H. R. 6517 
One Hundred Eleventh Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 
An Act 
To extend trade adjustment assistance and certain trade preference programs, to 
amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify temporarily 
certain rates of duty, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 ‘‘Omnibus 
Trade Act of 2010’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE AND HEALTH 
COVERAGE IMPROVEMENT 
Subtitle A—Extension of Trade Adjustment Assistance 
Sec. 101. Extension of trade adjustment assistance. 
Sec. 102. Merit staffing for State administration of trade adjustment assistance. 
Subtitle B—Health Coverage Improvement 
Sec. 111. Improvement of the affordability of the credit. 
Sec. 112. Payment for the monthly premiums paid prior to commencement of the 
advance payments of credit. 
Sec. 113. TAA recipients not enrolled in training programs eligible for credit. 
Sec. 114. TAA pre-certification period rule for purposes of determining whether 
there is a 63-day lapse in creditable coverage. 
Sec. 115. Continued qualification of family members after certain events. 
Sec. 116. Extension of COBRA benefits for certain TAA-eligible individuals and 
PBGC recipients. 
Sec. 117. Addition of coverage through voluntary employees’ beneficiary associa-
tions. 
Sec. 118. Notice requirements. 
TITLE II—ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCES ACT 
Sec. 201. Extension of Andean Trade Preference Act. 
TITLE III—OFFSETS 
Sec. 301. Customs user fees. 
Sec. 302. Time for payment of corporate estimated taxes. 
TITLE IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
Sec. 401. Compliance with PAYGO.
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TITLE I—EXTENSION OF TRADE AD-
JUSTMENT ASSISTANCE AND HEALTH 
COVERAGE IMPROVEMENT 
Subtitle A—Extension of Trade Adjustment 
Assistance 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Section 
1893(a) 
of 
the 
Trade 
and 
Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 
5; 123 Stat. 422) is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2011’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Febrary 13, 2011’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF PRIOR LAW.—Section 1893(b) of the Trade 
and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 (Public Law 
111–5; 123 Stat. 422 (19 U.S.C. 2271 note prec.)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION
OF PRIOR LAW.—Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, and 
6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) 
shall be applied and administered beginning February 13, 2011, 
as if the amendments made by this subtitle (other than part VI) 
had never been enacted, except that in applying and administering 
such chapters— 
‘‘(1) section 245 of that Act shall be applied and adminis-
tered by substituting ‘February 12, 2012’ for ‘December 31, 
2007’; 
‘‘(2) section 246(b)(1) of that Act shall be applied and 
administered by substituting ‘February 12, 2012’ for ‘the date 
that is 5 years’ and all that follows through ‘State’; 
‘‘(3) section 256(b) of that Act shall be applied and adminis-
tered by substituting ‘the 1-year period beginning February 
13, 2011, and ending February 12, 2012,’ for ‘each of fiscal 
years 2003 through 2007, and $4,000,000 for the 3-month period 
beginning on October 1, 2007,’; 
‘‘(4) section 298(a) of that Act shall be applied and adminis-
tered by substituting ‘the 1-year period beginning February 
13, 2011, and ending February 12, 2012,’ for ‘each of the fiscal 
years’ and all that follows through ‘October 1, 2007’; and 
‘‘(5) subject to subsection (a)(2), section 285 of that Act 
shall be applied and administered— 
‘‘(A) in subsection (a), by substituting ‘February 12, 
2011’ for ‘December 31, 2007’ each place it appears; and 
‘‘(B) by applying and administering subsection (b) as 
if it read as follows: 
‘‘ ‘(b) OTHER ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘ ‘(1) ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS.— 
‘‘ ‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided in subpara-
graph (B), assistance may not be provided under chapter 
3 after February 12, 2012. 
‘‘ ‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
any assistance approved under chapter 3 on or before Feb-
ruary 12, 2012, may be provided— 
‘‘ ‘(i) to the extent funds are available pursuant 
to such chapter for such purpose; and