                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 12--TRADE ACT OF 1974
 
     SUBCHAPTER II--RELIEF FROM INJURY CAUSED BY IMPORT COMPETITION
 
                Part 2--Adjustment Assistance for Workers
 
                       subpart b--program benefits
 
Sec. 2293. Limitations on trade readjustment allowances


(a) Maximum allowance; deduction for unemployment insurance; additional 
        payments for approved training periods

    (1) The maximum amount of trade readjustment allowances payable with 
respect to the period covered by any certification to an adversely 
affected worker shall be the amount which is the product of 52 
multiplied by the trade readjustment allowance payable to the worker for 
a week of total unemployment (as determined under section 2292(a) of 
this title), but such product shall be reduced by the total sum of the 
unemployment insurance to which the worker was entitled (or would have 
been entitled if he had applied therefor) in the worker's first benefit 
period described in section 2291(a)(3)(A) of this title.
    (2) A trade readjustment allowance shall not be paid for any week 
occurring after the close of the 104-week period that begins with the 
first week following the week in which the adversely affected worker was 
most recently totally separated from adversely affected employment--
        (A) within the period which is described in section 2291(a)(1) 
    of this title, and
        (B) with respect to which the worker meets the requirements of 
    section 2291(a)(2) of this title.

    (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in order to assist the adversely 
affected worker to complete training approved for him under section 2296 
of this title, and in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary, payments may be made as trade readjustment allowances for up 
to 26 additional weeks in the 26-week period that--
        (A) follows the last week of entitlement to trade readjustment 
    allowances otherwise payable under this part; or
        (B) begins with the first week of such training, if such 
    training begins after the last week described in subparagraph (A).

Payments for such additional weeks may be made only for weeks in such 
26-week period during which the individual is participating in such 
training.

(b) Limitations on additional payments for training periods

    A trade readjustment allowance may not be paid for an additional 
week specified in subsection (a)(3) of this section if the adversely 
affected worker who would receive such allowance did not make a bona 
fide application to a training program approved by the Secretary under 
section 2296 of this title within 210 days after the date of the 
worker's first certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment 
assistance issued by the Secretary, or, if later, within 210 days after 
the date of the worker's total or partial separation referred to in 
section 2291(a)(1) of this title.

(c) Adjustments of amounts payable

    Amounts payable to an adversely affected worker under sections 2291 
to 2294 of this title shall be subject to such adjustment on a week-to-
week basis as may be required by section 2292(b) of this title.

(d) Special adjustments for benefit years ending with extended benefit 
        periods

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or other Federal 
law, if the benefit year of a worker ends within an extended benefit 
period, the number of weeks of extended benefits that such worker would, 
but for this subsection, be entitled to in that extended benefit period 
shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the number of weeks for which 
the worker was entitled, during such benefit year, to trade readjustment 
allowances under sections 2291 to 2294 of this title. For purposes of 
this paragraph, the terms ``benefit year'' and ``extended benefit 
period'' shall have the same respective meanings given to them in the 
Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.

(e) Week during which worker received on-the-job training

    No trade readjustment allowance shall be paid to a worker under 
sections 2291 to 2294 of this title for any week during which the worker 
is receiving on-the-job training.

(f) Workers treated as participating in training

    For purposes of this part, a worker shall be treated as 
participating in training during any week which is part of a break in 
training that does not exceed 14 days if--
        (1) the worker was participating in a training program approved 
    under section 2296(a) of this title before the beginning of such 
    break in training, and
        (2) the break is provided under such training program.

