# 119-hr-7805: Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act 119-hr-7805, Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7805 - As of: 2026-09-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-7805 - Congress: 119 - Title: Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-03-04 - Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA) - Cosponsors: 28 - Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-21 ## Summary **Modernizes and expands Trade Adjustment Assistance.** The bill widens who can qualify, increases benefit and training limits, and creates new grant programs for communities and community colleges while strengthening outreach and farmer support. - Workers: Expands petitioning and covered-worker definitions to include staffed workers and teleworkers, adds successors and public‑agency pathways, lengthens benefit windows up to about 130 weeks in some cases, and creates a Child and Other Dependent Care Allowance capped at $2,000 per minor indexed to inflation. - Communities and community colleges: Establishes a new TAA for Communities with planning and implementation grants and revolving loan funds. It authorizes about $1.0 billion per year for community grants and about $1.3 billion per year for community college and career training in the 2027 funding window. - Health coverage: Makes the Health Coverage Tax Credit permanent and raises the credit rate from 72.5% to 80%, with provisions for advance and retroactive payments for eligible coverage months. *Authorizes substantial new multi‑year funding, including $1.0 billion and $1.3 billion annual authorizations for communities and colleges, which would increase federal outlays if appropriated.* ## Cosponsors (28) - Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] (D-MA), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large] (D-VI), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] (D-NY), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - HCTC made permanent and bigger: benefit, high. This bill would make the Health Coverage Tax Credit permanent. It would raise the credit share from 72.5% to 80% of qualified monthly premiums. Advance payments for months after enactment would be required no later than 90 days after enactment. The amendments would apply to coverage months beginnin… - New TAA grants for trade communities: benefit, high. This bill would create a Trade Adjustment Assistance for Communities program within 180 days of enactment. It would authorize $1 billion per year for each fiscal year 2027 through 2031 to fund planning and implementation grants and optional revolving loan funds. Total grants to a single eligible co… - More cash and training help for workers: benefit, medium. This bill would increase and add cash supports and training rules for TAA workers. Readjustment allowance timeframes would expand (for example, a 104-week rule would increase to 130 weeks for workers needing prerequisite education) and workers could get up to 26 extra weeks after entitlement in som… - More community college training funds: benefit, medium. This bill would authorize $1.3 billion per year for community college and career training for each fiscal year 2027 through 2033. The Secretary could reserve up to 5% each year for administration, outreach, pilots, and evaluation. Individual grants could be up to $2.5 million, and consortia grants… - More workers qualify for TAA: benefit, medium. This bill would broaden who counts as an affected worker. Remote "teleworkers" and "staffed workers" would be eligible in petitions. Public agency workers could qualify if the agency bought like services from abroad that contributed to separations. Workers, State dislocated worker units, and workfo… - Stronger TAA help for farmers: benefit, medium. This bill would change Trade Adjustment Assistance for agricultural producers. Time-in-eligibility would increase from 90 to 120 days. Monetary thresholds for eligibility would be raised (for example, some examples rise from $4,000 to $12,000). The bill would add an exports-based eligibility test a… - Help and outreach for affected firms: mixed, high. This bill would add $50 million per year for Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms for FY2027 through FY2033. A firm could get adjustment help up to $300,000 (adjusted for inflation), and the assistance would be matched dollar-for-dollar by the firm. The Secretary must make and update an annual out… - New TAA admin rules and outreach: mixed, medium. This bill would require State TAA staff to be merit-system employees and require States to measure training completion and placement in living-wage jobs. States could subpoena firms for worker names and addresses to make determinations or do outreach. The Secretary of Labor could reserve up to 1% o… ## Related bills - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 - 119-hr-15: Equality Act - 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 - 119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act ## Sources - [119-hr-7805 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7805) ## Related - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51) - [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20) - [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15) - [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589) - [119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-17) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7805 (as of 2026-09-21).