HR 1917 · 114th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance

Truth, Transparency, Accountability, and Fairness in Trade Act

Introduced 2015-04-21· Sponsored by Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
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House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.(2015-04-29)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Truth, Transparency, Accountability, and Fairness in Trade Act This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Department of Labor to make a joint annual report to Congress with the U.S. International Trade Commission on the operation of the trade agreements program during the preceding calendar year, including specified information about each free trade agreement in effect. Any free trade agreement or portion of it that provides for the termination of portions shall cease to be effective with respect to the United States if annual reports on it show as a result of the agreement or a portion of it any: export disruption (declining U.S. exports to, and rising U.S. imports from, a country party to the agreement), either overall or for a specific commodity or industry, in three consecutive calendar years or in three calendar years during a consecutive five-calendar year period; labor disruption (an increase of 5% or more in the number of applications for adjustment assistance for workers and firms), either overall or with respect to a specific good or industry, in each of three consecutive calendar years or in each of three calendar years during a consecutive five-calendar year …

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Cosponsors (8)

8 Democrats