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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1003 

To extend the trade adjustment assistance program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 16, 2015 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To extend the trade adjustment assistance program, and 

for other purposes. 

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 Enhancement Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADE 

7 ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE. 

8 (a) REPEAL OF SNAPBACK.—Section 233 of the 

9 Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 

10 (Public Law 112–40; 125 Stat. 416) is repealed. 


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1 (b) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—Ex2 cept as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of 

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

4 as in effect on December 31, 2013, and as amended by 

5 this Act, shall— 

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

7 this Act; and 

8 (2) apply to petitions for certification filed 

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

10 of 1974 on or after such date of enactment. 

11 (c) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise provided in 

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

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

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

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

16 to a provision of any such chapter, as in effect on Decem17 ber 31, 2013. 

18 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 

19 PROGRAM. 

20 (a) EXTENSION OF TERMINATION PROVISIONS.— 

21 Section 285 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 

22 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ each 

23 place it appears and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2021’’. 

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

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


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1 by striking ‘‘shall not exceed’’ and all that follows and in2 serting ‘‘shall not exceed $450,000,000 for each of fiscal 

3 years 2015 through 2021.’’. 

4 (c) REEMPLOYMENT TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSIST5 ANCE.—Section 246(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 

6 U.S.C. 2318(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

7 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2021’’. 

8 (d) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 (1) TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR

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

11 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(a)) is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 

13 2021’’. 

14 (2) TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR

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

16 (19 U.S.C. 2345(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

17 years 2012 and 2013’’ and all that follows through 

18 ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 

19 2015 through 2021’’. 

20 (3) TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR

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

22 (19 U.S.C. 2401g(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

23 years 2012 and 2013’’ and all that follows through 

24 ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 

25 2015 through 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING. 

2 (a) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—Section 239(j) of 

3 the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2311(j)) is amended— 

4 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

5 ‘‘DATA REPORTING’’ and inserting ‘‘PERFORMANCE

6 MEASURES’’; 

7 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

9 (A)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘a quarterly’’ and in11 serting ‘‘an annual’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘data’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘measures’’; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

15 ‘‘core’’ and inserting ‘‘primary’’; and 

16 (C) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

17 ‘‘that promote efficiency and effectiveness’’ 

18 after ‘‘assistance program’’; 

19 (3) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

21 ‘‘CORE INDICATORS DESCRIBED’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE’’; and 

23 (B) by striking subparagraph (A) and in24 serting the following: 

25 ‘‘(A) PRIMARY INDICATORS OF PERFORM26 ANCE DESCRIBED.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The primary indi2 cators of performance referred to in para3 graph (1)(A) shall consist of— 

4 ‘‘(I) the percentage and number 

5 of workers who received benefits 

6 under the trade adjustment assistance 

7 program who are in unsubsidized em8 ployment during the second calendar 

9 quarter after exit from the program; 

10 ‘‘(II) the percentage and number 

11 of workers who received benefits 

12 under the trade adjustment assistance 

13 program and who are in unsubsidized 

14 employment during the fourth cal15 endar quarter after exit from the pro16 gram; 

17 ‘‘(III) the median earnings of 

18 workers described in subclause (I); 

19 ‘‘(IV) the percentage and number 

20 of workers who received benefits 

21 under the trade adjustment assistance 

22 program who, subject to clause (ii), 

23 obtain a recognized postsecondary cre24 dential or a secondary school diploma 

25 or its recognized equivalent, during 


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1 participation in the program or within 

2 one year after exit from the program; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(V) the percentage and number 

5 of workers who received benefits 

6 under the trade adjustment assistance 

7 program who, during a year while re8 ceiving such benefits, are in an edu9 cation or training program that leads 

10 to a recognized postsecondary creden11 tial or employment and who are 

12 achieving measurable gains in skills 

13 toward such a credential or employ14 ment. 

15 ‘‘(ii) INDICATOR RELATING TO CRE16 DENTIAL.—For purposes of clause (i)(IV), 

17 a worker who received benefits under the 

18 trade adjustment assistance program who 

19 obtained a secondary school diploma or its 

20 recognized equivalent shall be included in 

21 the percentage counted for purposes of 

22 that clause only if the worker, in addition 

23 to obtaining such a diploma or its recog24 nized equivalent, has obtained or retained 

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1 ing program leading to a recognized post2 secondary credential within one year after 

3 exit from the program.’’; 

4 (4) in paragraph (3)— 

5 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

6 ‘‘DATA’’ and inserting ‘‘MEASURES’’; 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘quarterly’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘annual’’; and 

9 (C) by striking ‘‘data’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘measures’’; and 

11 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(4) ACCESSIBILITY OF STATE PERFORMANCE

13 REPORTS.—The Secretary shall, on an annual basis, 

14 make available (including by electronic means), in an 

15 easily understandable format, the reports of cooper16 ating States or cooperating State agencies required 

17 by paragraph (1) and the information contained in 

18 those reports.’’. 

