To amend chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 to include Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the definition of State for the purposes of the trade adjustment assistance for workers program.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1038.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PLASKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 30, February 14, 2023, Page H842):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Trade Adjustment Assistance.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1038, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1038

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 21, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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