S.Amdt. 628

1. Adds SEC. 224. MODIFICATION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS on page 33, between lines 6 and 7

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   Inserted: SEC. 224. MODIFICATION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

   Inserted: (a) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers.--Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272), as amended by section 211(a), is further amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (a)(2)--

   Inserted: (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking "contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to" and inserting "was a substantial cause of such workers' separation or threat of separation and of"; and

   Inserted: (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking "contributed importantly to" and inserting "was a substantial cause of";

   Inserted: (2) in paragraph (3)(B) of subsection (b), as redesignated by section 211(a), by striking "contributed importantly to" and inserting "was a substantial cause of"; and

   Inserted: (3) in subsection (c), as redesignated and amended by section 211(a), by striking paragraph (1) and redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively.

   Inserted: (b) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.--Section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (c)--

   Inserted: (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking "contributed importantly to such total or partial separation, or threat thereof, and to" and inserting "were a substantial cause of such total or partial separation, or threat thereof, and of"; and

   Inserted: (B) in paragraph (2)--

   Inserted: (i) by striking subparagraph (A);

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   Inserted: (ii) by striking "(B)"; and

   Inserted: (iii) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left.

   Inserted: (c) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Section 292(c)(3) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2401a(c)(3)) is amended by striking "contributed importantly to" and inserting "was a substantial cause of".

   Inserted: (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 291 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2401) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively.

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   On page 33, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:

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