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HR 1281 109th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Commerce Dislocated workers High technology Information technology Labor and Employment Location of industries Science, Technology, Communications Service industries Trade adjustment assistance

To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment assistance to certain service workers.

Introduced: March 14, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 14, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 14, 2005
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment assistance (TAA) to workers in an entity engaged in the business of providing information technology or other high technology services (service sector firm or its subdivision).

Revises group eligibility requirements for TAA to include: (1) a shift, by such workers' firm or subdivision to a foreign country, in provision of services, like or directly competitive with services which are provided by such firm or subdivision; and (2) the situation where such workers' firm or subdivision obtains or is likely to obtain such services from a foreign country.

Extends TAA to adversely affected secondary workers in such a service sector firm or its subdivision.

What's happening now March 17, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Independent 1