TAA for Automation Act of 2019 This bill makes trade adjustment assistance, which provides adversely affected workers with the skills and support to obtain new employment, available to workers whose jobs are displaced through automation. The bill also requires the Department of Labor to specify the basis for eligibility when certifying a group of workers as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Advanced technology and technological innovationsAdvisory bodiesCongressional oversightDepartment of LaborEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureIndustrial facilitiesIntergovernmental relationsManufacturingState and local government operationsTrade adjustment assistanceUnemployment
TAA for Automation Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-3034| Senate
| Updated: 12/12/2019
TAA for Automation Act of 2019 This bill makes trade adjustment assistance, which provides adversely affected workers with the skills and support to obtain new employment, available to workers whose jobs are displaced through automation. The bill also requires the Department of Labor to specify the basis for eligibility when certifying a group of workers as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
Advanced technology and technological innovationsAdvisory bodiesCongressional oversightDepartment of LaborEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureIndustrial facilitiesIntergovernmental relationsManufacturingState and local government operationsTrade adjustment assistanceUnemployment