HR 85
107th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Authorization
Canada
Customs unions
Department of Labor
Dislocated workers
Economics and Public Finance
Free trade
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Law
Mexico
North America
Occupational retraining
Trade adjustment assistance
Trade agreements
To reauthorize the Trade Adjustment Assistance program through fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.
Introduced: January 3, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 9, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 3, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 3, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations to the Department of Labor through FY 2006 for: (1) trade adjustment assistance to displaced workers and for firms; and (2) the North American Free Trade Agreement Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program.
Provides that a certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance shall not cover a worker whose last total or partial separation from a firm occurred more than two years (currently, one year) before the date of a petition on which such certification was granted (effectively extending the time for filing the petition for worker assistance).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
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