S.Amdt. 2316

1. Adds Sec. __. Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall transmit to the Congress a report on the formula used to determine trade adjustment assistance funding levels for States. The report shall examine the formula and determine if State funding levels are in proportion to the amount of eligible displaced workers in each State, or if other factors affect the overall funding levels that States receive. The report shall include information on States that have had to request funding from the reserve because the formula did not provide enough base funding to immediately assist all workers who are eligible, the length and incidence of waiting lists established because of lack of base funding, the effect of waiting lists on displaced workers and communities, and the burden that is placed on States when funding is dispersed late due to a delayed appropriations process. The report shall examine whether or not the rigorous and complicated timelines and deadlines that citizens are required to meet affects the overall number of people who are able to successfully apply for assistance and the overall funding level that States will be able to receive in the future. The report shall include recommendations on how to make the process of meeting the rigorous timelines and deadlines easier to understand, less complicated, and easier for States to administer. The report shall also address the overall level of funding needed to provide assistance to firms and workers affected by the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: Sec. __. Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall transmit to the Congress a report on the formula used to determine trade adjustment assistance funding levels for States. The report shall examine the formula and determine if State funding levels are in proportion to the amount of eligible displaced workers in each State, or if other factors affect the overall funding levels that States receive. The report shall include information on States that have had to request funding from the reserve because the formula did not provide enough base funding to immediately assist all workers who are eligible, the length and incidence of waiting lists established because of lack of base funding, the effect of waiting lists on displaced workers and communities, and the burden that is placed on States when funding is dispersed late due to a delayed appropriations process. The report shall examine whether or not the rigorous and complicated timelines and deadlines that citizens are required to meet affects the overall number of people who are able to successfully apply for assistance and the overall funding level that States will be able to receive in the future. The report shall include recommendations on how to make the process of meeting the rigorous timelines and deadlines easier to understand, less complicated, and easier for States to administer. The report shall also address the overall level of funding needed to provide assistance to firms and workers affected by the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement.

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