HR 4649
106th Congress
House
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish a transitional adjustment assistance program for workers adversely affected by reason of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade…
Official title: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish a transitional adjustment assistance program for workers adversely affected by reason of the extension of nondiscri… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish a transitional adjustment assistance program for workers adversely affected by reason of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.
Foreign Trade and International Finance
American investmentsChinaCommerceDislocated workers
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East AsiaImportsInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLayoffsLocation of industriesMost favored nation principleNormal trade relationsTrade adjustment assistanceTrade agreements
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Became law
Jun 13, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 13, 2000
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Plain-English summary
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require certification of a group of workers (including agricultural firm or subdivision workers) as eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance under such Act if the Secretary of Labor determines that a significant number or proportion of them in the workers' firm (or subdivision) have become totally or partially separated (or threatened with total or partial separation), and either: (1) that the firm's (or subdivision's) sales or production, or both, have decreased absolutely, imports from the People's Republic of China of like or directly competitive articles have increased by reason of the extension of normal trade relations treatment, and such increase in imports contributed importantly to such workers' separation (or threat thereof) and to the decline in the firm's (or subdivision's) sales or production; or (2) that there has been a shift in production by the workers' firm (or subdivision) to the People's Republic of China of articles like or directly competitive with the firm's (or subdivision's) articles by reason of such extension of normal trade relations treatment.
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- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4649: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish a transitional adjustment assistance program for workers adversely affected by reason of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4649/
"H.R. 4649: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish a transitional adjustment assistance program for workers adversely affected by reason of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4649/.
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