(Pub. L. 93-618, title II, Sec. 233, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2022; Pub. 
L. 97-35, title XXV, Sec. 2505(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 883; Pub. L. 
98-369, div. B, title VI, Sec. 2671, July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1172; Pub. 
L. 99-272, title XIII, Sec. 13003(d), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 301; Pub. 
L. 100-418, title I, Secs. 1423(c), 1425(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 
1246, 1250; Pub. L. 106-36, title I, Sec. 1001(a)(1), June 25, 1999, 113 
Stat. 130.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (d), was in the original ``this 
Act'', meaning Pub. L. 93-618, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1978, as amended, 
which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set 
out under section 2101 of this title and Tables.
    The Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, 
referred to in subsec. (d), is title II of Pub. L. 91-373, Aug. 10, 
1970, 84 Stat. 708, as amended, which is classified generally as a note 
under section 3304 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 106-36 realigned margins of 
introductory provisions and subpars. (A) and (B).
    1988--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 100-418, Sec. 1425(a), amended par. 
(2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: ``A trade 
readjustment allowance shall not be paid for any week after the 104-week 
period beginning with the first week following the first week in the 
period covered by the certification with respect to which the worker has 
exhausted (as determined for purposes of section 2291(a)(3)(B) of this 
title) all rights to that part of his unemployment insurance that is 
regular compensation.''
    Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 100-418, Sec. 1423(c)(2), substituted 
``participating in such training'' for ``engaged in such training and 
has not been determined under section 2296(c) of this title to be 
failing to make satisfactory progress in the training'' in last 
sentence.
    Subsec. (a)(3)(B). Pub. L. 100-418, Sec. 1423(c)(1), substituted 
``begins'' for ``is approved'' after ``training''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 100-418, Sec. 1423(c)(3), added subsec. (f).
    1986--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 99-272, Sec. 13003(d)(1), substituted 
``104-week period'' for ``52-week period''.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 99-272, Sec. 13003(d)(2), added subsec. (e).
    1984--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 98-369 substituted ``Notwithstanding 
paragraph (1), in order to assist the adversely affected worker to 
complete training approved for him under section 2296 of this title, and 
in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, payments may 
be made as trade readjustment allowances for up to 26 additional weeks 
in the 26-week period that--
        ``(A) follows the last week of entitlement to trade readjustment 
    allowances otherwise payable under this part; or
        ``(B) begins with the first week of such training, if such 
    training is approved after the last week described in subparagraph 
    (A).''
for ``Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in accordance with regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary, payments may be made as trade readjustment 
allowances for up to 26 additional weeks in the 26-week period following 
the last week of entitlement to trade readjustment allowances otherwise 
payable under this part in order to assist the adversely affected worker 
to complete training approved for the worker under section 2296 of this 
title.''
    1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-35 substituted provisions relating to 
maximum amount of allowance payable for provisions relating to time 
limitations on allowance payable.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-35 substituted provisions relating to 
payment for an additional week for provisions relating to payment for an 
additional week after the appropriate week and provisions determining 
the appropriate week.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 97-35 added subsecs. (c) and (d).


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by section 1423(c)(2) of Pub. L. 100-418 effective on date 
that is 90 days after Aug. 23, 1988, and amendment by section 1425(a) of 
Pub. L. 100-418 effective Aug. 23, 1988, but not applicable with respect 
to any total separation of a worker from adversely affected employment 
(within the meaning of section 2319 of this title) that occurs before 
Aug. 23, 1988, if the application of such amendment with respect to such 
total separation would reduce the period for which such worker would 
(but for such amendment) be allowed to receive trade readjustment 
allowances under sections 2291 to 2294 of this title, see section 
1430(a), (f), (g) of Pub. L. 100-418, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 2397 of this title.


       Effective Date of 1981 Amendment and Transition Provisions

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-35 applicable to allowances payable for 
weeks of unemployment which begin after Sept. 30, 1981, with transition 
provisions applicable, and with the amendment of subsec. (d) of this 
section applicable, except as otherwise provided, to laws for 
certification purposes under section 3304(c) of title 26 on Oct. 31, of 
any taxable year after 1981, see section 2514 of Pub. L. 97-35, set out 
as a note under section 2291 of this title.


                            Termination Date

    No assistance, vouchers, allowances, or other payments may be 
provided under subparts A to C of this part after Sept. 30, 2001, see 
section 285 of Pub. L. 93-618, as amended, set out as a note preceding 
section 2271 of this title.


                   Waiver of Certain Time Limitations

    Section 1425(b) of Pub. L. 100-418 provided that:
    ``(1) The provisions of subsections (a)(2) and (b) of section 233 of 
the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2293(a)(2), (b)] shall not apply with 
respect to any worker who became totally separated from adversely 
affected employment (within the meaning of section 247 of such Act [19 
U.S.C. 2319]) during the period that began on August 13, 1981, and ended 
on April 7, 1986.
    ``(2)(A) Any worker who is otherwise eligible for payment of a trade 
readjustment allowance under part I of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2291 to 2294] by reason of 
paragraph (1) of this subsection may receive payments of such allowance 
only if such worker--
        ``(i) is enrolled in a training program approved by the 
    Secretary under section 236(a) of such Act [19 U.S.C. 2296(a)], and
        ``(ii) has been unemployed continuously since the date on which 
    the worker became totally separated from the adversely affected 
    employment, not taking into account seasonal employment, odd jobs, 
    or part-time, temporary employment.
    ``(B) If the Secretary of Labor determines that--
        ``(i) a worker--
            ``(I) has failed to begin participation in the training 
        program the enrollment in which meets the requirement of 
        subparagraph (A), or
            ``(II) has ceased to participate in such training program 
        before completing such training program, and
        ``(ii) there is no justifiable cause for such failure or 
    cessation,
no trade readjustment allowance may be paid to the worker under part I 
of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 for 
the week in which such failure or cessation occurred, or any succeeding 
week, until the worker begins or resumes participation in a training 
program approved under section 236(a) of such Act.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2291, 2292, 2311, 2318, 
2331, 2396 of this title.
