(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) continuation of enrollment at an institu-
tion of higher education (as defined in section 
101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965) for the 
purpose of obtaining a degree, for a period of no 
longer than 104 weeks, if prior to total or partial 
separation from adversely affected employment, the 
worker was enrolled in such program, and there is 
a reasonable expectation of employment at equiva-
lent wages upon completion of the program.’’. 
SEC. 5. ALTERNATIVE TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE. 
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2318) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); and 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by designating that paragraph as 
subsection (a) and moving the text 2 ems 
to the left; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraphs (2) through (5) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) BENEFITS.—
‘‘(1) PAYMENTS.—A State shall use the funds 
provided to the State under section 241 to pay, for 
a period not to exceed 2 years, to a worker described 
in subsection (c)(2), 50 percent of the difference be-
tween— 
‘‘(A) the wages received by the worker 
from reemployment; and 
‘‘(B) the wages received by the worker at 
the time of separation. 
‘‘(2) HEALTH INSURANCE.—A worker described 
in subsection (c)(2) participating in the program es-
tablished under subsection (a) is eligible to receive, 
for a period not to exceed 2 years, a credit for 
health insurance costs under section 35 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—A group of workers certified 
under subchapter A as eligible for adjustment assistance 
under subchapter A is eligible for the alternative trade ad-
justment assistance program under this section. A worker 
in such a group may elect to receive benefits under the 
alternative trade adjustment assistance program if the 
worker— 
‘‘(1) obtains reemployment not more than 26 
weeks after the date of separation from the ad-
versely affected employment;
‘‘(2) is at least 50 years of age; 
‘‘(3) earns not more than $50,000 each year in 
wages from reemployment; 
‘‘(4) is employed on a full-time basis as defined 
by State law in the State in which the worker is em-
ployed; and 
‘‘(5) does not return to the employment from 
which the worker was separated. 
‘‘(d) TOTAL AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—The payments 
described in subsection (b)(1) made to a worker may not 
exceed $10,000 per worker during the 2-year eligibility pe-
riod. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON OTHER BENEFITS.—Except as 
provided in section 238(a)(2)(B), if a worker is receiving 
payments pursuant to the program established under sub-
section (a), the worker shall not be eligible to receive any 
other benefits under this title.’’. 
SEC. 6. 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 articles or services exist if customers accounting 
for not less than 20 percent of the sales of the work-
ers’ firm certify to the Secretary that they are ob-
taining such articles or services from a foreign coun-
try. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY
OF
THE
SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary may obtain the certifications under para-
graph (1) through questionnaires or such other man-
ner as the Secretary determines is appropriate. The 
subpoena power described in section 249 shall be ex-
tended to the Secretary for purposes 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— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$16,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$32,000,000’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘If 
the amount appropriated pursuant to this sub-
section in any fiscal year is less than the 
amount authorized to be appropriated by this 
subsection, the Secretary shall consult with the 
Committee on Ways and Means and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Finance and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 
and any other committee of appropriate juris-
diction in Congress on allocating the amount so 
appropriated.’’. 
(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. 7. MONITORING AND REPORTING. 
Section 282 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2393) is amended— 
(1) in this first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) MONITORING
PROGRAMS.—The 
Secretary’’;