,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cdbe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #f1  
#bjbc,ms4 ,baldwin 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,cassidy7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,environment and   
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize
 the ,secretary of ,commerce to         
establish a ,resilient ,communities     
,program to provide communities impacted
 by trade with grants for economic      
development1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,resilient ,communities ,act of 
#bjbc4  #b4 ,resilient ,communities     
,program  7a7 ,award of grants ,the     
,secretary of ,commerce shall establish 
a program to be known as the ,resilient 
,communities ,program under which the   
,secretary may award grants to eligible 
recipients representing affected        
communities-- 7#a7 to encourage the     
continued production of certain goods in
 those communities1 including the       

employment of individuals involved in   
the production of those goods2 or  7#b7 
for the conduct of economic development 
in those communities4  7b7 ,uses of     
funds  7#a7 ,subsequent grants ,an      
eligible recipient awarded a grant under
 subsection 7a7 may use the amount of   
the grant to award subsequent grants to 
covered domestic producers in affected  
communities4  7#b7 ,priority ,an        
eligible recipient in an affected       
community shall prioritize the award of 
subsequent grants under paragraph 7#a7  
to covered domestic producers that are  
determined by the eligible recipient to 
be most likely to increase production   
and employment at a facility of the     
covered domestic producer located within
 the affected community as a result of  
the grant provided4  7#c7 ,economic     
development ,if there is no covered     
domestic producer in an affected        
community1 an eligible recipient        
representing that community that is in  
receipt of a grant under subsection 7a7 

shall use the amounts awarded under that
 grant for economic development within  
that community4  7c7 ,resilient         
,communities ,fund  7#a7 ,establishment 
,there is established in the ,treasury  
of the ,united ,states a trust fund 7to 
be known as the ,resilient ,communities 
,fund71 consisting of-- 7,a7 amounts    
transferred to the trust fund under     
paragraph 7#b72 and  7,b7 any amounts   
that may be credited to the trust fund  
under paragraph 7#c74  7#b7 ,transfer of
 amounts  7,a7 ,in general ,the         
,secretary of the ,treasury shall       
transfer to the trust fund established  
under paragraph 7#a71 from the general  
fund of the ,treasury1 for fiscal year  
#bjbd and each fiscal year thereafter1  
an amount equivalent to the amount      
received into the general fund during   
that fiscal year and attributable to    
duties collected pursuant to an         
antidumping or countervailing duty order
 under title ,,vii of the ,tariff ,act  
of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #afga et seq474 

7,b7 ,frequency of transfers ,the       
,secretary of the ,treasury shall       
transfer amounts required by            
subparagraph 7,a7 to be transferred to  
the trust fund established under        
paragraph 7#a7 not less frequently than 
quarterly4  7#c7 ,investment of amounts 
7,a7 ,investment of amounts ,the        
,secretary of the ,treasury shall invest
 such portion of the trust fund         
established under paragraph 7#a7 as is  
not required to meet current withdrawals
 in interest-bearing obligations of the 
,united ,states or in obligations       
guaranteed as to both principal and     
interest by the ,united ,states4  7,b7  
,interest and proceeds ,the interest on1
 and the proceeds from the sale or      
redemption of1 any obligations held in  
the trust fund established under        
paragraph 7#a7 shall be credited to and 
form a part of the trust fund4  7#d7    
,availability of amounts in trust fund  
,amounts in the trust fund established  
under paragraph 7#a7 shall be available 

to the ,secretary of ,commerce1 as      
provided in advance in an appropriations
 ,act1 to award grants to eligible      
recipients under subsection 7a74  7d7   
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,affected community ,the term affected  
community means an area in which a      
domestic producer or worker located in  
that area has experienced an injury from
 trade4  7#b7 ,covered domestic producer
 ,the term covered domestic producer    
means a domestic producer who can       
provide recent evidence of any of the   
following3 7,a7 ,a significant idling of
 production facilities1 plant closings1 
or underutilization of productive       
capacity of the producer4  7,b7 ,the    
inability of the producer to carry out  
production operations in the ,united    
,states at a reasonable level of profit4
  7,c7 ,a decline in sales or market    
share1 higher or growing inventory1 or a
 downward trend in production1 profits1 
wages1 productivity1 or employment of   
the producer4  7,d7 ,difficulty of the  

producer in generating adequate capital 
to finance the modernization of plants1 
property1 or equipment in the ,united   
,states4  7,e7 ,the inability of the    
producer to maintain existing levels for
 research and development4  7#c7        
,domestic producer ,the term domestic   
producer means a ,united ,states person 
that produces a good within the ,united 
,states4  7#d7 ,economic development    
,the term economic development means--  
7,a7 improving workforce development2   
7,b7 building public infrastructure2    
7,c7 improving access to health care1   
social services1 healthy food1 or       
education2  7,d7 complying with         
environmental standards set forth by the
 ,federal ,government2  7,e7 building   
affordable housing2 or  7,f7 expanding  
access to broadband4  7#e7 ,eligible    
recipient ,the term eligible recipient  
means a political subdivision of a      
,state in which an affected community is
 located4  7#f7 ,injury from trade ,the 
term injury from trade means-- 7,a7 an  

injury that has been determined to have 
occurred by the ,united ,states         
,international ,trade ,commission-- 7i7 
in the course of an investigation by the
 ,commission into dumping or            
subsidization under section #gja or #gca
 of the ,tariff ,act of #aicj 7#ai      
,u4,s4,c4 #afga and #afgc72 or  7ii7    
under section #bjb7;b7 of the ,trade    
,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bbeb7;b772
  7,b7 with respect to a domestic       
producer or a worker at a workplace of  
that producer1 the ,secretary of        
,commerce determines that-- 7i7 a       
significant number or proportion of the 
workers at that workplace have become   
totally or partially separated1 or are  
threatened to become totally or         
partially separated2 and  7ii7 7,i7 7aa7
 the sales or production1 or both1 of   
that producer have decreased absolutely 
at that workplace2  7bb7 7,,aa7 imports 
of articles or services like or directly
 competitive with articles produced or  
services supplied by that producer at   

that workplace have increased2 7,,bb7   
imports of articles like or directly    
competitive with articles into which one
 or more component parts produced by    
that producer at that workplace are     
incorporated have increased2 7,,cc7     
imports of articles like or directly    
competitive with articles that are      
produced using services supplied by that
 producer at that workplace have        
increased2 or 7,,dd7 imports of articles
 incorporating one or more component    
parts produced outside the ,united      
,states that are like or directly       
competitive with imports of articles    
incorporating one or more component     
parts produced by that producer at that 
workplace have increased2 and  7cc7 the 
increase in imports described in item   
7bb7 contributed importantly to the     
separation or threat of separation by   
workers at that workplace and to the    
decline in the sales or production of   
that producer at that workplace2 or     
7,,ii7 7aa7 7,,aa7 there has been a     

shift by that producer to a foreign     
country in the production of articles or
 the supply of services like or directly
 competitive with articles that are     
produced or services that are supplied  
by that producer at that workplace2 or  
7,,bb7 that producer has acquired from a
 foreign country articles or services   
that are like or directly competitive   
with articles that are produced or      
services that are supplied by that      
producer at that workplace2 and  7bb7   
the shift described in item 7aa77,,aa7  
or the acquisition of articles or       
services described in item 7aa77,,bb7   
contributed importantly to the          
separation or threat of separation by   
workers at that workplace2 or  7,c7 any 
other trade-related injury to a domestic
 producer or worker as determined by the
 ,secretary of ,commerce4