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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1981

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 883

partially separated in such area and for whom such training is approved under section 236— "(A) to accept such training, or "(B) to search actively for work outside such area, whichever the worker may choose; except that no worker may be required (i) to accept training or undertake a job search under this subsection until after the first 8 weeks of his eligibility for trade readjustment allowances has expired, or (ii) to accept, or to participate in, such training for a period longer than the remaining period to which he is entitled to such allowances. For purposes of this subsection, the term 'labor market area' has the same meaning as is given such term in the Introduction to the Directory of Important Labor Areas, 1980 edition, published by the Department of Labor; except that for any portion of any State which is not included within that term in such Introduction, the county or counties in which that portion is located shall be treated as the applicable labor market area.".

Post, p. 885.

"Labor market area."

AMOUNT OF TRADE READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES

SEC. 2504. (a) Section 232 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2292) is amended— (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: "(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the trade readjustment allowance payable to an adversely affected worker for a week of total unemployment shall be an amount equal to the most recent weekly benefit amount of the unemployment insurance payable to the worker for a week of total unemployment preceding the worker's first exhaustion of unemployment insurance (as determined for purposes Ante, p. 881. of section 231(a)(3)(B)) reduced (but not below zero) by— "(1) any training allowance deductible under subsection (c); and "(2) income that is deductible from unemployment insurance under the disqualifying income provisions of the applicable State law or Federal unemployment insurance law."; (2) by striking out subsections (c), (e) and (f); (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and (4) by amending subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (3))(A) by striking out "unemployment insurance, or" and "subsection (c) or (e) or to" in the first sentence thereof, and (B) by striking out "the unemployment insurance, or" in the second sentence thereof. (b) Any reference in any law to subsection (d) of section 232 of the 19 USC 2292 Trade Act of 1974 shall be considered a reference to subsection (c) note. thereof. TIME LIMITATIONS ON TRADE READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES

SEC. 2505. (a) Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2293) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 233. LIMITATIONS ON TRADE READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES.

"(a)(1) 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