To limit eligibility for trade adjustment assistance to workers who are laid off because of an increase in imports from, or a shift in production to, a country with which the United States has a free trade agreement in effect.
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 651 proposed by Senator Rubio to Amendment SA 633.
September 22, 2011
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 651 proposed by Senator Rubio to Amendment SA 633.
September 22, 2011
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 651, under the order of 9/21/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 34 - 62. Record Vote Number: 146.
September 22, 2011
Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 651, under the order of 9/21/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 34 - 62. Record Vote Number: 146.
September 22, 2011
Amendment SA 651 proposed by Senator Rubio to Amendment SA 633. (consideration: CR S5857-5860, S5866, S5878; text: CR S5857-5858) To limit eligibility for trade adjustment assistance to workers who are laid off because of an increase in imports from, or a shift in production to, a country with which the United States has a free trade agreement in effect.
September 22, 2011
Amendment SA 651, under the order of 9/21/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 34 - 62. Record Vote Number: 146.
September 22, 2011
Senate amendment submitted
September 21, 2011
Votes
1 roll call on this amendment
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SA 651. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 633 submitted by Mr. Casey (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 2832, to extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: On page 5 of the amendment, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following: SEC. 212. REQUIREMENT THAT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE WORKERS BE LAID OFF BECAUSE OF IMPORTS FROM, OR A SHIFT IN PRODUCTION TO, A COUNTRY WITH WHICH THE UNITED STATES HAS A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IN EFFECT. Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272), as amended by section 211 of this Act, is further amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: ``(a) In General.--A group of workers shall be certified by the Secretary as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under this chapter pursuant to a petition filed under section 221 if the Secretary determines that-- ``(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and ``(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have decreased absolutely; ``(ii)(I) imports from a country with which the United States has a free trade agreement in effect of articles or services like or directly competitive with articles produced or services supplied by such firm have increased; ``(II) imports from such a country of articles like or directly competitive with articles-- ``(aa) into which one or more component parts produced by such firm are directly incorporated, or ``(bb) which are produced directly using services supplied by such firm, have increased; or ``(III) imports of articles directly incorporating one or more component parts produced in such a country that are like or directly competitive with imports of articles incorporating one or more component parts produced by such firm have increased; and ``(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii) contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or production of such firm; or ``(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by such workers' firm to a country with which the United States has a free trade agreement in effect in the production of articles or the supply of services like or directly competitive with articles which are produced or services which are supplied by such firm; or ``(II) such workers' firm has acquired from such a country articles or services that are like or directly competitive with articles which are produced or services which are supplied by such firm; and ``(ii) the shift described in clause (i)(I) or the acquisition of articles or services described in clause (i)(II) contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation.''. ______