Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 1892 (114th)) — United States

Summary

Trade Adjustment Assistance Act (TAA), and for other purposes of 2015 Amends the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 to repeal the declaration that trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program requirements in effect as of February 13, 2011, under the Trade Act of 1974 shall apply to petitions for certification to apply for TAA for workers, firms, and farmers that are filed before January 1, 2014. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend through June 30, 2021: the TAA program, and the reemployment trade adjustment assistance (RTAA) program. Makes funds available for FY2015-FY2021 for training of adversely affected workers as well as (through June 30, 2021) reemployment and case management services. Reauthorizes appropriations: through June 30, 2021, for the TAA program for workers; and for FY2015-FY2021 for the TAA program for firms and farmers. Revises and replaces core indicators of performance with primary indicators of performance. Adds among other factors the percentage and number of workers receiving TAA benefits who are in: unsubsidized employment, and an education or training program that leads to a recognized postsecondary schooling credential or employment and who are achieving measurable gains in skills toward that credential or employment. Specifies criteria the Department of Labor must use to determine the eligibility of workers to apply for TAA if no determination has been made, upon enactment of this Act, as to whether to certify a group of workers or firms as eligible pursuant to a petition filed between January 1, 2014, and enactment of this Act. Requires the Department to reconsider any determination made before enactment of this Act not to certify such workers or firms, and to certify them as eligible if they meet the specified requirements. Increases from 52 to 65 additional weeks of TAA payments in a 78-week period the length of additional time permissible to complete training. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax credit for health insurance costs of a taxpayer and qualifying family members through 2020. Declares that the tax credit for health insurance costs is a refundable tax credit equal to 72.5% of the cost of qualified health coverage paid by an eligible individual (defined as an individual who is receiving a trade adjustment allowance, is eligible for the alternative trade adjustment assistance program, or is over age 55 and receives pension benefits from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation [PBGC]). Directs the Departments of the Treasury, of Health and Human Services (HHS), and of Labor and the PBGC to conduct a public outreach, including on the Internet, to inform individuals eligible for the tax credit for health insurance costs on the extension of such credit and the availability of the election to claim such credit retroactively for coverage months beginning after December 31, 2013. Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend the charging of specified customs user fees through FY2025. Amends the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act to extend, through FY2025, the 0.21% ad valorem customs user fee for the processing of merchandise formally entered or released into the United States which is scheduled to begin on December 1, 2015. Declares that the requirement making a portion of the child care expense tax credit refundable shall not apply to a taxpayer that elects to exclude foreign earned income from gross income. Increases by a specified amount the required estimated income tax payments otherwise due in the third quarter of 2020 for corporations with assets of at least $1 billion. Requires the next required installment to be appropriately reduced to reflect the amount of this increase. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require Medicare payment of renal dialysis services furnished on or after January 1, 2017, by a renal dialysis facility or provider of services paid to an individual with an acute kidney injury. Requires this payment to be adjusted by any applicable geographical adjustment factor, and allows HHS to adjust it also by any other adjustment factor. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), with respect to the implementation of direct spending reductions, to require the President to order a sequestration for FY2024 that increases from 0.0% to 0.25% the reduction of Medicare payments for the second six months of the order.

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Timeline

17 April 2015
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
17 April 2015
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
17 April 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 April 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
21 April 2015
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Source: Committee
23 April 2015
Reported
Ordered to be Reported Without Recommendation (Amended).
Source: Committee
23 April 2015
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
24 April 2015
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
8 May 2015
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
Source: Calendars
8 May 2015
Discharge
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Source: Discharge
8 May 2015
Committee
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Source: Committee
8 May 2015
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-108, Part I.
Source: Committee
8 May 2015
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-108, Part I.
Source: Committee

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Related records

related to → Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2015
related to → A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Health Coverage Tax Credit.
related to → Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2015
related to → Trade Adjustment Assistance Enhancement Act of 2015
related to → Health Coverage Tax Credit Extension Act of 2015
related to → Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015
related to ← Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015
related to ← Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2015

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1892
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1892
us · 114-hr-1892 · source updated 5 December 2025

Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015