123STA T .4 41 PUBLIC LA W 111 –5—FE B.1 7, 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (i)Domest i cv io l e n ce , ve r i f ie dby s u c h re a sonable and confidential documentation as the S tate la w may re q uire, which causes the individual reasonably to believe that such individual ’ s continued em p loyment would j eopardi z e the safety of the individual or of any member of the individual’s immediate family (as defined by the Secretary of L abor) . ‘‘(ii) T he illness or disability of a member of the individ - ual’s immediate family (as those terms are defined by the Secretary of Labor). ‘‘(iii) The need for the individual to accompany such individual’s spouse — ‘‘( I ) to a place from which it is impractical for such individual to commute
and ‘‘(II) due to a chan g e in location of the spouse’s employment. ‘‘( C )(i) W ee k ly unemployment compensation is payable under this subparagraph to any individual who is unemployed (as determined under the State unemployment compensation law), has e x hausted all rights to regular unemployment com- pensation under the State law, and is enrolled and making satisfactory progress in a State-approved training program or in a job training program authorized under the Workforce Investment A ct of 19 9 8 , except that such compensation is not required to be paid to an individual who is receiving similar stipends or other training allowances for non-training costs. ‘‘(ii) E ach State-approved training program or job training program referred to in clause (i) shall prepare individuals who have been separated from a declining occupation, or who have been involuntarily and indefinitely separated from employment as a result of a permanent reduction of operations at the individual’s place of employment, for entry into a high-demand occupation. ‘‘(iii) The amount of unemployment compensation payable under this subparagraph to an individual for a week of unemployment shall be equal to— ‘‘(I) the individual’s average weekly benefit amount (including dependents’ allowances) for the most recent ben- efit year, less ‘‘(II) any deductible income, as determined under State law. The total amount of unemployment compensation payable under this subparagraph to any individual shall be equal to at least 26 times the individual’s average weekly benefit amount (including dependents’ allowances) for the most recent benefit year. ‘‘(D) Dependents’ allowances are provided, in the case of any individual who is entitled to receive regular unemployment compensation and who has any dependents (as defined by State law), in an amount equal to at least $ 1 5 per dependent per week, subject to any aggregate limitation on such allowances which the State law may establish (but which aggregate limita- tion on the total allowance for dependents paid to an individual may not be less than $5 0 for each week of unemployment or 50 percent of the individual’s weekly benefit amount for the benefit year, whichever is less), except that a State law may provide for a reasonable reduction in the amount of any such allowance for a week of less than total unemployment.
