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Union Calendar No. 262 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3920 
[Report No. 110–414, Part I] 
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, 
to extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers and firms, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2007 
Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. GEORGE MIL-
LER of California, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. STARK, Mr. NEAL of 
Massachusetts, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. BECERRA, 
Mr. POMEROY, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. KIND, 
Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 
MEEK
of Florida, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. DAVIS
of Alabama, Mrs. 
TAUSCHER, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. HARE, and Mr. SESTAK) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor 
and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
OCTOBER 29, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. 
ALTMIRE, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. HINOJOSA, and Mr. 
DONNELLY 
OCTOBER 29, 2007 
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
OCTOBER 29, 2007 
Committees on Education and Labor and Energy and Commerce discharged; 
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committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 22, 2007] 
A BILL 
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to reauthorize trade adjust-
ment assistance, to extend trade adjustment assistance 
to service workers and firms, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
TITLE I—TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS 
Subtitle A—Trade Adjustment Assistance for Service Sector Workers; Expansion 
of Covered Shifts in Production; Expansion of Downstream Secondary Work-
er Eligibility 
Sec. 101. Extension of trade adjustment assistance to services sector; shifts in pro-
duction. 
Sec. 102. Determinations by Secretary of Labor. 
Sec. 103. Monitoring and reporting relating to service sector. 
Subtitle B—Industry-Wide Trade Adjustment Assistance 
Sec. 111. Industry-wide determinations. 
Sec. 112. Notifications regarding affirmative determinations and safeguards. 
Sec. 113. Notification to Secretary of Commerce. 
Sec. 114. Restriction on eligibility for program benefits. 
Subtitle C—Program Benefits 
Sec. 121. Qualifying requirements for workers. 
Sec. 122. Weekly amounts. 
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Sec. 123. Limitations on trade readjustment allowances; allowances for extended 
training and breaks in training. 
Sec. 124. Special rules for calculation of eligibility period. 
Sec. 125. Application of State laws and regulations on good cause for waiver of 
time limits or late filing of claims. 
Sec. 126. Employment and case management services. 
Sec. 127. Training. 
Sec. 128. Prerequisite education; approved training programs. 
Sec. 129. Eligibility for unemployment insurance and program benefits while in 
training. 
Sec. 130. Administrative expenses and employment and case management serv-
ices. 
Sec. 131. Job search and relocation allowances. 
Subtitle D—Health Care Provisions 
Sec. 141. Modifications relating health insurance assistance for certain TAA and 
PBGC pension recipients. 
Subtitle E—Wage Insurance 
Sec. 151. Reemployment trade adjustment assistance program for older workers. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 161. Agreements with States. 
Sec. 162. Fraud and recovery of overpayments. 
Sec. 163. Technical amendments. 
Sec. 164. Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance; Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Trade Adjustment Assistance. 
Sec. 165. Collection of data and reports; information to workers. 
Sec. 166. Extension of TAA program. 
Sec. 167. Judicial review. 
Sec. 168. Liberal construction of certification of workers and firms. 
TITLE II—TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS 
Sec. 201. Trade adjustment assistance for firms. 
Sec. 202. Extension of authorization of trade adjustment assistance for firms. 
Sec. 203. Industry-wide programs for the development of new services. 
Sec. 204. Demonstration project on strategic trade transformation assistance. 
TITLE III—UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Special transfers to State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
Sec. 303. Extension of FUTA tax. 
Sec. 304. Safety Net Review Commission. 
TITLE IV—MANUFACTURING REDEVELOPMENT ZONES 
Sec. 401. Manufacturing redevelopment zones. 
Sec. 402. Delay in application of worldwide interest allocation. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) Since January 2001, the United States econ-
omy has lost nearly 3 million jobs in the manufac-
turing sector alone. 
(2) Today, over 7.1 million people in the United 
States are unemployed, and nearly 1.2 million of 
those individuals have been unemployed for 6 months 
or longer. 
(3) While the United States manufacturing sec-
tor has been the hardest hit by increased unemploy-
ment, the United States service sector has also seen 
declines as jobs have moved to low-cost labor markets, 
such as China, India, and the Philippines. 
(4) Promoting the economic growth and competi-
tiveness of the United States requires— 
(A) opening substantial new markets for 
United States goods, services, and farm products; 
(B) building a strong framework of rules for 
international trade to level the playing field for 
United States workers and businesses in all sec-
tors of the economy; and 
(C) helping those affected by globalization 
overcome its challenges and succeed. 
