House Bill 5258
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Improved Access to Trade Adjustment Assistance Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Sep 14, 2021
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
5258
Congress
117
Policy Area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Primary focus of measure is competitiveness, trade barriers and adjustment assistance; foreign loans and international monetary system; international banking; trade agreements and negotiations; customs enforcement, tariffs, and trade restrictions; foreign investment. Measures concerning border enforcement may fall under Immigration policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Improved Access to Trade Adjustment Assistance Act
This bill expands eligibility for trade adjustment assistance, which is federal aid provided to workers who lose their jobs or whose hours of work and wages are reduced as a result of increased imports.
Specifically, the bill makes workers of a firm with sales or production that failed to increase or will decrease absolutely due to a scheduled or imminently anticipated, long-term decrease in or reallocation of the production capacity of the firm eligible for trade adjustment assistance. Currently, this assistance is only available if a firm's sales or production have decreased absolutely.
September 14, 2021
09/14/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
09/14/2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
09/14/2021
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Dec 31, 2022 8:59:39 AM