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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4582 

To reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 18, 2024 

Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. FETTERMAN, Ms. 

KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. REED, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. 

SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. 

WYDEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance program. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trade Adjustment As5 sistance Reauthorization Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADE 

7 ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE. 

8 (a) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—Ex9 cept as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of 

10 chapters 2 through 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 


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1 as in effect on June 30, 2021, and as amended by this 

2 Act, shall— 

3 (1) take effect on the date of the enactment of 

4 this Act; and 

5 (2) apply to petitions for certification filed 

6 under chapter 2, 3, or 6 of title II of the Trade Act 

7 of 1974 on or after such date of enactment. 

8 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise provided in 

9 this Act, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal 

10 is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, 

11 a provision of chapters 2 through 6 of title II of the Trade 

12 Act of 1974, the reference shall be considered to be made 

13 to a provision of any such chapter, as in effect on June 

14 30, 2021. 

15 SEC. 3. RENEWAL OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 

16 PROGRAM. 

17 (a) TERMINATION PROVISIONS.—Section 285 of the 

18 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended by 

19 striking ‘‘June 30, 2021’’ each place it appears and insert20 ing ‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 

21 (b) TRAINING FUNDS.—Section 236(a)(2)(A) of the 

22 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(2)(A)) is amended 

23 by striking ‘‘2015 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 

24 through 2031’’. 


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1 (c) REEMPLOYMENT TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSIST2 ANCE.—Section 246(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 

3 U.S.C. 2318(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 

4 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 

5 (d) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 (1) TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR

7 WORKERS.—Section 245(a) of the Trade Act of 

8 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(a)) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘June 30, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

10 2030’’. 

11 (2) TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR

12 FIRMS.—Section 255(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 

13 (19 U.S.C. 2345(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2015 

14 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 through 2031’’. 

15 (3) TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR

16 FARMERS.—Section 298(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 

17 (19 U.S.C. 2401g(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2015 

18 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 through 2031’’. 

19 SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSIST20 ANCE PROVISIONS. 

21 (a) TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORK22 ERS.— 

23 (1) PETITIONS FILED ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 

24 2021, AND BEFORE DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 


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1 (A) CERTIFICATIONS OF WORKERS NOT

2 CERTIFIED BEFORE DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 

3 (i) CRITERIA IF A DETERMINATION

4 HAS NOT BEEN MADE.—If, as of the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

6 of Labor has not made a determination 

7 with respect to whether to certify a group 

8 of workers as eligible to apply for adjust9 ment assistance under section 222 of the 

10 Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a petition 

11 described in clause (iii), the Secretary shall 

12 make that determination based on the re13 quirements of section 222 of the Trade Act 

14 of 1974, as in effect on such date of enact15 ment. 

16 (ii) RECONSIDERATION OF DENIALS

17 OF CERTIFICATIONS.—If, before the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

19 made a determination not to certify a 

20 group of workers as eligible to apply for 

21 adjustment assistance under section 222 of 

22 the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a peti23 tion described in clause (iii), the Secretary 

24 shall— 


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1 (I) reconsider that determination; 

2 and 

3 (II) if the group of workers 

4 meets the requirements of section 222 

5 of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect 

6 on such date of enactment, certify the 

7 group of workers as eligible to apply 

8 for adjustment assistance. 

9 (iii) PETITION DESCRIBED.—A peti10 tion described in this clause is a petition 

11 for a certification of eligibility for a group 

12 of workers filed under section 221 of the 

13 Trade Act of 1974 on or after July 1, 

14 2021, and before the date of the enactment 

15 of this Act. 

16 (B) ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS.— 

17 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

18 in clause (ii), a worker certified as eligible 

19 to apply for adjustment assistance under 

20 section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 pur21 suant to a petition described in subpara22 graph (A)(iii) shall be eligible, on and after 

23 the date that is 90 days after the date of 

24 the enactment of this Act, to receive bene25 fits only under the provisions of chapter 2 


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1 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in 

2 effect on such date of enactment. 

