Omnibus Trade Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6517
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2010-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Health care costs and insurance
Higher education
Income tax credits
Tariffs
Trade adjustment assistance
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-13
text: 
Omnibus Trade Act of 2010 - Amends the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 to extend trade adjustment assistance (TAA) programs until July 1, 2012. Extends TAA for firms and farmers through June 30, 2013. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to extend the 80% tax credit for health insurance costs (including advance payments) for TAA recipients for eligible coverage months beginning before July 1, 2012.
 
Makes TAA recipients who are not enrolled in a training program, or who are receiving unemployment compensation, eligible for such tax credit for the period between enactment of this Act and July 1, 2012.
 
Amends the IRC, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to extend until July 1, 2012, the TAA pre-certification period rule disregarding any 63-day lapse in creditable health care coverage for TAA workers.
 
Extends the continued eligibility for the credit for qualifying family members and certain qualified TAA-eligible individuals and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) recipients for COBRA premium assistance through June 30, 2012.
 
Extends until July 1, 2012, coverage under an employee benefit plan funded by a voluntary employees' beneficiary association established pursuant to an order of a bankruptcy court, or by agreement with an authorized representative.
 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to expand the TAA grant program for community college and career training to include individuals who are, or are likely to become, eligible for unemployment compensation or who remain unemployed after exhausting their unemployment benefits. 
 
Extends duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences through June 30, 2012.
 
Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), as amended and expanded by Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA), to extend duty-free treatment or other preferential treatment of the products of Colombia and Ecuador through June 30, 2012.
 
Extends through FY2012 preferential treatment for apparel articles assembled in one or more ATPDEA beneficiary countries from regional fabrics or regional components, and specified other type apparel (brassieres).
 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for duty suspensions and reductions through December 31, 2012, for specified chemicals and other products.
 
Imposes and increases and/or decreases the duty on certain chemicals and other products through December 31, 2012.
 
Extends the existing duty suspensions on certain cotton shirting fabrics.
 
Amends the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 to extend the Pima Cotton Trust Fund through December 31, 2013.
 
Amends the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004 to require the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary, unless otherwise noted) to transfer from the Treasury to the Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund certain amounts sufficient to restore specified payment levels from the Trust Fund for 2010. 
 
Directs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide for: (1) the liquidation or reliquidation (refund of duties) on certain entries of orange juice from Brazil during the periods August 24, 2005-February 28, 2007, and March 1, 2007-February 29, 2008; and (2) the reliquidation of, and the refund of collected excess antidumping duties (including interest) to the importer of record on certain entries of industrial nitrocellulose from the United Kingdom.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), or any other person, from requiring repayment of, or attempting to recoup, duties that were distributed pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 in an attempt to offset any amount to be refunded.

action_date: 2010-12-29
text: 

Omnibus Trade Act of 2010 - Title I: Extension of Trade Adjustment Assistance and Health Coverage Improvement - Subtitle A: Extension of Trade Adjustment Assistance
 - (Sec. 101) Amends the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 to extend trade adjustment assistance (TAA) programs through February 12, 2011. 
 
Requires funding levels for TAA programs under prior law to apply beginning February 13, 2011, as if the amendments made by this Act had never been enacted. Amends the Trade Act of 1974, however, to authorize appropriations through February 12, 2012 for: (1) TAA programs for workers, firms, and farmers; and (2) alternative TAA for older workers. 
Limits for FY2010, and the six-week period January 1, 2011-February 12, 2011, the total amount of payments that may be made by the Secretary of Labor for training assistance for workers. 
Authorizes appropriations for the reemployment TAA program through February 12, 2011. 
Authorizes the Secretary for FY2010, and the six-week period January 1, 2011- February 12, 2011, to make certain TAA funds available for grants to assist eligible communities to develop strategic plans for their economic adjustment to the impact of trade . 
Extends permanently certain reporting requirements under: (1) the Community College and Career Training Grant program, and (2) the Industry or Sector Partnership Grant program for communities impacted by trade. 
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for FY2010, and the six-week period January 1, 2011-February 12, 2011, to carry out the Sector Partnership Grant program. 
(Sec. 102) Extends the single transition deadline for implementing certain merit-based personnel staffing requirements for state administration of TAA to a date not earlier than February 12, 2011. 

Subtitle B: Health Coverage Improvement - 
(Sec. 111) Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to extend through February 12, 2011, the 80% tax credit for health insurance costs (including advance payments) for TAA (as well as Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation [PBGC] pension) recipients.
 
(Sec. 113) Makes TAA recipients who are in a break in training under a training program, or who are receiving unemployment compensation, eligible for such tax credit for the period through February 12, 2011. 
 
(Sec. 114) Amends the IRC, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to extend through February 12, 2011, the TAA pre-certification period rule disregarding any 63-day lapse in creditable health care coverage for TAA workers.
 
(Sec. 115) Extends the continued eligibility for the credit for qualifying family members and certain qualified TAA-eligible individuals and PBGC pension recipients for COBRA premium assistance through February 12, 2011.
 
(Sec. 117) Extends through February 12, 2011, coverage under an employee benefit plan funded by a voluntary employees' beneficiary association established pursuant to an order of a bankruptcy court, or by agreement with an authorized representative.
 

Title II: Andean Trade Preferences Act - 
(Sec. 201) Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), as amended and expanded by Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA), to extend duty-free treatment or other preferential treatment of the products of Colombia and Ecuador through February 12, 2011.
 
Extends through FY2012 preferential treatment for apparel articles assembled in one or more ATPDEA beneficiary countries from regional fabrics or regional components, and specified other type apparel (brassieres).
 

Title III: Offsets - 
(Sec. 301) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) to extend certain customs users fees for the processing of merchandise entered into the United States through January 7, 2020, and other specified customs users fees through January 14, 2020.
 
(Sec. 302) Amends the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act to increase required estimated tax payments of corporations with at least $1 billion in assets in the third quarter of 2015 by 4.5% to 126.0% of such amount.
 

Title IV: Budgetary Effects - 
(Sec. 401) Declares that the budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled &quot;Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation&quot; for this Act, provided that such statement has been submitted before the vote on passage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-29
text: Became Public Law No: 111-344.
action_date: 2010-12-29
text: Became Public Law No: 111-344.
action_date: 2010-12-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2010-12-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2010-12-23
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2010-12-23
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection. (text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H8982-8983)
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.(text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H8982-8983)
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Mr. McDermott asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H8982-8983)
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S11011)
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8418-8448)
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8418-8448)
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6517.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8418-8452)
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Mr. Levin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2010-12-13
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-12-13
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-12-13
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-13
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 111-344