I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4572 
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize a State to reimburse certain 
costs incurred by the State in providing training to workers after a 
petition for certification of eligibility for trade adjustment assistance 
has been filed, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2016 
Mr. NOLAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize a State 
to reimburse certain costs incurred by the State in pro-
viding training to workers after a petition for certifi-
cation of eligibility for trade adjustment assistance has 
been filed, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Workforce Training 
Enhancement Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) The viability of the domestic steel industry 
is crucial to the United States economy and national 
security. 
(2) The steel and taconite iron mining indus-
tries have been severely impacted by the foreign 
dumping and overproduction of steel and are contin-
ually faced with unfair trade practices. 
(3) In 2014, United States imports of steel and 
steel products increased by 36 percent and captured 
28 percent of the total United States steel market. 
In 2015, United States imports of steel and steel 
products continued to increase, and captured 29 per-
cent of the total United States steel market. 
(4) In 1974, Congress enacted the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.), which established the 
trade adjustment assistance program under chapter 
2 of title II of that Act (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) to 
assist workers who have been adversely affected by 
trade. 
(5) The trade adjustment assistance program 
provides vital benefits and services to workers whose 
employment has been adversely affected by foreign 
trade. Those benefits and services include education 
and training, income support, relocation assistance, 
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job search assistance, and the health coverage tax 
credit. 
(6) Since the inception of the trade adjustment 
assistance program, more than 5,000,000 United 
States workers have been certified as eligible for 
benefits and services under the program. 
(7) As of September 30, 2015, the trade adjust-
ment assistance program had served more than 
2,200,000 workers. 
(8) In fiscal year 2015, the Department of 
Labor certified 413 petitions for eligibility for the 
trade adjustment assistance program, which pro-
vided access to trade adjustment assistance benefits 
for 57,631 workers. 
(9) In 2015, more than 13,000 new partici-
pants were enrolled in the trade adjustment assist-
ance for workers program and the program provided 
services and benefits to more than 47,000 workers. 
(10) From fiscal year 2012 through fiscal year 
2015, the average processing time for a petition 
under the trade adjustment assistance for workers 
program was 49.1 days and the average processing 
time for fiscal year 2015 was 47.2 days. 
(11) The trade adjustment assistance program 
provides vital education and training services to as-
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