19 U.S.C. § 2293: Limitations on trade readjustment allowances

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 . within the period which is described in section 2291(a)(1) of this title , and with respect to which the worker meets the requirements of section 2291(a)(2) of this title . follows the last week of entitlement to trade readjustment allowances otherwise payable under this part; or begins with the first week of such training, if such training begins after the last week described in subparagraph (A). A trade readjustment allowance may not be paid for an additional week specified in subsection (a)(3) 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 . Amounts payable to an adversely affected worker under this division shall be subject to such adjustment on a week-to-week basis as may be required by section 2292(b) of this title . 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 this division. 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. No trade readjustment allowance shall be paid to a worker under this division for any week during which the worker is receiving on-the-job training. 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 the break is provided under such training program. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in order to assist an adversely affected worker to complete training approved for the worker under section 2296 of this title which includes a program of remedial education (as described in section 2296(a)(5)(D) 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 follows the last week of entitlement to trade readjustment allowances otherwise payable under this part. 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 . is enrolled in a training program approved by the Secretary under section 236(a) of such Act [ 19 U.S.C. 2296(a) ], and 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. has failed to begin participation in the training program the enrollment in which meets the requirement of subparagraph (A), or has ceased to participate in such training program before completing such training program, and there is no justifiable cause for such failure or cessation,