Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4242
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
Introduced: 2021-06-29
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Health care costs and insurance

Trade adjustment assistance

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill extends through July 23, 2021, the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, which provides aid to workers who lose their jobs or whose hours of work and wages are reduced as a result of increased imports.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4242 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 29, 2021 Ms. Stevens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To extend the trade adjustment assistance program for one month.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2021 . 2. Extension of trade adjustment assistance program (a) Extension of termination provisions Section 285 of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended by striking June 30, 2021 each place it appears and inserting July 23, 2021 . (b) Reemployment trade adjustment assistance Section 246(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2318(b)(1) ) is amended by striking June 30, 2021 and inserting July 23, 2021 . (c) Trade adjustment assistance for workers Section 245(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2317(a) ) is amended by striking June 30, 2021 and inserting July 23, 2021 . (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section take effect on the earlier of— (1) the date of the enactment of this Act; or (2) June 30, 2021. (e) Application of prior law Section 406 of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (title IV of Public Law 114–27 ; 129 Stat. 379; 19 U.S.C. 2271 note prec.) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking July 1, 2021 and inserting July 24, 2021 ; and (B) in paragraphs (5) and (6), by striking the 1-year period beginning on July 1, 2021 and inserting the period beginning on July 24, 2021, and ending on June 30, 2022 ; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking July 1, 2021 each place it appears and inserting July 24, 2021 .