HR 3850 · 97th Congress · Economics and Public Finance

A bill to make expenditure reductions in accordance with the budget reconciliation process.

Introduced 1981-06-09· Sponsored by Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8]· House

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Latest: See H.R.3982.(1981-07-31)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Title I: Adjustment Assistance - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise eligibility requirements for adjustment assistance to require that imports be a "substantial cause of" (currently "contributed importantly to") a firm's decline. Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide full information to workers about the benefits available under the Act. Revises trade readjustment allowance qualifying requirements, weekly amounts, and limitations on allowances to provide: (1) that payment of an allowance shall be made to a worker who files an application for any week of unemployment beginning more than 60 days after a petition for certification (which resulted in certification) was filed, if the worker, (a) has a separation occurring within a specified time, (b) worked a specified length of time, for a specified minimum wage, within the 52 week period prior to separation, (c) has received waiting period credit under unemployment insurance law or has exhausted all rights and is not entitled to any unemployment insurance or waiting period credit; (2) that the allowance payable shall be equal to the most recent weekly unemployment insurance benefit reduced by (a) any deductible training allowa…

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1 Republican