1985).
The procedures for administering the Trade Act of 1974 before and
after the amendments made by the Pub. L. 99-272 are as follows:
(a) Duration of TRA. The provisions contained in Sec. 617.15
expanding the eligibility period for payment of basic TRA benefits from
52 weeks to 104 weeks shall apply only to those claimants whose
eligibility periods begin on or after April 7, 1986, or who have a
previously established 52-week TRA eligibility period that ends on or
after April 7, 1986. Workers with 52-week eligibility periods that end
before April 7, 1986, will not have their eligibility periods extended
to 104 weeks.
(b) TRA payments--(1) Retroactive TRA payments. Retroactive claims
of eligible workers may be approved for weeks of unemployment beginning
with the first week after the week which includes December 18, 1985.
Claims for weeks beginning before April 7, 1986 (or, if later, before
claimants are notified of their potential entitlement and have filed
claims for retroactive benefits) are not subject to the application of
the Extended Benefits (EB) work test, nor to the State timely filing
requirement. Claimants shall be subject to those requirements for weeks
of unemployment beginning after the date eligible workers are notified
of such requirements and have filed claims for such benefits.
(2) Employer-authorized leave, disability leave and union service.
The change to Sec. 617.11(a)(3) for crediting weeks of specified leave
to qualify for TRA will apply only to initial claims for basic TRA filed
with the State agency by eligible workers on or after April 7, 1986.
(c) Job search program. The job search program requirement applies
to workers certified under petitions for trade adjustment assistance
filed with the Department on or after April 7, 1986.
(d) Training and other amendments. Other amendments in Pub. L. 99-
272 are effective on April 7, 1986, and apply to applications for TAA
benefits approved on or after April 7, 1986.
(e) Application of Gramm-Rudman. TRA payments to workers made under
part 1 of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 and this part
shall be reduced by a percentage equal to the non-defense sequester
percentage applied in the Sequestration Report (submitted under the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and dated
January 21, 1986) of the Comptroller General of the United States for
Fiscal Year 1986, for the period from March 1, 1986 to October 1, 1986.
[53 FR 32352, Aug. 24, 1988]
