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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 1449 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1449

 To reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance program.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 April 10, 2025

 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Fetterman, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Wyden, Ms. 
 Klobuchar, Ms. Smith, Mr. Reed, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. 
Gillibrand, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Markey) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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 A BILL

 To reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance program.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Adjustment Assistance 
Reauthorization Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADE ADJUSTMENT 
 ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Applicability of Certain Provisions.--Except as otherwise 
provided in this Act, the provisions of chapters 2 through 6 of title 
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on June 30, 2021, and as 
amended by this Act, shall--

    (1) take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; 
 and

    (2) apply to petitions for certification filed under 
 chapter 2, 3, or 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 on or 
 after such date of enactment.

    (b) References.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever 
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
amendment to, or repeal of, a provision of chapters 2 through 6 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, the reference shall be considered to 
be made to a provision of any such chapter, as in effect on June 30, 
2021.

SEC. 3. RENEWAL OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Termination Provisions.--

Section 285 of the Trade Act of 1974 
is amended by striking ``June 30, 2021'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``December 31, 2031''.

    (b) Training Funds.--

Section 236

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) of the Trade Act of 1974 
is amended by striking ``2015 through 2021'' and inserting ``2026 
through 2032''.
            (c) Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance.--

Section 246

    (b)

    (1) of 
the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``June 30, 2021'' and 
inserting ``December 31, 2031''.
            (d) Authorizations of Appropriations.--

    (1) Trade adjustment assistance for workers.--

Section 245

    (a) of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``June 
 30, 2021'' and inserting ``December 31, 2031''.

    (2) Trade adjustment assistance for firms.--

Section 255

    (a) of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``2015 through 
 2021'' and inserting ``2026 through 2032''.

    (3) Trade adjustment assistance for farmers.--

Section 298

    (a) of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``2015 
 through 2021'' and inserting ``2026 through 2032''.

SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS.

    (a) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers.--

    (1) Petitions filed on or after july 1, 2021, and before 
 date of enactment.--
        (A) Certifications of workers not certified before 
 date of enactment.--
            (i) Criteria if a determination has not 
 been made.--If, as of the date of the enactment 
 of this Act, the Secretary of Labor has not 
 made a determination with respect to whether to 
 certify a group of workers as eligible to apply 
 for adjustment assistance under 

section 222 of 
 the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a petition 
 described in clause
            (iii) , the Secretary shall 
 make that determination based on the 
 requirements of 

section 222 of the Trade Act of 
 1974, as in effect on such date of enactment.
            (ii) Reconsideration of denials of 
 certifications.--If, before the date of the 
 enactment of this Act, the Secretary made a 
 determination not to certify a group of workers 
 as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance 
 under 

section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 
 pursuant to a petition described in clause
            (iii) , the Secretary shall--
            (I) reconsider that determination; 
 and
            (II) if the group of workers meets 
 the requirements of 

section 222 of the 
 Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on such 
 date of enactment, certify the group of 
 workers as eligible to apply for 
 adjustment assistance.
            (iii) Petition described.--A petition 
 described in this clause is a petition for a 
 certification of eligibility for a group of 
 workers filed under 

section 221 of the Trade 
 Act of 1974 on or after July 1, 2021, and 
 before the date of the enactment of this Act.
        (B) Eligibility for benefits.--
            (i) In general.--Except as provided in 
 clause
            (ii) , a worker certified as eligible to 
 apply for adjustment assistance under 

section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a 
 petition described in subparagraph
        (A)
            (iii) shall be eligible, on and after the date that 
 is 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
 this Act, to receive benefits only under the 
 provisions of chapter 2 of title II of the 
 Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on such date of 
 enactment.
            (ii) Computation of maximum benefits.--
 Benefits received by a worker described in 
 clause
            (i) under chapter 2 of title II of the 
 Trade Act of 1974 before the date of the 
 enactment of this Act shall be included in any 
 determination of the maximum benefits for which 
 the worker is eligible under the provisions of 
 chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 
 as in effect on the date of the enactment of 
 this Act.

    (2) Petitions filed before july 1, 2021.--A worker 
 certified as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance 
 pursuant to a petition filed under 

section 221 of the Trade Act 
 of 1974 on or before June 30, 2021, shall continue to be 
 eligible to apply for and receive benefits under the provisions 
 of chapter 2 of title II of such Act, as in effect on June 30, 
 2021.

    (3) Qualifying separations with respect to petitions filed 
 within 90 days of date of enactment.--

Section 223

    (b) of the 
 Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on the date of the enactment of 
 this Act, shall be applied and administered by substituting 
 ``before July 1, 2021'' for ``more than one year before the 
 date of the petition on which such certification was granted'' 
 for purposes of determining whether a worker is eligible to 
 apply for adjustment assistance pursuant to a petition filed 
 under 

section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974 on or after the date 
 of the enactment of this Act and on or before the date that is 
 90 days after such date of enactment.

    (b) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.--

    (1) Certification of firms not certified before date of 
 enactment.--
        (A) Criteria if a determination has not been 
 made.--If, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
 the Secretary of Commerce has not made a determination 
 with respect to whether to certify a firm as eligible 
 to apply for adjustment assistance under 

section 251 of 
 the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a petition described 
 in subparagraph
            (C) , the Secretary shall make that 
 determination based on the requirements of 

section 251 
 of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on such date of 
 enactment.
        (B) Reconsideration of denial of certain 
 petitions.--If, before the date of the enactment of 
 this Act, the Secretary made a determination not to 
 certify a firm as eligible to apply for adjustment 
 assistance under 

section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 
 pursuant to a petition described in subparagraph
            (C) , 
 the Secretary shall--
            (i) reconsider that determination; and
            (ii) if the firm meets the requirements of 
 

section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, as in 
 effect on such date of enactment, certify the 
 firm as eligible to apply for adjustment 
 assistance.
            (C) Petition described.--A petition described in 
 this subparagraph is a petition for a certification of 
 eligibility filed by a firm or its representative under 
 

section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 on or after July 
 1, 2021, and before the date of the enactment of this 
 Act.

    (2) Certification of firms that did not submit petitions 
 between july 1, 2021, and date of enactment.--
        (A) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall 
 certify a firm described in subparagraph
        (B) as 
 eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
 

section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on 
 the date of the enactment of this Act, if the firm or 
 its representative files a petition for a certification 
 of eligibility under 

section 251 of the Trade Act of 
 1974 not later than 90 days after such date of 
 enactment.
        (B) Firm described.--A firm described in this 
 subparagraph is a firm that the Secretary determines 
 would have been certified as eligible to apply for 
 adjustment assistance if--
            (i) the firm or its representative had 
 filed a petition for a certification of 
 eligibility under 

section 251 of the Trade Act 
 of 1974 on a date during the period beginning 
 on July 1, 2021, and ending on the day before 
 the date of the enactment of this Act; and
            (ii) the provisions of chapter 3 of title 
 II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on 
 such date of enactment, had been in effect on 
 that date during the period described in clause
            (i) .
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