                        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. 2319. Definitions

    For purposes of this part--
        (1) The term ``adversely affected employment'' means employment 
    in a firm or appropriate subdivision of a firm, if workers of such 
    firm or subdivision are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance 
    under this part.
        (2) The term ``adversely affected worker'' means an individual 
    who, because of lack of work in adversely affected employment--
            (A) has been totally or partially separated from such 
        employment, or
            (B) has been totally separated from employment with the firm 
        in a subdivision of which such adversely affected employment 
        exists.

        (3) Repealed. Pub. L. 97-35, title XXV, Sec. 2511(1), Aug. 13, 
    1981, 95 Stat. 888.
        (4) The term ``average weekly wage'' means one-thirteenth of the 
    total wages paid to an individual in the high quarter. For purposes 
    of this computation, the high quarter shall be that quarter in which 
    the individual's total wages were highest among the first 4 of the 
    last 5 completed calendar quarters immediately before the quarter in 
    which occurs the week with respect to which the computation is made. 
    Such week shall be the week in which total separation occurred, or, 
    in cases where partial separation is claimed, an appropriate week, 
    as defined in regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
        (5) The term ``average weekly hours'' means the average hours 
    worked by the individual (excluding overtime) in the employment from 
    which he has been or claims to have been separated in the 52 weeks 
    (excluding weeks during which the individual was sick or on 
    vacation) preceding the week specified in the last sentence of 
    paragraph (4).
        (6) The term ``partial separation'' means, with respect to an 
    individual who has not been totally separated, that he has had--
            (A) his hours of work reduced to 80 percent or less of his 
        average weekly hours in adversely affected employment, and
            (B) his wages reduced to 80 percent or less of his average 
        weekly wage in such adversely affected employment.

        (7) Repealed. Pub. L. 97-35, title XXV, Sec. 2511(1), Aug. 13, 
    1981, 95 Stat. 888.
        (8) The term ``State'' includes the District of Columbia and the 
    Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and the term ``United States'' when 
    used in the geographical sense includes such Commonwealth.
        (9) The term ``State agency'' means the agency of the State 
    which administers the State law.
        (10) The term ``State law'' means the unemployment insurance law 
    of the State approved by the Secretary of Labor under section 3304 
    of title 26.
        (11) The term ``total separation'' means the layoff or severance 
    of an individual from employment with a firm in which, or in a 
    subdivision of which, adversely affected employment exists.
        (12) The term ``unemployment insurance'' means the unemployment 
    compensation payable to an individual under any State law or Federal 
    unemployment compensation law, including chapter 85 of title 5 and 
    the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act [45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.]. The 
    terms ``regular compensation'', ``additional compensation'', and 
    ``extended compensation'' have the same respective meanings that are 
    given them in section 205(2), (3), and (4) of the Federal-State 
    Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 
    note).
        (13) The term ``week'' means a week as defined in the applicable 
    State law.
        (14) The term ``week of unemployment'' means a week of total, 
    part-total, or partial unemployment as determined under the 
    applicable State law or Federal unemployment insurance law.
        (15) The term ``benefit period'' means, with respect to an 
    individual--
            (A) the benefit year and any ensuing period, as determined 
        under applicable State law, during which the individual is 
        eligible for regular compensation, additional compensation, or 
        extended compensation, or
            (B) the equivalent to such a benefit year or ensuing period 
        provided for under the applicable Federal unemployment insurance 
        law.

        (16) The term ``on-the-job training'' means training provided by 
    an employer to an individual who is employed by the employer.
        (17)(A) The term ``job search program'' means a job search 
    workshop or job finding club.
        (B) The term ``job search workshop'' means a short (1 to 3 days) 
    seminar designed to provide participants with knowledge that will 
    enable the participants to find jobs. Subjects are not limited to, 
    but should include, labor market information, resume writing, 
    interviewing techniques, and techniques for finding job openings.
        (C) The term ``job finding club'' means a job search workshop 
    which includes a period (1 to 2 weeks) of structured, supervised 
    activity in which participants attempt to obtain jobs.

(Pub. L. 93-618, title II, Sec. 247, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2028; Pub. 
L. 97-35, title XXV, Sec. 2511, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 888; Pub. L. 99-
272, title XIII, Secs. 13004(b), 13005(b), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 303.)

                       References in Text

    The Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, referred to in par. (12), 
is act June 25, 1938, ch. 680, 52 Stat. 1094, as amended, which is 
classified principally to chapter 11 (Sec. 351 et seq.) of Title 45, 
Railroads. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Tables.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pars. (16), (17). Pub. L. 99-272 added pars. (16) and (17).
    1981--Par. (3). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 2511(1), struck out par. (3) 
defining ``average weekly manufacturing wage''.
    Par. (7). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 2511(1), struck out par. (7) defining 
``remuneration''.
    Par. (12). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 2511(2), revised par. (12) generally, 
inserting definitions of ``regular compensation'', ``additional 
compensation'', and ``extended compensation''.
    Par. (14). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 2511(3), substituted provisions 
requiring determination under the applicable State law or Federal 
unemployment insurance law for provisions requiring computation applying 
percent of average weekly wage and time spent prior to separation.
    Par. (15). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 2511(4), added par. (15).


       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, 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.
