Levin, House Dems Introduce TAA Legislation to Extend Program Through 2020
The Trade Adjustment Assistance Act (TAA) of 2014, introduced on March 6, would provide a critical lifeline to those U.S. domestic workers adversely affected by trade, said the bill sponsors in a press release. Although portions of the existing TAA…
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legislation remain in effect, the entirety of the law will expire by the end of 2014, said sponsor and House Ways and Means ranking member Sander Levin, D-Mich., along with several other House Democratic sponsors. “It is urgent that we reinstate the full TAA program for dislocated workers who are building new careers for themselves,” said Levin. “As we seek to fully benefit from globalization we must maintain structures that allow us to address its challenges for the workers and firms who are prepared to compete when they are given the tools to do so.” The legislation would provide training and support for U.S. manufacturing, service, farming, and fishing sector workers, said the joint release. The bill would extend the TAA program through 2020, according to the text (here). Many Democratic lawmakers in both the House and Senate have demanded TAA renewal in order to consider Trade Promotion Authority (see 14011013).