A list of statutes and regulations relevant to the management and implementation of the Trade Act Programs.

Statutes

Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002
Public Law 107-210
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Trade Act of 1974 (prior to 2002)
United States Code, Title 19, Sections 2271 - 2331
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Congressional Statement of Purpose, "The purposes of this chapter are ... to provide adequate procedures to safeguard American industry and labor against unfair or injurious import competition, and to assist industries, firms, workers, and communities to adjust to changes in international trade flows" 19 U.S.C. 2102

NAFTA Worker Security Act
North American Free Trade Agreement of 1993, Title V, NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance and Other Provisions

Workforce Investment Act of 1998
United States Code, Title 29, Chapter 30, Section 2801 or Plain English Version
Purpose "The purpose of this subchapter is to provide workforce investment activities, through statewide and local workforce investment systems, that increase the employment, retention, and earnings of participants, and increase occupational skill attainment by participants, and, as a result, improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the Nation. 29 U.S.C. 2811

Job Training Partnership Act
United States Code, Title 29, Chapter 19, Section 1501
Statement of Purpose "It is the purpose of this Act to establish programs to prepare youth and adults facing serious barriers to employment for participation in the labor force by providing job training and other services that will result in increased employment and earnings, increased educational and occupational skills, and decreased welfare dependency, thereby improving the quality of the workforce and enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the Nation." 29 U.S.C. 1501

Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 (National Employment Services Act)
United States Code, Title 29, Chapter 4b, Section 49
United States Employment Service established, "In order to promote the establishment and maintenance of a national system of public employment offices, the United States Employment Service shall be established within the Department of Labor" 29 U.S.C. 49

Regulations

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Administration of the Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) program
20 CFR, Part 618, Subpart I (Format PDF)

Purpose: This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) presents guidelines for the administration of the Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) program. The ATAA program provides a wage subsidy to eligible older workers, for whom retraining may not be appropriate, who accept reemployment at a lower wage.

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Administration of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program
20 CFR, Part 618, Subpart I (Format PDF)

Purpose: This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) presents guidelines for the administration of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program and lays out changes that would ensure the administration of TAA programs will be more aligned with the employment and training services offered through the nation’s One-Stop service delivery system established by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA)

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers Under the Trade Act of 1974

• 20 CFR, Part 617  (Format: HTML)
  Purpose: "The [Trade Act of 1974] created a program to assist individuals, who became unemployed as a result of increased imports, return to suitable employment. The [Trade Adjustment Assistance] program provides for reemployment services and allowances for eligible individuals. The regulations in the part 617 are issued to implement the Act." 20 CFR 617.2



• 29 CFR, Part 90  (Format: HTML)
  Purpose: The purpose of this part 90 is to set forth regulations relating to the responsibilities vested in the Secretary of Labor by the Trade Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-618), as amended, concerning petitions and determinations of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance. Section 248 of the Act directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations which will implement the provisions relating to adjustment assistance for workers. This part will provide for the prompt and effective disposition of workers' petitions for certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance.

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