HR 457
107th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
American investments
China
Commerce
Dislocated workers
East Asia
Imports
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Layoffs
Location of industries
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations
Trade adjustment assistance
Trade agreements
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.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 14, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 6, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 6, 2001
Introduced in House
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 that: (1) 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) 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
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