# 119-s-1449: Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2025

119-s-1449, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1449
- Congress: 119
- Title: Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (13)

- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- TAA help extended through 2031: benefit, medium. 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…
- Processing rules for recent TAA petitions: benefit, low. 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 chapte…

## Related bills

- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025
- 119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1449 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1449)

## Related
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852)
- [119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2150)
- [119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2523)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1449 (as of 2025-12-21).