements of section 251
of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on such date of
enactment.
(B) Reconsideration of denial of certain
petitions.--If, before the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary made a determination not to
certify a firm as eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974
pursuant to a petition described in subparagraph (C),
the Secretary shall--
(i) reconsider that determination; and
(ii) if the firm meets the requirements of
section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, as in
effect on such date of enactment, certify the
firm as eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance.
(C) Petition described.--A petition described in
this subparagraph is a petition for a certification of
eligibility filed by a firm or its representative under
section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 on or after July
1, 2021, and before the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(2) Certification of firms that did not submit petitions
between july 1, 2021, and date of enactment.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall
certify a firm described in subparagraph (B) as
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act, if the firm or
its representative files a petition for a certification
of eligibility under section 251 of the Trade Act of
1974 not later than 90 days after such date of
enactment.
(B) Firm described.--A firm described in this
subparagraph is a firm that the Secretary determines
would have been certified as eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance if--
(i) the firm or its representative had
filed a petition for a certification of
eligibility under section 251 of the Trade Act
of 1974 on a date during the period beginning
on July 1, 2021, and ending on the day before
the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(ii) the provisions of chapter 3 of title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on
such date of enactment, had been in effect on
that date during the period described in clause
(i).
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