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119-s-1449119th CongressWALLET

Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]

Introduced

Summary

Reauthorizes and extends the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, updating who can get help and when training funds and certifications apply. It would extend key deadlines and clarify rules for petitions filed around mid-2021 and after enactment.

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  • Workers: Clarifies eligibility for petitions filed July 1, 2021 through enactment and would let workers certified under the updated rules become eligible for benefits 90 days after enactment. Prior benefit receipt would count toward a worker's maximum eligibility.
  • Firms: Creates a path for firms that missed the July 1, 2021 to enactment window to file petitions within 90 days after enactment and be certified if they would have qualified under the program as in effect on enactment.
  • Farmers and training funds: Extends program authorizations and funding windows. Training fund authorization periods shift to cover 2026–2032 and core TAA authorities are extended through Dec. 31, 2031.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

TAA help extended through 2031

If enacted, this bill would keep Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) authority in law through December 31, 2031. It would extend authorized funding windows for training, firm help, and farmer assistance to the 2026 through 2032 period. It would not itself appropriate money. If Congress provides funds, affected workers, small businesses, and farmers could still get TAA help while these authorizations run.

Processing rules for recent TAA petitions

If enacted, this bill would set rules for TAA petitions filed on or after July 1, 2021 and before enactment. It would require Labor and Commerce to decide or reconsider pending petitions using the law as it looks on enactment. Some workers certified from those petitions would be eligible for chapter 2 benefits starting 90 days after enactment, and any benefits they already got would count toward chapter 2 limits. Firms that missed the earlier window could file within 90 days after enactment to seek late certification.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]

MI • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]

    WI • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]

    VT • I

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 7/30/2025

  • Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 9/4/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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