A bill to improve the operation of the adjustment assistance programs for workers, firms, and communities under the Trade Act of 1974.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Title I: Improvements in Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to permit the Secretary of Labor to file a petition for trade adjustment assistance on behalf of a group of workers upon notice of a major layoff, closing, or relocation. Makes eligible for such assistance certain groups of workers in firms whose customer firms have been adversely affected by imports. Encompasses workers in a firm who have been replaced by workers transferred from firm subdivisions which have been affected by imports within "adversely affected workers. Revises the minimum work requirement for adjustment assistance for individual members of certified groups. Extends the duration of additional readjustment assistance for older workers. Creates trade impacted worker programs under the Special Federal Responsibilities title of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. Revises application requirements for, and increases the reimbursement percentage of, job search and relocation allowances. Establishes a temporary health insurance protection program for certain adversely affected workers who are entitled to readjustment allowances and who have lost coverage under an emp…