‘‘(3) 
COMMUNITY.—The 
term 
‘community’ 
means a city, county, or other political subdivision of 
a State or a consortium of political subdivisions of 
a State that the Secretary certifies as being nega-
tively impacted by trade. 
‘‘(4) COMMUNITY
NEGATIVELY
IMPACTED
BY 
TRADE.—A community negatively impacted by trade 
means a community with respect to which a deter-
mination has been made under section 273. 
‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘eligible 
community’ means a community certified under sec-
tion 273 for assistance under this chapter. 
‘‘(6) FISHERMAN.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘fisherman’ 
means any person who—
‘‘(i) is engaged in commercial fishing; 
or 
‘‘(ii) is a United States fish processor. 
‘‘(B) COMMERCIAL FISHING, FISH, FISH-
ERY, FISHING, FISHING VESSEL, PERSON, AND 
UNITED STATES FISH PROCESSOR.—The terms 
‘commercial fishing’, ‘fish’, ‘fishery’, ‘fishing’, 
‘fishing vessel’, ‘person’, and ‘United States fish 
processor’ have the same meanings as such 
terms have in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 
1802). 
‘‘(7) JOB LOSS.—The term ‘job loss’ means the 
total or partial separation of an individual, as those 
terms are defined in section 247. 
‘‘(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
‘‘SEC. 272. COMMUNITY TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Within 6 months after the 
date of enactment of the Trade Adjustment Assistance for 
Communities Act of 2003, the Secretary shall establish a 
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Communities Program 
at the Department of Commerce. 
‘‘(b) PERSONNEL.—The Secretary shall designate 
such staff as may be necessary to carry out the respon-
sibilities described in this chapter. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF FEDERAL RESPONSE.—The 
Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) provide leadership, support, and coordina-
tion for a comprehensive management program to 
address economic dislocation in eligible communities; 
‘‘(2) coordinate the Federal response to an eli-
gible community—
‘‘(A) by identifying all Federal, State, and 
local resources that are available to assist the 
eligible community in recovering from economic 
distress; 
‘‘(B) by ensuring that all Federal agencies 
offering assistance to an eligible community do 
so in a targeted, integrated manner that en-
sures that an eligible community has access to 
all available Federal assistance; 
‘‘(C) by assuring timely consultation and 
cooperation between Federal, State, and re-
gional officials concerning economic adjustment 
for an eligible community; and 
‘‘(D) by identifying and strengthening ex-
isting agency mechanisms designed to assist eli-
gible communities in their efforts to achieve 
economic adjustment and workforce reemploy-
ment; 
‘‘(3) provide comprehensive technical assistance 
to any eligible community in the efforts of that com-
munity to—
‘‘(A) identify serious economic problems in 
the community that are the result of negative 
impacts from trade;
‘‘(B) integrate the major groups and orga-
nizations significantly affected by the economic 
adjustment; 
‘‘(C) access Federal, State, and local re-
sources designed to assist in economic develop-
ment and trade adjustment assistance; 
‘‘(D) diversify and strengthen the commu-
nity economy; and 
‘‘(E) develop a community-based strategic 
plan to address economic development and 
workforce dislocation, including unemployment 
among agricultural commodity producers, and 
fishermen; 
‘‘(4) establish specific criteria for submission 
and evaluation of a strategic plan submitted under 
section 274(d); 
‘‘(5) establish specific criteria for submitting 
and evaluating applications for grants under section 
275; 
‘‘(6) administer the grant programs established 
under sections 274 and 275; and 
‘‘(7) establish an interagency Trade Adjustment 
Assistance for Communities Working Group, con-
sisting of the representatives of any Federal depart-
ment or agency with responsibility for economic ad-
justment assistance, including the Department of 
Agriculture, the Department of Education, the De-
partment of Labor, the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, the Department of Health and 
Human Services, the Small Business Administra-
tion, the Department of the Treasury, the Depart-
ment of Commerce, and any other Federal, State, or 
regional department or agency the Secretary deter-
mines necessary or appropriate. 
‘‘SEC. 273. CERTIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION. 
‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 45 days after 
an event described in subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of 
Commerce shall determine if a community described in 
subsection (b)(1) is negatively impacted by trade, and if 
a positive determination is made, shall certify the commu-
nity for assistance under this chapter. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION THAT COMMUNITY IS ELIGI-
BLE.—
‘‘(1) COMMUNITY
DESCRIBED.—A community 
described in this paragraph means a community 
with respect to which on or after October 1, 2003—
‘‘(A) the Secretary of Labor certifies a 
group of workers (or their authorized represent-
ative) in the community as eligible for assist-
ance pursuant to section 223;