Sec. 221. TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS
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## SEC. 221 TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS ###
(a)Annual Report ####
(1)In general Chapter 3 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 255 the following: > > ## “SEC. 255A ANNUAL REPORT ON TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS > > **[**[19 U.S.C. 2345a](/us/usc/t19/s2345a)**]** > > > ### “(a) In General > > Not later than December 15, 2012, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare a report containing data regarding the trade adjustment assistance for firms program under this chapter for the preceding fiscal year. The data shall include the following: > > > #### “(1) > > The number of firms that inquired about the program. > > > #### “(2) > > The number of petitions filed under section 251. > > > #### “(3) > > The number of petitions certified and denied by the Secretary. > > > #### “(4) > > The average time for processing petitions after the petitions are filed. > > > #### “(5) > > The number of petitions filed and firms certified for each congressional district of the United States. > > > #### “(6) > > Of the number of petitions filed, the number of firms that entered the program and received benefits. > > > #### “(7) > > The number of firms that received assistance in preparing their petitions. > > > #### “(8) > > The number of firms that received assistance developing business recovery plans. > > > #### “(9) > > The number of business recovery plans approved and denied by the Secretary. > > > #### “(10) > > The average duration of benefits received under the program nationally and in each region served by an intermediary organization referred to in section 253(b)(1). > > > #### “(11) > > Sales, employment, and productivity at each firm participating in the program at the time of certification. > > > #### “(12) > > Sales, employment, and productivity at each firm upon completion of the program and each year for the 2-year period following completion of the program. > > > #### “(13) > > The number of firms in operation as of the date of the report and the number of firms that ceased operations after completing the program and in each year during the 2-year period following completion of the program. > > > #### “(14) > > The financial assistance received by each firm participating in the program. > > > #### “(15) > > The financial contribution made by each firm participating in the program. > > > #### “(16) > > The types of technical assistance included in the business recovery plans of firms participating in the program. > > > #### “(17) > > The number of firms leaving the program before completing the project or projects in their business recovery plans and the reason the project or projects were not completed. > > > #### “(18) > > The total amount expended by all intermediary organizations referred to in section 253(b)(1) and by each such organization to administer the program. > > > #### “(19) > > The total amount expended by intermediary organizations to provide technical assistance to firms under the program nationally and in each region served by such an organization. > > > ### “(b) Classification of Data > > To the extent possible, in collecting and reporting the data described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall classify the data by intermediary organization, State, and national totals. > > > ### “(c) Report to Congress; Publication > > The Secretary shall— > > > #### “(1) > > submit the report described in subsection
(a)to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; and > > > #### “(2) > > publish the report in the Federal Register and on the website of the Department of Commerce. > > > ### “(d) Protection of Confidential Information > > > #### “(1) In general > > The Secretary may not release information described in subsection
(a)that the Secretary considers to be confidential business information unless the person submitting the confidential business information had notice, at the time of submission, that such information would be released by the Secretary, or such person subsequently consents to the release of the information. > > > #### “(2) Rule of construction > > Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary from providing information the Secretary considers to be confidential business information under paragraph
(1)to a court in camera or to another party under a protective order issued by a court.” > . ####
(2)Clerical amendment The table of contents for the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 255 the following:" “Sec. 255A. Annual report on trade adjustment assistance for firms.” ". ####
(3)Conforming repeal **[**[19 U.S.C. 2356 note](/us/usc/t19/s2356)**]** Effective on the day after the date on which the Secretary of Commerce submits the report required by section 1866 of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 (19 U.S.C. 2356) for fiscal year 2011, such section is repealed. ###
(b)Extension Section 255(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2345(a)) is amended— ####
(1)by striking “$50,000,000” and all that follows through “February 12, 2011.” and inserting “$16,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 and 2013, and $4,000,000 for the 3-month period beginning on October 1, 2013, and ending on December 31, 2013.”; and ####
(2)by striking “shall—” and all that follows through “otherwise remain” and inserting “shall remain”.
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