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        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200904</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>0610</CODE>
            <NAME>Economic Development Administration</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EDA</ACRONYM>
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        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>0600</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Commerce</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOC</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Revisions to the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Program Regulations and Implementation Regulations for Community Trade Adjustment Assistance Program</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[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.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>13 CFR 313</CFR>
            <CFR>13 CFR 315</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 2341 et seq.</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>PL 111-5</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 3211</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>08/01/2009</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC> </DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/00/2009</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Jamie</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Lipsey</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0610</CODE>
                    <NAME>Economic Development Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>EDA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 482-4687</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>jlipsey@eda.doc.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1401 Constitution Avenue  NW.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20230</ZIP>
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