,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adec  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ad1      
#bjai,mr4 ,jones introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,trade ,act of 
#aigd to provide adjustment assistance  
to farmers 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     
,farmers ,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 
under title ,,ii of the ,trade ,act of  
#aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bbea et seq47 was 
enacted to help workers adversely       
impacted by the trade policy decisions  
of the ,federal ,government4  7#b7      

,federal trade statutes1 including      
section #bcb of the ,trade ,expansion   
,act of #aifb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfb71    
section #cja of the ,trade ,act of #aigd
 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdaa71 and potentially 
the ,international ,emergency ,economic 
,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja et    
seq471 are being used aggressively 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       
agricultural exports or have indicated  
that they intend to respond by raising  
tariffs on such agricultural exports4   
7#d7 ,increased tariffs on such         
agricultural exports threaten to cost   
,united ,states agricultural producers  
global market share and reduce the      
income of producers in affected         
commodities4  7#e7 ,farmers adversely   
impacted by the effects of increased    
tariffs on such agricultural exports    
deserve adjustment assistance4  #c4     

,adjustment assistance for retaliatory  
tariff increases ,section #bib7;c7 of   
the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 
#bdja;a7c77 is amended-- 7#a7 by        
striking paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c72 and  
7#b7 by inserting after paragraph 7#a7  
the following3  7#b7 either-- 7,a7 the  
volume of imports of articles like1 or  
directly competitive with1 the          
agricultural commodity produced by the  
group in the marketing year with respect
 to which the group files the petition  
increased compared to the average volume
 of such imports during the #c marketing
 years preceding such marketing year2 or
  7,b7 7i7 the volume of exports of the 
agricultural commodity produced by the  
group in the marketing year with respect
 to which the group files the petition  
decreased compared to the average volume
 of such exports during the #c marketing
 years preceding such marketing year2   
and  7ii7 the decrease in exports       
described in clause 7i7 resulted in     
whole or in part from duties imposed on 

such exports by a foreign country in    
response to duties imposed by the       
,united ,states on imports from such    
country pursuant to action taken under  
the authority of-- 7,i7 section #bcb of 
the ,trade ,expansion ,act of #aifb 7#ai
 ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfb72  7,,ii7 section #cja 
of this ,act 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdaa72 or  
7,,iii7 the ,international ,emergency   
,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4   
#agja et seq472 and  7#c7 the increase  
in imports described in paragraph       
7#b77;,a7 or the decrease in exports    
described in paragraph 7#b77;,b7        
contributed importantly to the decrease 
in the national average price1 quantity 
of production1 or value of production   
of1 or cash receipts for1 the           
agricultural commodity1 as described in 
paragraph 7#a74  4