,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #degb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ab1 #bjaf 
,mr4 ,nolan introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,trade ,act of    
#aigd to authorize a ,state to reimburse
 certain costs incurred by the ,state in
 providing training to workers after a  
petition for certification of           
eligibility for trade adjustment        
assistance has been filed1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,workforce ,training
 ,enhancement ,act of #bjaf4  #b4       
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3  7#a7 ,the viability of the   
domestic steel industry is crucial to   
the ,united ,states economy and national
 security4  7#b7 ,the steel and taconite
 iron mining industries have been       
severely impacted by the foreign dumping
 and overproduction of steel and are    
continually faced with unfair trade     

practices4  7#c7 ,in #bjad1 ,united     
,states imports of steel and steel      
products increased by #cf percent and   
captured #bh percent of the total       
,united ,states steel market4 ,in #bjae1
 ,united ,states imports of steel and   
steel products continued to increase1   
and captured #bi percent of the total   
,united ,states steel market4  7#d7 ,in 
#aigd1 ,congress enacted the ,trade ,act
 of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #baja et seq471
 which established the trade adjustment 
assistance program under chapter #b of  
title ,,ii of that ,act 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4  
#bbga et seq47 to assist workers who    
have been adversely affected by trade4  
7#e7 ,the trade adjustment assistance   
program provides vital benefits and     
services to workers whose employment has
 been adversely affected by foreign     
trade4 ,those benefits and services     
include education and training1 income  
support1 relocation assistance1 job     
search assistance1 and the health       
coverage tax credit4  7#f7 ,since the   

inception of the trade adjustment       
assistance program1 more than #e1jjj1jjj
 ,united ,states workers have been      
certified as eligible for benefits and  
services under the program4  7#g7 ,as of
 ,september #cj1 #bjae1 the trade       
adjustment assistance program had served
 more than #b1bjj1jjj workers4  7#h7 ,in
 fiscal year #bjae1 the ,department of  
,labor certified #dac petitions for     
eligibility for the trade adjustment    
assistance program1 which provided      
access to trade adjustment assistance   
benefits for #eg1fca workers4  7#i7 ,in 
#bjae1 more than #ac1jjj new            
participants were enrolled in the trade 
adjustment assistance for workers       
program and the program provided        
services and benefits to more than      
#dg1jjj workers4  7#aj7 ,from fiscal    
year #bjab through fiscal year #bjae1   
the average processing time for a       
petition under the trade adjustment     
assistance for workers program was #di4a
 days and the average processing time   

for fiscal year #bjae was #dg4b days4   
7#aa7 ,the trade adjustment assistance  
program provides vital education and    
training services to assist             
trade-affected workers to acquire new   
skills and prepare for new employment4  
7#ab7 ,from #bjab through #bjae1 more   
than #i1hjj steelworkers and iron ore   
miners in #ag ,states lost their jobs as
 a result of increases in imports of    
steel and steel products and were       
certified as eligible to apply for the  
trade adjustment assistance program4    
7#ac7 ,in fiscal year #bjae1 more than  
#f1ejj steelworkers were certified as   
eligible for trade adjustment           
assistance1 including workers who were  
laid off or furloughed in #bjad4  7#ad7 
,in order to empower workers who have   
been adversely affected by foreign      
trade1 ,states should have the option of
 providing the funding for vital        
educational and training programs for   
workers while their petitions for       
certification of eligibility for trade  

adjustment assistance is pending4  #c4  
,authorization of ,states to reimburse  
certain costs of providing training to  
workers after a petition for trade      
adjustment assistance is filed  7a7 ,in 
general ,section #bcf7;a77#f7 of the    
,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4     
#bbif7;a77#f77 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7,c7  7i7 ,if   
the conditions described in clause 7ii7 
are met1 a ,state may use the funds     
distributed to the ,state under         
paragraph 7#b7 to reimburse the costs of
 providing training to a worker before  
the worker is approved for training     
under paragraph 7#a7 paid by--  7,i7 the
 ,state from funds provided by the      
,state2  7,,ii7 the ,state or local     
workforce development areas within the  
,state from funds available under       
subtitle ,b of title ,i of the          
,workforce ,innovation and ,opportunity 
,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #caea et seq472 or  
7,,iii7 an eligible entity under section
 #agj of that ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #cbbe7

 in the ,state from funds available     
under that section4  7ii7 ,the          
conditions described in this clause are 
met if-- 7,i7 as of the date of the     
reimbursement under clause 7i7 the      
worker is covered by a certification for
 eligibility under subchapter ,a2 and   
7,,ii7 the training1 the costs of which 
are being reimbursed-- 7aa7 commenced   
after the date on which the total or    
partial separations of the group of     
workers covered by the certification for
 eligibility began or threatened to     
begin2 and  7bb7 meets the requirements 
for approval of training under paragraph
 7#a74  4  7b7 ,conforming amendment    
,section #bcf7;a77#d77;,b7 of the ,trade
 ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4           
#bbif7;a77#d77;,b77 is amended by       
striking ,no and inserting ,except as   
provided in paragraph 7#f77;,c71 no4