2832)), labor organizations that represent individ-
uals currently employed in occupations in demand 
for the local area, regional economic development 
agencies, one-stop operators (as defined in section 
101(29) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2801(29)), commu-
nity-based organizations, or any other public or pri-
vate entity that is likely to employ or facilitate the 
employment of adversely affected workers in occupa-
tions in demand; 
‘‘(2) the hiring of additional faculty and staff; 
‘‘(3) the acquisition of new equipment or the 
upgrading of existing equipment, which shall be nec-
essary to facilitate the teaching of job skills to ad-
versely affected workers and adversely affected in-
cumbent workers; and 
‘‘(4) the development of a program to provide 
on-the-job training experiences for adversely affected 
workers in coordination with local employers that 
have committed to employ adversely affected workers 
following successful completion of the program. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) REQUESTS FOR APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) BY THE SECRETARY.—In each fiscal 
year, and at such times as the Secretary may 
determine, the Secretary may request applica-
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tions from eligible entities to carry out activities 
authorized under this section. 
‘‘(B) BY AN ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—At any 
time, and in such form and manner as the Sec-
retary may prescribe, an eligible entity may rec-
ommend that the Secretary initiate a request 
for capacity building grant applications if the 
eligible entity believes that there has been or 
will be a sudden and significant shortage of 
training slots available to adversely affected 
workers and adversely affected incumbent work-
ers in a local area. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION
REQUIRED
FOR
APPLICA-
TION.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, an applicant shall provide to the Secretary 
the following information in the application: 
‘‘(A) A description of the factors in a local 
area that have resulted or may result in a sig-
nificant increase in demand for training slots by 
adversely affected workers and adversely af-
fected incumbent workers, which may include— 
‘‘(i) mass layoffs at firms that are be-
lieved to employ a large number of ad-
versely affected workers; 
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‘‘(ii) imminent closure or relocation of 
facilities that are believed to employ a 
large number of adversely affected work-
ers; and 
‘‘(iii) prevailing labor market condi-
tions that may have an immediate, measur-
able adverse employment impact on the 
employment of adversely affected workers. 
‘‘(B) A description of the number of train-
ing slots currently available to adversely af-
fected workers and adversely affected incum-
bent workers, and the number of proposed addi-
tional slots to be made available using funds 
under the grant. 
‘‘(C) A description of the potential number 
of adversely affected workers and adversely af-
fected incumbent workers in the local area who 
would be able to access increased training slots. 
‘‘(D) A description of the commitment 
made by local employers, labor organizations, 
and other public or private organizations to as-
sist in the development of training and related 
curricula for the benefit of adversely affected 
workers and adversely affected incumbent work-
ers. 
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‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1 of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 249 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 250. Capacity-building grants to enhance training for workers.’’. 
Subtitle D—Effective Date 
SEC. 141. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this title shall take effect 
beginning 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
TITLE 
II—OTHER 
TRADE 
AD-
JUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAMS AND RELATED PROVI-
SIONS 
SEC. 201. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS. 
Section 253 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2343) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsections: 
‘‘(c)(1) Any grant made under subsection (b)(3) shall 
include performance measures that an intermediary orga-
nization is expected to achieve with respect to the program 
carried out under this chapter. The performance measures 
shall consist of indicators of performance described in 
paragraph (2) and levels of performance described in para-
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graph (3) applicable to each such indicator of perform-
ance. 
‘‘(2) The indicators of performance referred to in 
paragraph (1) are the following: 
‘‘(A) The extent to which outreach efforts effec-
tively apprise import-impacted firms likely to benefit 
from the program about resources available under 
the program. 
‘‘(B) The extent to which firms receiving ad-
justment assistance under section 252 meet or ex-
ceed targets to retain or create employment. 
‘‘(C) The percentage of workers totally or par-
tially separated from employment that have returned 
to work or returned to their previous level of employ-
ment. 
‘‘(D) The extent to which firms receiving ad-
justment assistance under section 252 meet or ex-
ceed targets for maintaining or increasing sales or 
production. 
‘‘(E) Such other indicators of performance as 
the Secretary may determine are appropriate. 
‘‘(3) The levels of performance referred to in para-
graph (1) shall be determined by the Secretary, after con-
sultation with the intermediary organization. In reviewing 
an intermediary organization’s levels of performance, the 
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Secretary shall take into consideration economic condi-
tions affecting the region served by the organization that 
may affect that performance. 
