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HR 5515 109th Congress House

Trade Readjustment Allowances for Adversely Affected Workers Act of 2006

Official title: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize trade readjustment allowances under chapter 2 of title II of such Act to adversely affected workers who are subject to a lockout.

Introduced: May 25, 2006 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Dislocated workersLabor and EmploymentLockoutsTrade adjustment assistance
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May 25, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 25, 2006
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 Latest action May 25, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Trade Readjustment Allowances for Adversely Affected Workers Act of 2006 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to treat any week in which employment is unavailable to an adversely affected worker because of a lockout as a week of employment. (Thus, counts such weeks for purposes of qualifying such a worker for a trade readjustment allowance.)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 28, 2006
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Green, Al
Texas · Jun 19, 2006
COSTELLO, JERRY
· May 25, 2006
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 25, 2006
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · May 25, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5515: Trade Readjustment Allowances for Adversely Affected Workers Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5515/
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"H.R. 5515: Trade Readjustment Allowances for Adversely Affected Workers Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5515/.
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H.R. 5515, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5515/.
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