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DOC/EDA RIN: 0610-AA65 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: ●Revisions to the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Program Regulations and Implementation Regulations for Community Trade Adjustment Assistance Program 
Abstract: On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 (“TGAAA”), which contains specific amendments to chapters 3 and 4 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.) (“Trade Act”). Chapter 3 of the Trade Act authorizes the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (“TAAF”) Program, under which a national network of eleven Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers provide technical assistance to firms that have lost domestic sales and employment due to increased imports of similar or competitive goods. Chapter 4 of the Trade Act establishes the Community Trade Adjustment Assistance (“Community TAA”) Program, which is designed to help local economies adjust to changing trade patterns through the coordination of federal, State, and local resources and the creation and implementation of community-based development strategies to help address trade impacts. As a result of the enactment of the TGAAA, EDA is publishing this notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) to request comments on the promulgation of the Community TAA Program regulations and specific proposed changes to the TAAF Program regulations, both of which implement the amendments to the Trade Act made by the TGAAA. In large part, the revisions to the existing TAAF Program regulations propose to make service sector firms potentially eligible for assistance and include longer “look back” time periods for which Firms may present data for certification purposes. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 13 CFR 313    13 CFR 315   
Legal Authority: 19 USC 2341 et seq.    PL 111-5    42 USC 3211   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory    08/01/2009 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Jamie Lipsey
Department of Commerce
Economic Development Administration
1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230
Phone:202 482-4687
Email: jlipsey@eda.doc.gov