1205-AB56 200910 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1205 Employment and Training Administration ETA 1200 Department of Labor DOL Trade Adjustment Assistance Program; Merit Staffing of State Administration and Allocation of Training Funds to the States The Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2009 (Act), Div. B, title I, subtitle I of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, reforms and reauthorizes the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Workers program. The Act amended section 236(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296) setting new guidelines and criteria for distributing funds to the States for the purpose of training TAA-certified workers, and added section 236(g) requiring that the Secretary issue regulations to implement the new funding procedures within not later than one year of enactment. This rulemaking would meet that statutory requirement and also proposes that personnel engaged in TAA-funded functions be State employees covered by the merit system of personnel administration applicable to personnel employed in employment security functions. Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 20 CFR 618 19 USC 2320 Secretary Order No. 3-2007, 72 FR 15907 Statutory Final 02/17/2010 No NPRM 08/05/2009 74 FR 39198 NPRM Comment Period End 10/05/2009 Final Action 02/00/2010 No No Federal State No No Erin Fitzgerald 1205 Employment and Training Administration ETA 202 693-3560 202 693-3149 fitzgerald.erin@dol.gov 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-5428, FP Building, Washingon DC 20210