‘‘(4)(A) Any grant made under subsection (b)(3) 
shall also include a requirement that the intermediary or-
ganization submit to the Secretary a report on an annual 
basis on the levels of performance achieved with respect 
to each indicator of performance under the program car-
ried out under this chapter in the preceding fiscal year, 
and such additional reports regarding such indicators of 
performance as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall make the information con-
tained in the reports described in subparagraph (A) avail-
able to the general public through publication on the 
Website of the Economic Development Administration and 
other appropriate methods. The Secretary shall provide 
copies of the reports described in subparagraph (A) to the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall also publish on the Website 
of the Economic Development Administration a list that 
identifies those intermediary organizations that fail to 
submit reports to the Secretary in accordance with sub-
paragraph (A) on a timely basis or fail to submit accurate 
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SEC. 203. EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 
FOR FARMERS. 
Section 298(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2401g(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Department of Agriculture to carry out this chapter 
$81,000,000 for the 9-month period beginning on January 
1, 2008, and $90,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 
through 2012.’’. 
SEC. 204. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 284(a) of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2395(a)) is amended in the first sen-
tence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or authorized representative’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or other duly authorized representa-
tive’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘aggrieved’’ and inserting ‘‘, or 
any of the individuals or entities described in section 
221(a)(1)(C), aggrieved (or on behalf of such work-
ers aggrieved)’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘section 223’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 226’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect beginning 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 205. TERMINATION. 
Section 285 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2271 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2012’’. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. CREDIT REDUCTION FOR FAILURES RELATING TO 
CO-ENROLLMENT 
OF 
PARTICIPANTS 
AND 
PROGRAM PERFORMANCE REPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 3302(c) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(3) If’’ and inserting ‘‘(3) (A) 
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), if’’, 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) If the Secretary of Labor determines that 
a State, or State agency, failed to meet the require-
ments of subsections (e)(1) (relating to the co-enroll-
ment of participants) or (h)(3) (relating to the sub-
mission of reports on program performance) of sec-
tion 239 of the Trade Act of 1974, the Secretary of 
Labor may direct that, in the case of a taxpayer 
subject to the unemployment compensation law of 
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such State, the total credits (after applying sub-
sections (a) and (b) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
this section) otherwise allowable under this section 
for a year during which such State or agency fails 
to meet those requirements shall (in lieu of reduc-
tion under subparagraph (A)) be reduced by 3 per-
cent of the tax imposed with respect to wages paid 
by such taxpayer during such year which are attrib-
utable to such State.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to taxable years begin-
ning after September 30, 2008. 
SEC. 302. TAA WAGE SUPPLEMENT PARTICIPANTS ELIGI-
BILITY FOR CREDIT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE 
COSTS. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Paragraph (1) of section 35(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘, 
and’’, and by adding after subparagraph (C) the following: 
‘‘(D) an eligible TAA wage supplement re-
cipient.’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE TAA WAGE SUPPLEMENT RECIPIENT 
DEFINED.—Subsection (c) of section 35 of such Code is 
amended by adding after paragraph (4) the following: 
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‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE TAA WAGE SUPPLEMENT RECIPI-
ENT.—The term ‘eligible TAA wage supplement re-
cipient’ means, with respect to any month, any indi-
vidual who— 
‘‘(A) is a worker described in section 
246A(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 who is par-
ticipating in the wage supplement program es-
tablished under section 246A(a) of such Act, 
and 
‘‘(B) is receiving a benefit for such month 
under section 246A(b) of such Act. 
An individual shall continue to be treated as an eli-
gible TAA wage supplement recipient during the 
first month that such individual would otherwise 
cease to be an eligible TAA wage supplement recipi-
ent by reason of the preceding sentence.’’. 
(c) QUALIFIED
HEALTH
INSURANCE.—Subpara-
graph (J) of section 35(e)(1) of such Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (ii), by striking the 
period at the end of clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and 
by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 
‘‘(iv) in the case of an eligible TAA 
wage supplement recipient, the benefit de-
scribed in subsection (c)(5)(B).’’. 
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(d) SUBSIDIZED COVERAGE.—Subparagraph (B) of 
section 35(f)(1) of such Code is amended — 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or an eligible TAA wage sup-
plement recipient’’ after ‘‘eligible alternative TAA 
recipient’’ in the matter preceding clause (i), and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘OR ELIGIBLE TAA WAGE SUP-
PLEMENT
RECIPIENTS’’ after ‘‘ELIGIBLE
ALTER-
NATIVE TAA RECIPIENTS’’ in the heading. 
(e) ADVANCE PAYMENT OF HCTC.—Paragraph (1) 
of section 7527(d) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘or an eligible alternative TAA recipient (as defined in 
section 35(c)(3))’’ and inserting ‘‘, an eligible alternative 
TAA recipient (as defined in section 35(c)(3)), or an eligi-
ble TAA wage supplement recipient (as defined in section 
35(c)(5))’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2007. 
Æ 
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