(5) Congress created the trade adjustment assist-
ance program in 1962 to provide United States work-
ers who lose their jobs because of foreign competition 
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with government-funded training and associated in-
come support to enable such workers to transition to 
new, good-paying jobs. 
(6) Unfortunately, the trade adjustment assist-
ance program has not kept pace with globalization 
and it is failing to ensure that all workers adversely 
affected by trade receive the assistance they need and 
deserve. 
(7) Workers in the service sector, who make up 
approximately 80 percent of the United States work-
force, are ineligible for trade adjustment assistance. 
(8) Inadequate funding for training leaves many 
dislocated workers without access to the retraining 
they need to find good-paying jobs. 
(9) Unnecessary, unduly burdensome, and con-
fusing program eligibility rules prevent workers from 
gaining access to benefits for which they are eligible. 
(10) The health coverage tax credit suffers from 
fundamental flaws and, as a result, the credit is not 
being used by the vast majority of people who are eli-
gible for it, despite a clear need for access to afford-
able health care. 
(11) 
To 
meet 
the 
challenges 
posed 
by 
globalization and to preserve the critical role that 
United States workers play in promoting the strength 
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and prosperity of the United States, the trade adjust-
ment assistance program must be reformed. 
TITLE I—TRADE ADJUSTMENT 
ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS 
Subtitle A—Trade Adjustment As-
sistance for Service Sector Work-
ers; Expansion of Covered Shifts 
in 
Production; 
Expansion 
of 
Downstream Secondary Worker 
Eligibility 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 
TO SERVICES SECTOR; SHIFTS IN PRODUC-
TION. 
(a) PETITIONS.—Section 221(a) of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary of Labor’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or subdivision’’ and 
inserting (or subdivision) or public agency 
(or subdivision); and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘firm)’’ and inserting ‘‘firm, and workers in a 
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service sector firm or subdivision of a service sec-
tor firm, or public agency)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and on the 
Website of the Department of Labor’’ after ‘‘Federal 
Register’’. 
(b) GROUP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 222 
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘(including workers in any agricul-
tural firm or subdivision of an agricultural 
firm)’’ and inserting ‘‘(other than workers in a 
public agency)’’; 
(B) 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’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B)(i) there has been a shift, by such work-
ers’ firm or subdivision to a foreign country, of 
production of articles, or in provision of services, 
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like or directly competitive with articles that are 
produced, or services that are provided, by such 
firm or subdivision; or 
‘‘(ii) such workers’ firm or subdivision has 
obtained or is likely to obtain articles or services 
described in clause (i) from a foreign country.’’. 
(2) WORKERS IN PUBLIC AGENCIES.—Such sec-
tion is further amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) 
as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) ADVERSELY AFFECTED WORKERS
IN PUBLIC 
AGENCIES.—A group of workers in a public agency shall 
be certified by the Secretary as eligible to apply for adjust-
ment assistance under this chapter pursuant to a petition 
filed under section 221 if the Secretary determines that— 
‘‘(1) a significant number or proportion of the 
workers in the public agency, or an appropriate sub-
division of the public agency, have become totally or 
partially separated, or are threatened to become to-
tally or partially separated; and 
‘‘(2) the public agency or subdivision has ob-
tained or is likely to obtain from a foreign country 
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services that would otherwise be provided by such 
agency or subdivision.’’. 
(3) ADVERSELY
AFFECTED
SECONDARY
WORK-
ERS.—Subsection (c) of such section (as redesignated 
by paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection) is amended— 
(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)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or service’’ after ‘‘re-
lated to the article’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(c)(3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(d)(3)’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘it 
supplied to the firm (or subdivision)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘or services it supplied to the firm (or 
subdivision)’’. 
(4) DEFINITIONS AND ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection 
(d) of such section (as redesignated by paragraph 
(2)(A) of this subsection) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(d) For purposes of this 
section—’’ and inserting ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS AND 
ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of this section:’’ 
(B) in paragraph (3), to read as follows: 
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‘‘(A) REQUEST
BY
PETITIONER.—If re-
quested by the petitioner, the Secretary shall ob-
tain the certifications under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) in such manner as the Secretary determines 
is appropriate, including by issuing subpoenas 
under section 249 when necessary. 
