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Trade Adjustment Assistance For Workers Reauthorization Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-3555| Senate 
| Updated: 3/20/2020
Debbie Stabenow

Debbie Stabenow

Democratic Senator

Michigan

Cosponsors (1)
Gary C. Peters (Democratic)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Trade Adjustment Assistance For Workers Reauthorization Act of 2020 This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2027 the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program. Specifically, the bill provides trade adjustment assistance for workers, including staffed workers and teleworkers, who experience an employment loss because of supply chain disruptions or weak demand during a public health emergency. Such assistance also extends to workers similarly affected by retaliatory tariff increases. The bill authorizes the Department of Labor to reimburse workers for certain out-of-pocket training expenses. Labor must take necessary action to apprise eligible workers of available benefits, and affected workers must be provided with information about registered apprenticeship programs and other on-the-job training opportunities in their area. The bill extends the duration of income support for workers enrolled in a registered apprenticeship program, associate's degree program, or other qualified training program, and it authorizes benefits to be paid to certain workers whose annual income is below a specified threshold. Employees shall not be considered to have experienced an employment loss due to a plant closing or mass layoff if such closing or layoff is the result of the relocation or consolidation of the employer's business and, prior to such closing or layoff, the employer offers to transfer the employees to certain other sites of employment. If such loss of employment is caused by conditions justifying trade adjustment assistance, the employer must notify its employees of the availability of such assistance. The bill also extends the tax credit for health insurance costs through 2026 and increases the percentage of such credit.
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Timeline
Mar 20, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Mar 20, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • March 20, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 20, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Administrative remediesCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment and training programsEvidence and witnessesGovernment information and archivesHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessIncome tax creditsState and local government operationsTariffsTemporary and part-time employmentTrade adjustment assistanceTrade restrictionsUnemploymentWages and earnings

Trade Adjustment Assistance For Workers Reauthorization Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-3555| Senate 
| Updated: 3/20/2020
Trade Adjustment Assistance For Workers Reauthorization Act of 2020 This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2027 the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program. Specifically, the bill provides trade adjustment assistance for workers, including staffed workers and teleworkers, who experience an employment loss because of supply chain disruptions or weak demand during a public health emergency. Such assistance also extends to workers similarly affected by retaliatory tariff increases. The bill authorizes the Department of Labor to reimburse workers for certain out-of-pocket training expenses. Labor must take necessary action to apprise eligible workers of available benefits, and affected workers must be provided with information about registered apprenticeship programs and other on-the-job training opportunities in their area. The bill extends the duration of income support for workers enrolled in a registered apprenticeship program, associate's degree program, or other qualified training program, and it authorizes benefits to be paid to certain workers whose annual income is below a specified threshold. Employees shall not be considered to have experienced an employment loss due to a plant closing or mass layoff if such closing or layoff is the result of the relocation or consolidation of the employer's business and, prior to such closing or layoff, the employer offers to transfer the employees to certain other sites of employment. If such loss of employment is caused by conditions justifying trade adjustment assistance, the employer must notify its employees of the availability of such assistance. The bill also extends the tax credit for health insurance costs through 2026 and increases the percentage of such credit.
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Timeline
Mar 20, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Mar 20, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • March 20, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 20, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Debbie Stabenow

Debbie Stabenow

Democratic Senator

Michigan

Cosponsors (1)
Gary C. Peters (Democratic)

Finance Committee

Foreign Trade and International Finance

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative remediesCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment and training programsEvidence and witnessesGovernment information and archivesHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessIncome tax creditsState and local government operationsTariffsTemporary and part-time employmentTrade adjustment assistanceTrade restrictionsUnemploymentWages and earnings