H.R. 4090 – Reading Mode

108th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 4090

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 31, 2004

Mr. Camp (for himself, Ms. Dunn, Mr. English, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Upton, Mr. Foley, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Nethercutt, and Mr. Weller) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the trade adjustment assistance program to the services sector, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the &short-title1;.

Extension of trade adjustment assistance to services sector

(a)

Adjustment assistance for workers

Section 221(a)(1)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking firm) and inserting firm, and workers in a service sector firm or subdivision of a service sector firm or public agency).

(b)

Group eligibility requirements

Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a)—

(A)

in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking agricultural firm) and inserting agricultural firm, and workers in a service sector firm or subdivision of a service sector firm or public agency);

(B)

in paragraph (1), by inserting or public agency after of the firm; and

(C)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking like or directly competitive with articles produced and inserting or services like or directly competitive with articles produced or services provided;

(ii)

by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ; or; and

(iii)

by adding after subparagraph (B) the following:

(C)

(i)

there has been a shift, by such workers’ firm, subdivision, or public agency to a foreign country, in provision of services, like or directly competitive with services which are provided by such firm, subdivision, or public agency; or

(ii)

such workers’ firm, subdivision, or public agency has obtained or is likely to obtain such services from a foreign country.

;

(2)

in subsection (b)—

(A)

in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking agricultural firm) and inserting agricultural firm, and workers in a service sector firm or subdivision of a service sector firm or public agency);

(B)

in paragraph (2), by inserting or service after related to the article; and

(C)

in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting or services after component parts;

(3)

in subsection (c)—

(A)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

by inserting or services after value-added production processes;

(ii)

by striking or finishing and inserting , finishing, or testing;

(iii)

by inserting or services after for articles; and

(iv)

by inserting (or subdivision) after such other firm; and

(B)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

by striking for articles and inserting , or services, for articles or services; and

(ii)

by inserting (or subdivision) after such other firm; and

(4)

by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(d)

Basis for secretary’s determinations

(1)

Increased imports

For purposes of subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii), the Secretary may determine that increased imports of like or directly competitive services exist if the workers’ firm or subdivision or customers of the workers’ firm or subdivision accounting for not less than 20 percent of the sales of the workers’ firm or subdivision certify to the Secretary that they are obtaining such articles or services from a foreign country.

(2)

Obtaining services abroad

For purposes of subsection (a)(2)(C)(ii), the Secretary may determine that the workers’ firm, subdivision, or public agency has obtained or is likely to obtain like or directly competitive services from a foreign country based on a certification thereof from the workers’ firm, subdivision, or public agency.

(3)

Authority of the Secretary

The Secretary may obtain the certifications under paragraphs (1) and (2) through questionnaires or in such other manner as the Secretary determines is appropriate.

(c)

Training

Section 236(a)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking $220,000,000 and inserting $440,000,000.

(d)

Definitions

Section 247 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2319) is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (1)—

(A)

by inserting or public agency after of a firm; and

(B)

by inserting or public agency after or subdivision;

(2)

in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting or public agency after the firm;

(3)

by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (17) as paragraphs (9) through (18), respectively; and

(4)

by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:

(7)

The term public agency means a department or agency of a State or local government or of the Federal Government.

(8)

The term service sector firm means an entity engaged in the business of providing services.

(e)

Technical amendment

Section 245(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(a)) is amended by striking , other than subchapter D.

Trade adjustment assistance for firms and industries

(a)

Firms

(1)

Assistance

Section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341) is amended—

(A)

in subsection (a), by inserting or service sector firm after (including any agricultural firm;

(B)

in subsection (c)(1)—

(i)

in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting or service sector firm after any agricultural firm;

(ii)

in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting or service after of an article; and

(iii)

in subparagraph (C), by striking articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced and inserting articles or services like or directly competitive with articles or services which are produced or provided; and

(C)

by adding at the end the following:

(e)

Basis for Secretary determination

(1)

Increased imports

For purposes of subsection (c)(1)(C), the Secretary may determine that increases of imports of like or directly competitive services exist if customers of the firm accounting for not less than 20 percent of the sales of the firm certify to the Secretary that they are obtaining such articles or services from a foreign country.

(2)

Authority of the Secretary

The Secretary may obtain the certifications under paragraph (1) through questionnaires or in such other manner as the Secretary determines is appropriate. The subpoena power described in section 249 shall be extended to the Secretary of Commerce for purposes of carrying out this subsection.

(2)

Authorization of appropriations

Section 256(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2346(b)) is amended by striking $16,000,000 and inserting $32,000,000.

(3)

Definition

Section 261 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2351) is amended—

(A)

by striking For purposes of and inserting (a) Firm.—For purposes of; and

(B)

by adding at the end the following:

(b)

Service sector Firm

For purposes of this chapter, the term service sector firm means a firm engaged in the business of providing services.

(b)

Industries

Section 265(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2355(a)) is amended by inserting or service after new product.

(c)

Clerical Amendment

(1)

Section 249 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2321) is amended—

(A)

by amending the section heading to read as follows:

249.

Subpoena Authority

; and

(B)

by striking subpena each place it appears and inserting subpoena.

(2)

The item relating to section 249 in the table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:

249. Subpoena authority.

Monitoring and reporting

Section 282 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2393) is amended—

(1)

in the first sentence—

(A)

by striking The Secretary and inserting (a) Monitoring Programs.—The Secretary;

(B)

by inserting and services after imports of articles;

(C)

by inserting and domestic provision of services after domestic production;

(D)

by inserting or providing services after producing articles; and

(E)

by inserting , or provision of services, after changes in production; and

(2)

by adding at the end the following:

(b)

Collection of data and reports on services sector

(1)

Secretary of Labor

Not later than 3 months after the date of the enactment of the &short-title1;, the Secretary of Labor shall implement a system to collect data on adversely affected service workers that includes the number of workers by State, industry, and cause of dislocation of each worker.

(2)

Secretary of Commerce

Not later than 6 months after such date of enactment, the Secretary of Commerce shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, conduct a study and report to the Congress on ways to improve the timeliness and coverage of data on trade in services, including methods to identify increased imports due to the relocation of United States firms to foreign countries, and increased imports due to United States firms obtaining services from firms in foreign countries.