[20210709]IN11700_工人贸易调整援助：日落条款和“2021回归”.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers: Sunset Provisions and “Reversion 2021” July 9, 2021 Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) provides federal assistance to workers who have lost their jobs due to international trade. The primary benefits for TAA-eligible workers are funding for training and reemployment services as well as income support while a worker is enrolled in training. TAA was most recently reauthorized by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA; Title IV of P.L. 114-27). TAARA contained sunset provisions that became effective July 1, 2021, and expire on June 30, 2022. The sunset provisions make significant changes to the program for new program participants. Department of Labor (DOL) documents collectively refer to these newly effective provisions as “Reversion 2021” because they largely reflect a reversion to TAA provisions that were in place under the Trade Act of 2002. After July 1, 2022, new petitions can no longer be certified and the TAA program is scheduled to be phased out. Workers covered by previously certified petitions may continue to receive b