,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fabd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjbj,mr4 
,schneider 7for himself1 ,mr4           
,sensenbrenner1 and ,mr4 ,cooper7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,trade
 ,act of #aigd to provide adjustment    
assistance to firms adversely affected  
by reduced exports resulting from       
tariffs imposed as retaliation for      
,united ,states tariff increases1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,assistance for ,firms ,harmed by       
,tariffs on ,exports ,act4  #b4         
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,in recognition that trade policy 
can result in disparate and disruptive  
changes to the economy1 the ,trade      
,adjustment ,assistance program was     
enacted to help workers adversely       
impacted by the trade policy decisions  
of the ,federal ,government4  7#b7 ,the 

,trump ,administration has made clear   
that it intends to aggressively use     
,federal trade statutes1 including      
section #bcb of the ,trade ,expansion   
,act of #aifb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfb7 and 
section #cja of the ,trade ,act of #aigd
 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdaa71 and potentially 
the ,international ,emergency ,economic 
,powers ,act 7,public ,law #ie-bbc71 to 
increase tariffs on selected imports4   
7#c7 ,foreign countries affected by such
 tariff increases have1 as of the date  
of the enactment of this ,act1 already  
raised tariffs on ,united ,states       
exports or have indicated that they     
intend to respond by raising tariffs on 
such exports4  7#d7 ,increased tariffs  
on such exports threaten to reduce      
employment in affected sectors of the   
,united ,states economy4  7#e7 ,firms   
adversely impacted by these effects     
deserve adjustment assistance4  #c4     
,adjustment assistance for firms        
,subparagraph 7,c7 of section           
#bea7;c77#a7 of the ,trade ,act of #aigd

 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bcda7 is amended to    
read as follows3  7,c7 either-- 7i7     
increases of imports of articles or     
services like or directly competitive   
with articles which are produced or     
services which are supplied by such firm
 contributed importantly to such total  
or partial separation1 or threat        
thereof1 and to such decline in sales or
 production2 or  7ii7 7,i7 exports of   
articles or services produced or        
supplied by such firm have decreased as 
a result1 in whole or in part1 from     
tariffs imposed on such exports by a    
foreign country in response to ,united  
,states tariffs imposed on the imports  
of such country pursuant to an action   
taken under the authority of-- 7aa7     
section #bcb of the ,trade ,expansion   
,act of #aifb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfb72    
7bb7 section #cja of the ,trade ,act of 
#aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdaa72 or  7cc7   
the ,international ,emergency ,economic 
,powers ,act 7,public ,law #ie-bbc72 and
  7,,ii7 the decrease in such exports   

contributed importantly to such total or
 partial separation1 or threat thereof1 
and to such decline in sales or         
production4  4