                        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 c--general provisions
 
Sec. 2318. Supplemental wage allowance demonstration projects


(a) Establishment of projects; purpose

    The Secretary shall establish one or more demonstration projects 
during fiscal years 1989 and 1990 for the purpose of--
        (1) determining the attractiveness of a supplemental wage 
    allowance to various categories of workers eligible for assistance 
    under this part, based on the amount and duration of the supplement;
        (2) determining the effectiveness of a supplemental wage 
    allowance as an option under this part in facilitating the 
    readjustment of adversely affected workers; and
        (3) determining whether a supplemental wage allowance should be 
    made an option under the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for all 
    fiscal years.

(b) Supplemental wage allowances

    (1) For purposes of this section, the term ``supplemental wage 
allowance'' means a payment that is made to an adversely affected worker 
who--
        (A) accepts full-time employment at an average weekly wage that 
    is less than the average weekly wage of the worker in the adversely 
    affected employment,
        (B) prior to such acceptance, is eligible for trade readjustment 
    allowances under sections 2291 to 2294 of this title, and
        (C) voluntarily elects to receive such payment in lieu of any 
    trade readjustment allowances that the worker would otherwise be 
    eligible to receive with respect to the period covered by the 
    certification made under subpart A of this part that applies to such 
    worker.

    (2) A supplemental wage allowance shall be provided under any 
demonstration project established under subsection (a) of this section 
to a worker described in paragraph (1) for each week during which the 
worker performs services in the full-time employment referred to in 
paragraph (1)(A) in an amount that does not exceed the lesser of--
        (A) the amount of the trade readjustment allowance that the 
    worker would have been eligible to receive for any week under 
    sections 2291 to 2294 of this title if the worker had not accepted 
    the full-time employment and had not made the election described in 
    paragraph (1)(C), or
        (B) the excess of--
            (i) an amount equal to 80 percent of the average weekly wage 
        of the worker in the adversely affected employment, over
            (ii) the average weekly wage in the full-time employment.

    (3)(A) Supplemental wage allowances shall not be provided under any 
demonstration project established under subsection (a) of this section 
for more than 52 weeks.
    (B) The total amount of supplemental wage allowances that may be 
paid to any worker under any demonstration project established under 
subsection (a) of this section with respect to the period covered by the 
certification applicable to such worker shall not exceed an amount that 
is equal to the excess of--
        (i) the amount of the limitation imposed under section 
    2293(a)(1) of this title with respect to such worker for such 
    period, over
        (ii) the amount of the trade readjustment allowances paid under 
    sections 2291 to 2294 of this title to such worker for such period.

(c) Evaluation of projects

    The Secretary shall provide for an evaluation of demonstration 
projects conducted under this section to determine at least the 
following:
        (1) the extent to which different age groups of eligible 
    recipients utilize the supplemental wage allowance;
        (2) the effect of the amount and duration of the supplemental 
    wage allowance on the utilization of the allowance;
        (3) the extent to which the supplemental wage allowance affects 
    the demand for training and the appropriateness thereof;
        (4) the extent to which the supplemental wage allowance 
    facilitates the readjustment of workers who would not otherwise 
    utilize benefits provided under this part;
        (5) the extent to which the allowance affects the cost of 
    carrying out the provisions of this part; and
        (6) the effectiveness of the supplemental wage allowance as an 
    option under this part in facilitating the readjustment of adversely 
    affected workers.

(d) Report to Congress; evaluation and recommendation

    By no later than the date that is 6 years after August 23, 1988, the 
Secretary shall transmit to the Congress a report that includes--
        (1) an evaluation of the projects authorized under this section 
    that is conducted in accordance with subsection (c) of this section, 
    and
        (2) a recommendation as to whether the supplemental wage 
    allowance should be available on a permanent basis as an option for 
    some or all workers eligible for assistance under this part.

(Pub. L. 93-618, title II, Sec. 246, as added Pub. L. 100-418, title I, 
Sec. 1423(d)(1), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1246; amended Pub. L. 101-382, 
title I, Sec. 136, Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 652.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section, Pub. L. 93-618, title II, Sec. 246, Jan. 3, 1975, 
88 Stat. 2027, contained transition provisions for events taking place 
during specified periods prior to the effective date of this part, prior 
to repeal by Pub. L. 97-35, title XXV, Sec. 2513(c), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 
Stat. 889.


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-382, Sec. 136(1), struck out ``and 
carry out'' after ``establish'' in introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-382, Sec. 136(2), substituted ``6 years'' 
for ``3 years''.


                            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.


 Supplemental Wage Allowances Regarded as Trade Readjustment Allowances

    Section 1423(d)(2) of Pub. L. 100-418 provided that: ``For purposes 
of funding the demonstration projects established under section 246(a) 
of the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2318(a)], as added by paragraph (1) 
of this subsection--
        ``(A) the supplemental wage allowances payable under such 
    projects shall be considered to be trade readjustment allowances 
    payable 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], and
        ``(B) the costs of administering such projects by the States 
    shall be considered to be costs of administering such part I.''