19 (b) COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION OF DATA.—Sec20 tion 249B of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2323) 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

24 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

25 ‘‘enrolled in’’ and inserting ‘‘who received’’; 


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1 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

2 (I) by striking ‘‘complete’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘exited’’; and 

4 (II) by striking ‘‘who were en5 rolled in’’ and inserting ‘‘, including 

6 who received’’; 

7 (iii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

8 ‘‘complete’’ and inserting ‘‘exited’’; 

9 (iv) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

10 ‘‘complete’’ and inserting ‘‘exit’’; and 

11 (v) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(G) The average cost per worker of re13 ceiving training approved under section 236. 

14 ‘‘(H) The percentage of workers who re15 ceived training approved under section 236 and 

16 obtained unsubsidized employment in a field re17 lated to that training.’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

19 (i) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by 

20 striking ‘‘quarterly’’ each place it appears 

21 and inserting ‘‘annual’’; and 

22 (ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 

23 inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(C) The median earnings of workers de25 scribed in section 239(j)(2)(A)(i)(III) during 


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1 the second calendar quarter after exit from the 

2 program, expressed as a percentage of the me3 dian earnings of such workers before the cal4 endar quarter in which such workers began re5 ceiving benefits under this chapter.’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (e)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

9 (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and 

10 (D), respectively; and 

11 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

12 (A) the following: 

13 ‘‘(B) the reports required under section 

14 239(j);’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a quar16 terly’’ and inserting ‘‘an annual’’. 

17 (c) RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL DE18 FINED.—Section 247 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

19 2319) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(19) The term ‘recognized postsecondary cre21 dential’ means a credential consisting of an indus22 try-recognized certificate or certification, a certifi23 cate of completion of an apprenticeship, a license 

24 recognized by a State or the Federal Government, or 

25 an associate or baccalaureate degree.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. APPLICABILITY OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSIST2 ANCE PROVISIONS. 

3 (a) TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORK4 ERS.— 

5 (1) PETITIONS FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 

6 2014, AND BEFORE DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 

7 (A) CERTIFICATIONS OF WORKERS NOT

8 CERTIFIED BEFORE DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 

9 (i) CRITERIA IF A DETERMINATION

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

11 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

12 of Labor has not made a determination 

13 with respect to whether to certify a group 

14 of workers as eligible to apply for adjust15 ment assistance under section 222 of the 

16 Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a petition 

17 described in clause (iii), the Secretary shall 

18 make that determination based on the re19 quirements of section 222 of the Trade Act 

20 of 1974, as in effect on such date of enact21 ment. 

22 (ii) RECONSIDERATION OF DENIALS

23 OF CERTIFICATIONS.—If, before the date 

24 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

25 made a determination not to certify a 

26 group of workers as eligible to apply for 


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1 adjustment assistance under section 222 of 

2 the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a peti3 tion described in clause (iii), the Secretary 

4 shall— 

5 (I) reconsider that determination; 

6 and 

7 (II) if the group of workers 

8 meets the requirements of section 222 

9 of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect 

10 on such date of enactment, certify the 

11 group of workers as eligible to apply 

12 for adjustment assistance. 

13 (iii) PETITION DESCRIBED.—A peti14 tion described in this clause is a petition 

15 for a certification of eligibility for a group 

16 of workers filed under section 221 of the 

17 Trade Act of 1974 on or after January 1, 

18 2014, and before the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act. 

20 (B) ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS.— 

21 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

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

23 to apply for adjustment assistance under 

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1 graph (A)(iii) shall be eligible, on and after 

2 the date that is 90 days after the date of 

3 the enactment of this Act, to receive bene4 fits only under the provisions of chapter 2 

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

6 effect on such date of enactment. 

