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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4090 
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the trade adjustment assistance 
program to the services sector, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2004 
Mr. CAMP (for himself, Ms. DUNN, Mr. ENGLISH, Mrs. JOHNSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. ROGERS of Michi-
gan, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. NETHERCUTT, and 
Mr. WELLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the trade adjust-
ment assistance program to the services sector, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trade Adjustment As-
sistance Equity for Service Workers Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 
TO SERVICES SECTOR. 
(a) ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS.—Sec-
tion 221(a)(1)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2271(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘firm)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘firm, and workers in a service sector firm or subdivi-
sion of a service sector firm or public agency)’’. 
(b) GROUP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘agricultural firm)’’ and inserting 
‘‘agricultural firm, and workers in a service sec-
tor firm or subdivision of a service sector firm 
or public agency)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 
public agency’’ after ‘‘of the firm’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘like or directly competitive with arti-
cles produced’’ and inserting ‘‘or services 
like or directly competitive with articles 
produced or services provided’’;
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding after subparagraph (B) 
the following: 
‘‘(C)(i) there has been a shift, by such 
workers’ firm, subdivision, or public agency to 
a foreign country, in provision of services, like 
or directly competitive with services which are 
provided by such firm, subdivision, or public 
agency; or 
‘‘(ii) such workers’ firm, subdivision, or 
public agency has obtained or is likely to obtain 
such services from a foreign country.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘agricultural firm)’’ and inserting 
‘‘agricultural firm, and workers in a service sec-
tor firm or subdivision of a service sector firm 
or public agency)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 
service’’ after ‘‘related to the article’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 
services’’ after ‘‘component parts’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or services’’ after 
‘‘value-added production processes’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or finishing’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, finishing, or testing’’; 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘or services’’ after 
‘‘for articles’’; and 
(iv) by inserting ‘‘(or subdivision)’’ 
after ‘‘such other firm’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘for articles’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, or services, for articles or serv-
ices’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(or subdivision)’’ 
after ‘‘such other firm’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) BASIS FOR SECRETARY’S DETERMINATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) INCREASED
IMPORTS.—For purposes of 
subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii), the Secretary may deter-
mine that increased imports of like or directly com-
petitive services exist if the workers’ firm or subdivi-
sion or customers of the workers’ firm or subdivision 
accounting for not less than 20 percent of the sales 
of the workers’ firm or subdivision certify to the
Secretary that they are obtaining such articles or 
services from a foreign country. 
‘‘(2) OBTAINING SERVICES ABROAD.—For pur-
poses of subsection (a)(2)(C)(ii), the Secretary may 
determine that the workers’ firm, subdivision, or 
public agency has obtained or is likely to obtain like 
or directly competitive services from a foreign coun-
try based on a certification thereof from the work-
ers’ firm, subdivision, or public agency. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY
OF
THE
SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary may obtain the certifications under para-
graphs (1) and (2) through questionnaires or in 
such other manner as the Secretary determines is 
appropriate.’’. 
(c) TRAINING.—Section 236(a)(2)(A) of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(2)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$220,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$440,000,000’’. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 247 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2319) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or public agency’’ after 
‘‘of a firm’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or public agency’’ after 
‘‘or subdivision’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘or public 
agency’’ after ‘‘the firm’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through 
(17) as paragraphs (9) through (18), respectively; 
and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) The term ‘public agency’ means a depart-
ment or agency of a State or local government or of 
the Federal Government. 
‘‘(8) The term ‘service sector firm’ means an 
entity engaged in the business of providing serv-
ices.’’. 
(e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 245(a) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘, other than subchapter D’’. 
SEC. 3. TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS AND 
INDUSTRIES. 
(a) FIRMS.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Section 251 of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or 
service sector firm’’ after ‘‘(including any agri-
cultural firm’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)(1)—
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘or service sector 
firm’’ after ‘‘any agricultural firm’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by insert-
ing ‘‘or service’’ after ‘‘of an article’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘articles like or directly competitive with 
articles which are produced’’ and inserting 
‘‘articles or services like or directly com-
petitive with articles or services which are 
produced or provided’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) BASIS FOR SECRETARY DETERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) INCREASED
IMPORTS.—For purposes of 
subsection (c)(1)(C), the Secretary may determine 
that increases of imports of like or directly competi-
tive services exist if customers of the firm account-
ing for not less than 20 percent of the sales of the 
firm certify to the Secretary that they are obtaining 
such articles or services from a foreign country. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY
OF
THE
SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary may obtain the certifications under para-
graph (1) through questionnaires or in such other 
manner as the Secretary determines is appropriate. 
The subpoena power described in section 249 shall
be extended to the Secretary of Commerce for pur-
poses of carrying out this subsection.’’. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Section 256(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2346(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘$16,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$32,000,000’’. 
(3) DEFINITION.—Section 261 of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2351) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘For purposes of’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) FIRM.—For purposes of’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) SERVICE SECTOR FIRM.—For purposes of this 
chapter, the term ‘service sector firm’ means a firm en-
gaged in the business of providing services.’’. 
(b) INDUSTRIES.—Section 265(a) of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2355(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
service’’ after ‘‘new product’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—(1) Section 249 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2321) is amended— 
(A) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 249. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY. ’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subpena’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘subpoena’’.
(2) The item relating to section 249 in the table of 
contents of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘249. Subpoena authority.’’. 
SEC. 4. MONITORING AND REPORTING. 
Section 282 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2393) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) MONITORING
PROGRAMS.—The 
Secretary’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and services’’ after ‘‘im-
ports of articles’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘and domestic provision of 
services’’ after ‘‘domestic production’’; 
(D) by inserting ‘‘or providing services’’ 
after ‘‘producing articles’’; and 
(E) by inserting ‘‘, or provision of serv-
ices,’’ after ‘‘changes in production’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) COLLECTION OF DATA AND REPORTS ON SERV-
ICES SECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) SECRETARY OF LABOR.—Not later than 3 
months after the date of the enactment of the Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Equity for Service Workers 
Act of 2004, the Secretary of Labor shall implement
a system to collect data on adversely affected service 
workers that includes the number of workers by 
State, industry, and cause of dislocation of each 
worker. 
‘‘(2) SECRETARY
OF
COMMERCE.—Not later 
than 6 months after such date of enactment, the 
Secretary of Commerce shall, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Labor, conduct a study and report 
to the Congress on ways to improve the timeliness 
and coverage of data on trade in services, including 
methods to identify increased imports due to the re-
location of United States firms to foreign countries, 
and increased imports due to United States firms 
obtaining services from firms in foreign countries.’’. 
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