(a) Before and after certification. An individual covered under a
certification or a petition for certification may apply to a State
agency for TRA. A determination shall be made at any time to the extent
necessary to establish or protect an individual's entitlement to TRA or
other TAA, but no payment of TRA or other TAA may be made by a State
agency until a certification is made and the State agency determines
that the individual is covered thereunder.
(b) Timing of applications. An initial application for TRA, and
applications for TRA for weeks of unemployment beginning before the
initial application for TRA is filed, may be filed within a reasonable
period of time after publication of the determination certifying the
appropriate group of workers under section 223 of the Act. However, an
application for TRA for a week of unemployment beginning after the
initial application is filed shall be filed within the time limit
applicable to claims for regular compensation under the applicable State
law. For purposes of this paragraph (b), a reasonable period of time
means such period of time as the individual had good cause for not
filing earlier, which shall include, but not be limited to, the
individual's lack of knowledge of the certification or misinformation
supplied the individual by the State agency.
(c) Applicable procedures. Applications shall be filed in accordance
with this subpart B and on forms which shall be furnished to individuals
by the State agency. The procedures for reporting and filing
applications for TRA shall be consistent with this part 617 and the
Secretary's ``Standard for Claim Filing, Claimant Reporting, Job Finding
and Employment Services'', Employment Security Manual, part V, sections
5000 et seq. (Appendix A of this part).
(d) Advising workers to apply for training. State agencies shall
advise each worker of the qualifying requirements for entitlement to TRA
and other TAA benefits at the time the worker files an initial claim for
State UI, and shall advise each adversely affected worker to apply for
training under subpart C of this part before, or at the same time, the
worker applies for TRA, as required by Sec. 617.4(e)(1) and (3).
[51 FR 45848, Dec. 22, 1986, as amended at 59 FR 928, 943, Jan. 6, 1994