7 (ii) COMPUTATION OF MAXIMUM BEN8 EFITS.—Benefits received by a worker de9 scribed in clause (i) under chapter 2 of 

10 title II of the Trade Act of 1974 before the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act shall be 

12 included in any determination of the max13 imum benefits for which the worker is eli14 gible under the provisions of chapter 2 of 

15 title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in ef16 fect on the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act. 

18 (2) PETITIONS FILED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 

19 2014.—A worker certified as eligible to apply for ad20 justment assistance pursuant to a petition filed 

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

22 before December 31, 2013, shall continue to be eligi23 ble to apply for and receive benefits under the provi24 sions of chapter 2 of title II of such Act, as in effect 

25 on December 31, 2013. 


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1 (3) QUALIFYING SEPARATIONS WITH RESPECT

2 TO PETITIONS FILED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF DATE OF

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

4 1974, as in effect on the date of the enactment of 

5 this Act, shall be applied and administered by sub6 stituting ‘‘before January 1, 2014’’ for ‘‘more than 

7 one year before the date of the petition on which 

8 such certification was granted’’ for purposes of de9 termining whether a worker is eligible to apply for 

10 adjustment assistance pursuant to a petition filed 

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

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

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

14 of enactment. 

15 (b) TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS.— 

16 (1) CERTIFICATION OF FIRMS NOT CERTIFIED

17 BEFORE DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 

18 (A) CRITERIA IF A DETERMINATION HAS

19 NOT BEEN MADE.—If, as of the date of the en20 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce 

21 has not made a determination with respect to 

22 whether to certify a firm as eligible to apply for 

23 adjustment assistance under section 251 of the 

24 Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a petition de25 scribed in subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall 


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1 make that determination based on the require2 ments of section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, 

3 as in effect on such date of enactment. 

4 (B) RECONSIDERATION OF DENIAL OF

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

6 enactment of this Act, the Secretary made a de7 termination not to certify a firm as eligible to 

8 apply for adjustment assistance under section 

9 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a pe10 tition described in subparagraph (C), the Sec11 retary shall— 

12 (i) reconsider that determination; and 

13 (ii) if the firm meets the requirements 

14 of section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, 

15 as in effect on such date of enactment, cer16 tify the firm as eligible to apply for adjust17 ment assistance. 

18 (C) PETITION DESCRIBED.—A petition de19 scribed in this subparagraph is a petition for a 

20 certification of eligibility filed by a firm or its 

21 representative under section 251 of the Trade 

22 Act of 1974 on or after January 1, 2014, and 

23 before the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 (2) CERTIFICATION OF FIRMS THAT DID NOT

2 SUBMIT PETITIONS BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 2014, AND

3 DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Com5 merce shall certify a firm described in subpara6 graph (B) as eligible to apply for adjustment 

7 assistance under section 251 of the Trade Act 

8 of 1974, as in effect on the date of the enact9 ment of this Act, if the firm or its representa10 tive files a petition for a certification of eligi11 bility under section 251 of the Trade Act of 

12 1974 not later than 90 days after such date of 

13 enactment. 

14 (B) FIRM DESCRIBED.—A firm described 

15 in this subparagraph is a firm that the Sec16 retary determines would have been certified as 

17 eligible to apply for adjustment assistance if— 

18 (i) the firm or its representative had 

19 filed a petition for a certification of eligi20 bility under section 251 of the Trade Act 

21 of 1974 on a date during the period begin22 ning on January 1, 2014, and ending on 

23 the day before the date of the enactment 

24 of this Act; and 


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1 (ii) the provisions of chapter 3 of title 

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

3 on such date of enactment, had been in ef4 fect on that date during the period de5 scribed in clause (i). 

6 SEC. 6. SUNSET PROVISIONS. 

7 (a) APPLICATION OF PRIOR LAW.—Subject to sub8 section (b), beginning on July 1, 2021, the provisions of 

9 chapters 2, 3, 5, and 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 

10 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.), as in effect on January 

11 1, 2014, shall be in effect and apply, except that in apply12 ing and administering such chapters— 

13 (1) paragraph (1) of section 231(c) of that Act 

14 shall be applied and administered as if subpara15 graphs (A), (B), and (C) of that paragraph were not 

16 in effect; 

17 (2) section 233 of that Act shall be applied and 

18 administered— 

19 (A) in subsection (a)— 

20 (i) in paragraph (2), by substituting 

21 ‘‘104-week period’’ for ‘‘104-week period’’ 

22 and all that follows through ‘‘130-week pe23 riod)’’; and 

24 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 


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1 (I) in the matter preceding sub2 paragraph (A), by substituting ‘‘65’’ 

