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  SA 642. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 633 submitted by Mr. Casey (for himself, Mr. Brown of 
Ohio, and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 2832, to extend the Generalized 
System of Preferences, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie 
on the table; as follows:

       On page 31 of the amendment, between lines 6 and 7, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 224. MODIFICATION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 
                   ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers.--Section 222 
     of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272), as amended by 
     section 211(a), is further amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking ``contributed 
     importantly to such workers' separation or threat of 
     separation and to'' and inserting ``was a substantial cause 
     of such workers' separation or threat of separation and of''; 
     and
       (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``contributed 
     importantly to'' and inserting ``was a substantial cause 
     of'';
       (2) in paragraph (3)(B) of subsection (b), as redesignated 
     by section 211(a), by striking ``contributed importantly to'' 
     and inserting ``was a substantial cause of''; and
       (3) in subsection (c), as redesignated and amended by 
     section 211(a), by striking paragraph (1) and redesignating 
     paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (1) through (3), 
     respectively.
       (b) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.--Section 251 of 
     the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``contributed 
     importantly to such total or partial separation, or threat 
     thereof, and to'' and inserting ``were a substantial cause of 
     such total or partial separation, or threat thereof, and 
     of''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by striking subparagraph (A);
       (ii) by striking ``(B)''; and
       (iii) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and moving such 
     subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left.
       (c) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers.--
       (1) In general.--Section 292(c)(3) of the Trade Act of 1974 
     (19 U.S.C. 2401a(c)(3)) is

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     amended by striking ``contributed importantly to'' and 
     inserting ``was a substantial cause of''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 291 of the Trade Act of 
     1974 (19 U.S.C. 2401) is amended by striking paragraph (3) 
     and redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as paragraphs 
     (3) through (6), respectively.
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