Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act

This bill renews and changes federal Trade Adjustment Assistance programs, which help workers, firms, farmers, and communities affected by trade. It expands which workers can qualify, including staffed workers, teleworkers, workers of successor firms, public agency workers, and workers in U.S. territories. It extends the weeks of trade readjustment allowances, raises job search and relocation allowances to $2,000 with inflation adjustments, and creates a child and other dependent care allowance of up to $2,000 per minor dependent per year. It sets a $300,000 cap with a matching-funds requirement for firm assistance and creates a Commerce Department grant program for communities affected by trade.

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Sponsors

• Linda T. Sánchez Democrat sponsor
• 28 cosponsors