‘‘(B) PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFOR-
MATION.—The Secretary may not release infor-
mation obtained under subparagraph (A) that 
the Secretary considers to be confidential busi-
ness information unless the party submitting the 
confidential business information had notice, at 
the time of submission, that such information 
would be released by the Secretary, or such party 
subsequently consents to the release of the infor-
mation. Nothing in this subparagraph shall be 
construed to prohibit a court from requiring the 
submission of such confidential business infor-
mation to the court in camera.’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 247 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2319) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘chapter—’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter:’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘, or employment in a 
public agency or appropriate subdivision of a 
public agency,’’ after ‘‘of a firm’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘such firm or subdivision’’ 
inserting ‘‘such firm (or subdivision) or public 
agency (or subdivision)’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘employ-
ment—’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘employ-
ment has been totally or partially separated from 
such employment.’’; 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (17) 
as paragraphs (10) through (19), respectively; and 
(5) 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 en-
tity engaged in the business of providing services. 
‘‘(9) Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘Sec-
retary’ means the Secretary of Labor.’’. 
SEC. 102. DETERMINATIONS BY SECRETARY OF LABOR. 
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273) 
is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘before his ap-
plication’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘before 
the worker’s application under section 231 occurred 
more than one year before the date of the petition on 
which such certification was granted.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘together with 
his reasons’’ and inserting ‘‘and on the Website of the 
Department of Labor, together with the Secretary’s 
reasons’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘together with 
his reasons’’ and inserting ‘‘and on the Website of the 
Department of Labor, together with the Secretary’s 
reasons’’. 
SEC. 103. MONITORING AND REPORTING RELATING TO 
SERVICE SECTOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 282 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2393) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SYSTEM’’ and 
inserting ‘‘AND DATA COLLECTION’’; 
(2) in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(a) MONITORING PROGRAMS.—The Sec-
retary’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and services’’ after ‘‘im-
ports of articles’’; 
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(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 services,’’ 
after ‘‘changes in production’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) COLLECTION OF DATA AND REPORTS ON SERVICE 
SECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) SECRETARY OF LABOR.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of the Trade and 
Globalization Assistance Act of 2007, the Secretary of 
Labor shall implement a system to collect data on ad-
versely affected workers employed in the service sector 
that includes the number of workers by State, indus-
try, and cause of dislocation of each worker. 
‘‘(2) SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.—Not later than 
1 year after such date of enactment, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Labor, conduct a study and report to Congress on 
ways to improve the timeliness and coverage of data 
on trade in services, including methods to identify in-
creased imports due to the relocation of United States 
firms to foreign countries, and increased imports due 
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to United States firms obtaining services from firms 
in foreign countries.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 282 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 282. Trade monitoring and data collection.’’. 
Subtitle B—Industry-Wide Trade 
Adjustment Assistance 
SEC. 111. INDUSTRY-WIDE DETERMINATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 2 of title 
II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) is 
amended by adding after section 223 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 223A. INDUSTRY-WIDE DETERMINATIONS. 
‘‘(a) INVESTIGATION.—Upon the request of the Presi-
dent or the United States Trade Representative, or the reso-
lution of either the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
or the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives, with respect to a domestic industry, or if the 
Secretary certifies groups of workers in a domestic industry 
under section 223(a) pursuant to 3 petitions within a 180- 
day period, the Secretary shall promptly initiate an inves-
tigation under this chapter to determine the eligibility for 
adjustment assistance of— 
‘‘(1) all workers in that domestic industry; or 
‘‘(2) all workers in that domestic industry in a 
specific geographic region. 
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‘‘(b) DETERMINATION REGARDING INDUSTRY-WIDE 
CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary shall, not 
later than 60 days after receiving a request or resolu-
tion described in subsection (a) with respect to a do-
mestic industry, or making the third certification of 
workers in a domestic industry described in sub-
section (a), as the case may be— 
‘‘(A) determine whether all adversely af-
fected workers in that domestic industry are eli-
gible to apply for assistance under this sub-
chapter, in accordance with the criteria estab-
lished under subsection (e); or 
‘‘(B) determine whether all adversely af-
fected workers in that domestic industry in a 
specific geographic region are eligible to apply 
for assistance under this subchapter, in accord-
ance with the criteria established under sub-
section (e). 
‘‘(c) IDENTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Upon making an af-
firmative determination under subsection (b), the 
Secretary shall— 
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