A bill to improve worker training under the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Labor to certify certain groups of workers as eligible for trade adjustment assistance upon a determination that: (1) increased imports "contributed importantly to" (currently, substantially caused) worker separations and sales or production reductions; or (2) a significant number of workers of a firm have been or are in danger of total or partial separation due to the relocation of such firm to a foreign country or instrumentality. Changes the qualifying requirements for adjustment assistance for workers: (1) by requiring that weeks during which the worker is laid off shall be counted as qualifying weeks of employment if the worker later received back pay for the weeks of layoff; and (2) by limiting the number of weeks of employer-authorized leave and/or weeks of service as a full-time labor representative which can be counted as qualifying weeks of employment. Authorizes, in order to assist adversely affected workers to complete training, that payments be made as trade readjustment allowances for up to 26 additional weeks in the 26-week period that: (1) follows the last week of entitlement to allowances otherwise payable un…