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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 494 

To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Labor to 

certify a group of workers in a subdivision of a firm as eligible to 

apply for assistance under the trade adjustment assistance program 

if the subdivision is a seller of articles of the firm that employed a 

group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under such 

program and such sales are related to the article that was the basis 

for such certification. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 14, 2009 

Mr. SPRATT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary 

of Labor to certify a group of workers in a subdivision 

of a firm as eligible to apply for assistance under the 

trade adjustment assistance program if the subdivision 

is a seller of articles of the firm that employed a group 

of workers who received a certification of eligibility under 

such program and such sales are related to the article 

that was the basis for such certification. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO CERTIFY CERTAIN AD2 VERSELY AFFECTED SECONDARY WORKERS 

3 AS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE 

4 UNDER THE TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSIST5 ANCE PROGRAM. 

6 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 222 of the Trade Act 

7 of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub9 section (d); and 

10 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(c) OTHER ADVERSELY AFFECTED SECONDARY

13 WORKERS.—A group of workers in a subdivision of a firm 

14 shall be certified by the Secretary as eligible to apply for 

15 trade adjustment assistance benefits under this chapter 

16 pursuant to a petition filed under section 221 if the Sec17 retary determines that— 

18 ‘‘(1) a significant number or proportion of the 

19 workers have become totally or partially separated, 

20 or are threatened to become totally or partially sepa21 rated; 

22 ‘‘(2) the workers’ subdivision is a seller of arti23 cles of the firm (or another subdivision of the firm) 

24 that employed a group of workers who received a 

25 certification of eligibility under subsection (a), and 

26 such sales are related to the article that was the 


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1 basis for such certification (as defined in subsection 

2 (d)(5)); and 

3 ‘‘(3) a loss of business by the workers’ subdivi4 sion with the firm (or another subdivision of the 

5 firm) described in paragraph (2) contributed impor6 tantly to the workers’ separation or threat of separa7 tion determined under paragraph (1).’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c) of 

9 such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this 

10 section, is amended in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘sub11 section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’. 

12 (c) DEFINITION.—Subsection (d) of such section, as 

13 redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is 

14 amended by adding by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(5) SELLER.—The term ‘seller’ means a sub16 division of firm that sells articles of the firm (or an17 other subdivision of the firm) that were the basis for 

18 a certification of eligibility under subsection (a) of a 

19 group of workers employed by such firm (or another 

20 subdivision of the firm).’’. 

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