HR7805-119

In Committee

Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 4, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Trade, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H1C9B1284A4C149BC955363B4A6679758: 1. Short title and table of contents This Act may be cited as the Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act. The table of contents for this Act is as...
  • Section H1296242935DC47F79E3EA3F1DF0C4C8C: 2. Application of provisions relating to trade adjustment assistance Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of chapters 2 through 6 of title...
  • Section H025879C0CB9A4C5E93FE9DC9E54310EA: 101. Filing petitions Section 221(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271(a)(1)) is amended— by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: (A)One or...
  • Section H8E36B79A6AA34F0B8EB10AAADEA55243: 102. Group eligibility requirements Section 222(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272(a)(2)) is amended— in subparagraph (A)— in clause (i), by...
  • Section H8AF26A2034844196ACF6206BC270C563: 103. Application of determinations of eligibility to workers employed by successors-in-interest Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273) is...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Trade, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Trade Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 4, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Mar 4, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 4, 2026

Ms. Sánchez (for herself, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Neal, Mr. Doggett, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Trade Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

3 terms
"eligible community" §H2220D3FCDB8B4E2ABA658E7951F6EC54

a community that is impacted by trade under section 273(a)(2) and is determined to be eligible for assistance under this subchapter. The term eligible entity means— an eligible community

"eligible community" §HAFBF01C67B6A4EB3A30DE083B3DE2D16

a community that is impacted by trade under section 273(a)(2) and is determined to be eligible for assistance under this subchapter. The term eligible entity means— an eligible community

"eligible entity" §HD709F9697C204865A059A1A2F2D3CBB2

an eligible institution or a consortium of eligible institutions. The term underserved community has the meaning given that term in section 247. In subsection (c)— by striking eligible institution each place it appears and inserting eligible entity

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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