Sec. 111. Agreements with States
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Section 239(f) of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2311(f) ) is amended— by striking
(f)Any agreement and inserting the following: Any agreement ; and by adding at the end the following: Each cooperating State agency shall arrange for training programs to be carried out by entities that— have a proven track record in achieving a satisfactory rate of completion and placement in jobs that provides a living wage, basic benefits that increase economic security, and develop the skills, networks, and experiences necessary to advance along a career path; work to assist workers from underserved communities to establish a work history, demonstrate success in the workplace, and develop the skills that lead to entry into and retention in unsubsidized employment; facilitate joint cooperation between representatives of workers, employers, and communities, especially in underserved rural and urban regions, to ensure a fair and engaging workplace that balances the priorities and well-being of workers with the needs of businesses; and have a proven track record in adequately serving individuals who face the greatest barriers to employment, including people with low incomes, people of color, immigrants, and formerly incarcerated individuals. Each cooperating State agency shall seek, including through agreements and training programs described in this subsection, to ensure the reemployment of adversely affected workers upon completion of training as described in section 236. . Section 239(g) of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2311(g) ) is amended— by redesignating— paragraphs
(1)through
(4)as paragraphs
(3)through (6), respectively; and paragraph
(5)as paragraph (8); by inserting before paragraph
(3)(as redesignated) the following: review each layoff of more than 5 workers in a firm to determine whether trade played a role in the layoff and whether workers in such firm are potentially eligible to receive benefits under this chapter, perform outreach to firms to facilitate and assist with filing petitions under section 221 and collecting necessary supporting information, ; in paragraph
(3)(as redesignated), by striking who applies for unemployment insurance of and inserting identified under paragraph
(1)of unemployment insurance benefits and ; in paragraph
(4)(as redesignated), by inserting and assist with after facilitate ; in paragraph
(6)(as redesignated), by striking and at the end; by inserting after paragraph
(6)(as redesignated) the following: perform outreach to workers from underserved communities and to firms that employ a majority or a substantial percentage of workers from underserved communities and develop a plan, in consultation with the Secretary, for addressing common barriers to receiving services that such workers have faced, ; in paragraph
(8)(as redesignated), by striking funds provided to carry out this chapter are insufficient to make such services available, make arrangements to make such services available through other Federal programs and inserting support services are needed beyond what this chapter can provide, make arrangements to coordinate such services available through other Federal programs ; and by adding at the end the following: develop a strategy to engage with local workforce development institutions, including local community colleges and other educational institutions, and develop a comprehensive strategy to provide agency staffing to support the requirements of paragraphs
(1)through (9). . Section 235A of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2295a ) is amended— by striking Of the funds and inserting
(a); and In general .—Of the funds by adding at the end the following: Activities described in paragraphs
(1)through
(9)of section 239(g) shall not be considered to be activities relating to the administration of the trade adjustment assistance for workers program for purposes of the limitation on administrative expenses under subsection (a)(1). . Section 239(j)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2311(j)(2) ) is amended— by amending subparagraph
(B)to read as follows: The Secretary and a cooperating State or cooperating State agency— shall conduct a comparative analysis between the median earnings of workers described in subparagraph (A)(i)(I) and the distributions of earnings across the workforce in the affected economic region; and may agree upon additional indicators of performance for the trade adjustment assistance program under this chapter, as appropriate. ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall require each cooperating State and cooperating State agency to perform workforce analytics for the purpose of creating a dashboard that includes different measures of job quality for reemployment and training activities provided under this chapter. . Section 239 of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2311 ) is amended by striking subsection
(k)and inserting the following: An agreement entered into under this section shall provide that the cooperating State or cooperating State agency shall require that any individual engaged in functions to carry out the trade adjustment assistance program under this chapter shall be a State employee covered by a merit system of personnel administration. .
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