IIB
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3008
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 6, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT
To reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance program
under the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION OF
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSIST-
ANCE 
PROGRAM; 
RELATED
PROVISIONS
SECTION 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.
(a) ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS.—Section 245 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘October 1, 1998, and ending September 30, 2001,’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2001, and
ending September 30, 2003,’’.
(b) ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS.—Section 256(b) of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2346(b)) is amended by
striking ‘‘October 1, 1998, and ending September 30,
2001’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2001, and ending Sep-
tember 30, 2003,’’.
(c) TERMINATION.—Section 285(c) of the Trade Act
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended in paragraphs
(1) and (2)(A) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2001’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2003’’.
(d) TRAINING LIMITATION UNDER NAFTA PRO-
GRAM.—Section 250(d)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2331(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1,
1998, and ending September 30, 2001’’ and inserting
‘‘October 1, 2001, and ending September 30, 2003’’.
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(e) CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN REDUCTIONS.—(1)
Section 231(a)(3)(B) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2291(a)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘any unemploy-
ment insurance’’ and inserting ‘‘any regular State unem-
ployment insurance’’.
(2) Section 233(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2293(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘unemploy-
ment insurance’’ and inserting ‘‘regular State unemploy-
ment insurance’’.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2001.
SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS TO LIMITATIONS ON TRADE READ-
JUSTMENT ALLOWANCES.
(a) INCREASE IN MAXIMUM NUMBER OF WEEKS.—
Section 233(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2293(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ‘‘104-
week period’’ the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of an
adversely affected worker who requires a program of
remedial 
education 
(as 
described 
in 
section
236(a)(5)(D)) in order to complete training ap-
proved for the worker under section 236, the 130-
week period)’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘26’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘52’’.
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(b) ADDITIONAL WEEKS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN NEED
OF REMEDIAL EDUCATION.—Section 233 of the Trade
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2293) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, in order to assist an adversely affected worker to
complete training approved for the worker under section
236 which includes a program of remedial education (as
described in section 236(a)(5)(D)), and in accordance with
regulations prescribed by the Secretary, payments may be
made as trade readjustment allowances for up to 26 addi-
tional weeks in the 26-week period that follows the last
week of entitlement to trade readjustment allowances oth-
erwise payable under this chapter.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to an individual re-
ceiving trade readjustment allowances pursuant to chapter
2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271
et seq.) on or after January 1, 2001.
SEC. 103. EXPEDITED REVIEW OF PETITIONS BY SEC-
RETARY OF LABOR.
Section 223(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2273(a)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘60
days’’ and inserting ‘‘40 days’’.
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SEC. 104. DECLARATION OF POLICY; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Congress reiterates
that, under the trade adjustment assistance program
under chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, work-
ers are eligible for transportation, childcare, and
healthcare assistance, as well as other related assistance
under programs administered by the Department of
Labor.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of Labor, working independently
and in conjunction with the States, should, in accordance
with section 225 of the Trade Act of 1974, provide more
specific information about benefit allowances, training,
and other employment services, and the petition and appli-
cation procedures (including appropriate filing dates) for
such allowances, training, and services, under the trade
adjustment assistance program under chapter 2 of title
II of the Trade Act of 1974 to workers who are applying
for, or are certified to receive, assistance under that pro-
gram, including information on all other Federal assist-
ance available to such workers.
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TITLE II—ADJUSTMENT ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM FOR WORK-
ERS SEPARATED FROM EM-
PLOYMENT DUE TO THE TER-
RORIST 
ATTACKS 
OF 
SEP-
TEMBER 11, 2001
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall establish a pro-
gram to provide adjustment assistance for workers sepa-
rated from employment due to the terrorist attacks of Sep-
tember 11, 2001, in accordance with the provisions of this
title.
SEC. 202. PETITION.
(a) PETITION.—A petition for a certification of eligi-
bility to apply for adjustment assistance under this title
may be filed with the Secretary by a group of workers
(including workers in any agricultural firm or subdivision
of an agricultural firm) or by their certified or recognized
union or other duly authorized representative. Upon re-
ceipt of the petition, the Secretary shall promptly publish
notice in the Federal Register that the Secretary has re-
ceived the petition and initiated an investigation.
(b) PUBLIC HEARING.—If the petitioner, or any
other person found by the Secretary to have a substantial
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interest in the proceedings, submits not later than 10 days
after the date of the Secretary’s publication under sub-
section (a) a request for a hearing, the Secretary shall pro-
vide for a public hearing and afford such interested per-
sons an opportunity to be present, to produce evidence,
and to be heard.
SEC. 203. CERTIFICATION.
(a) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall certify a
group of workers (including workers in any agricultural
firm or subdivision of an agricultural firm) as eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under this title if the Sec-
retary determines—
(1) that a significant number or proportion of
the workers in such workers’ firm or an appropriate
subdivision of the firm have become totally or par-
tially separated, or are threatened to become totally
or partially separated;
(2) that sales or production, or both, of such
firm or subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
(3) that the national impact of the terrorist at-
tacks of September 11, 2001, contributed impor-
tantly to such total or partial separation, or threat
thereof, and to such decline in sales or production,
as determined by the Secretary.
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(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The provisions of
section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 shall apply to a de-
termination and issuance of a certification with respect to
a group of workers under this title in the same manner
and to the same extent as such provisions apply to a deter-
mination and issuance of a certification with respect to
a group of workers under the program under subchapter
A of chapter 2 of title II of such Act, to the extent deter-
mined to be appropriate by the Secretary.
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of subsection (a)(3),
the term ‘‘contributed importantly’’ means a cause which
is important but not necessarily more important than any
other cause.
SEC. 204. BENEFITS.
Workers covered by a certification issued by the Sec-
retary under section 203 shall be provided, in the same
manner and to the same extent as workers covered under
a certification under the program under subchapter A of
chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, the benefits
described in subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of such
Act, to the extent determined to be appropriate by the Sec-
retary.
SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATION.
The provisions of subchapter C of chapter 2 of title
II of the Trade Act of 1974 shall apply to the administra-
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tion of the program under this title in the same manner
and to the same extent as such provisions apply to the
administration of the program under subchapter A of
chapter 2 of title II of such Act, to the extent determined
to be appropriate by the Secretary.
SEC. 206. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Labor.
(2) TERRORIST
ATTACKS
OF
SEPTEMBER
11,
2001.—The term ‘‘terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001’’ means the following events that occurred on
September 11, 2001:
(A) The attack, using two hijacked com-
mercial aircraft, that was made on the towers
of the World Trade Center in New York City.
(B) The attack, using a hijacked commer-
cial aircraft, that was made on the Pentagon.
(C) The hijacking of a commercial aircraft
and the subsequent crash of the aircraft in the
State of Pennsylvania, in the County of Som-
erset.
SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry
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out this title $2,000,000,000 for fiscal years 2002 and
2003.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursuant
to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a)
are authorized to remain available until expended.
Passed the House of Representatives December 6,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.