3 for ‘‘52’’; and 

4 (II) by substituting ‘‘78-week pe5 riod’’ for ‘‘52-week period’’ each place 

6 it appears; and 

7 (B) by applying and administering sub8 section (g) as if it read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(g) PAYMENT OF TRADE READJUSTMENT ALLOW10 ANCES TO COMPLETE TRAINING.—Notwithstanding any 

11 other provision of this section, in order to assist an ad12 versely affected worker to complete training approved for 

13 the worker under section 236 that leads to the completion 

14 of a degree or industry-recognized credential, payments 

15 may be made as trade readjustment allowances for not 

16 more than 13 weeks within such period of eligibility as 

17 the Secretary may prescribe to account for a break in 

18 training or for justifiable cause that follows the last week 

19 for which the worker is otherwise entitled to a trade read20 justment allowance under this chapter if— 

21 ‘‘(1) payment of the trade readjustment allow22 ance for not more than 13 weeks is necessary for the 

23 worker to complete the training; 

24 ‘‘(2) the worker participates in training in each 

25 such week; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) the worker— 

2 ‘‘(A) has substantially met the perform3 ance benchmarks established as part of the 

4 training approved for the worker; 

5 ‘‘(B) is expected to continue to make 

6 progress toward the completion of the training; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(C) will complete the training during that 

9 period of eligibility.’’; 

10 (3) section 245(a) of that Act shall be applied 

11 and administered by substituting ‘‘June 30, 2022’’ 

12 for ‘‘December 31, 2007’’; 

13 (4) section 246(b)(1) of that Act shall be ap14 plied and administered by substituting ‘‘June 30, 

15 2022’’ for ‘‘the date that is 5 years’’ and all that fol16 lows through ‘‘State’’; 

17 (5) section 256(b) of that Act shall be applied 

18 and administered by substituting ‘‘the 1-year period 

19 beginning on July 1, 2021’’ for ‘‘each of fiscal years 

20 2003 through 2007, and $4,000,000 for the 3- 

21 month period beginning on October 1, 2007’’; 

22 (6) section 298(a) of that Act shall be applied 

23 and administered by substituting ‘‘the 1-year period 

24 beginning on July 1, 2021’’ for ‘‘each of the fiscal 


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1 years’’ and all that follows through ‘‘October 1, 

2 2007’’; and 

3 (7) section 285 of that Act shall be applied and 

4 administered— 

5 (A) in subsection (a), by substituting 

6 ‘‘June 30, 2022’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ 

7 each place it appears; and 

8 (B) by applying and administering sub9 section (b) as if it read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(b) OTHER ASSISTANCE.— 

11 ‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

13 subparagraph (B), assistance may not be pro14 vided under chapter 3 after June 30, 2022. 

15 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub16 paragraph (A), any assistance approved under 

17 chapter 3 pursuant to a petition filed under sec18 tion 251 on or before June 30, 2022, may be 

19 provided— 

20 ‘‘(i) to the extent funds are available 

21 pursuant to such chapter for such purpose; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(ii) to the extent the recipient of the 

24 assistance is otherwise eligible to receive 

25 such assistance. 


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1 ‘‘(2) FARMERS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

3 subparagraph (B), assistance may not be pro4 vided under chapter 6 after June 30, 2022. 

5 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub6 paragraph (A), any assistance approved under 

7 chapter 6 on or before June 30, 2022, may be 

8 provided— 

9 ‘‘(i) to the extent funds are available 

10 pursuant to such chapter for such purpose; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(ii) to the extent the recipient of the 

13 assistance is otherwise eligible to receive 

14 such assistance.’’. 

15 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of chapters 2, 3, 

16 5, and 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect 

17 on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall continue 

18 to apply on and after July 1, 2021, with respect to— 

19 (1) workers certified as eligible for trade adjust20 ment assistance benefits under chapter 2 of title II 

21 of that Act pursuant to petitions filed under section 

22 221 of that Act before July 1, 2021; 

23 (2) firms certified as eligible for technical as24 sistance or grants under chapter 3 of title II of that 


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1 Act pursuant to petitions filed under section 251 of 

2 that Act before July 1, 2021; and 

3 (3) agricultural commodity producers certified 

4 as eligible for technical or financial assistance under 

5 chapter 6 of title II of that Act pursuant to petitions 

6 filed under section 292 of that Act before July 1, 

7 2021. 

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