3 (ii) COMPUTATION OF MAXIMUM BEN4 EFITS.—Benefits received by a worker de5 scribed in clause (i) under chapter 2 of 

6 title II of the Trade Act of 1974 before the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act shall be 

8 included in any determination of the max9 imum benefits for which the worker is eli10 gible under the provisions of chapter 2 of 

11 title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in ef12 fect on the date of the enactment of this 

13 Act. 

14 (2) PETITIONS FILED BEFORE JULY 1, 2021.— 

15 A worker certified as eligible to apply for adjustment 

16 assistance pursuant to a petition filed under section 

17 221 of the Trade Act of 1974 on or before June 30, 

18 2021, shall continue to be eligible to apply for and 

19 receive benefits under the provisions of chapter 2 of 

20 title II of such Act, as in effect on June 30, 2021. 

21 (3) QUALIFYING SEPARATIONS WITH RESPECT

22 TO PETITIONS FILED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF DATE OF

23 ENACTMENT.—Section 223(b) of the Trade Act of 

24 1974, as in effect on the date of the enactment of 

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1 stituting ‘‘before July 1, 2021’’ for ‘‘more than one 

2 year before the date of the petition on which such 

3 certification was granted’’ for purposes of deter4 mining whether a worker is eligible to apply for ad5 justment assistance pursuant to a petition filed 

6 under section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974 on or 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act and on 

8 or before the date that is 90 days after such date 

9 of enactment. 

10 (b) TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS.— 

11 (1) CERTIFICATION OF FIRMS NOT CERTIFIED

12 BEFORE DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 

13 (A) CRITERIA IF A DETERMINATION HAS

14 NOT BEEN MADE.—If, as of the date of the en15 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce 

16 has not made a determination with respect to 

17 whether to certify a firm as eligible to apply for 

18 adjustment assistance under section 251 of the 

19 Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a petition de20 scribed in subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall 

21 make that determination based on the require22 ments of section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, 

23 as in effect on such date of enactment. 

24 (B) RECONSIDERATION OF DENIAL OF

25 CERTAIN PETITIONS.—If, before the date of the 


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1 enactment of this Act, the Secretary made a de2 termination not to certify a firm as eligible to 

3 apply for adjustment assistance under section 

4 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a pe5 tition described in subparagraph (C), the Sec6 retary shall— 

7 (i) reconsider that determination; and 

8 (ii) if the firm meets the requirements 

9 of section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, 

10 as in effect on such date of enactment, cer11 tify the firm as eligible to apply for adjust12 ment assistance. 

13 (C) PETITION DESCRIBED.—A petition de14 scribed in this subparagraph is a petition for a 

15 certification of eligibility filed by a firm or its 

16 representative under section 251 of the Trade 

17 Act of 1974 on or after July 1, 2021, and be18 fore the date of the enactment of this Act. 

19 (2) CERTIFICATION OF FIRMS THAT DID NOT

20 SUBMIT PETITIONS BETWEEN JULY 1, 2021, AND

21 DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Com23 merce shall certify a firm described in subpara24 graph (B) as eligible to apply for adjustment 

25 assistance under section 251 of the Trade Act 


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1 of 1974, as in effect on the date of the enact2 ment of this Act, if the firm or its representa3 tive files a petition for a certification of eligi4 bility under section 251 of the Trade Act of 

5 1974 not later than 90 days after such date of 

6 enactment. 

7 (B) FIRM DESCRIBED.—A firm described 

8 in this subparagraph is a firm that the Sec9 retary determines would have been certified as 

10 eligible to apply for adjustment assistance if— 

11 (i) the firm or its representative had 

12 filed a petition for a certification of eligi13 bility under section 251 of the Trade Act 

14 of 1974 on a date during the period begin15 ning on July 1, 2021, and ending on the 

16 day before the date of the enactment of 

17 this Act; and 

18 (ii) the provisions of chapter 3 of title 

19 II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect 

20 on such date of enactment, had been in ef21 fect on that date during the period de22 scribed in clause (i). 

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