Sec. 106. Modification to trade readjustment allowances
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Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2293 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (2), by inserting after 104-week period the following: (or, in the case of an adversely affected worker who requires a program of prerequisite education or remedial education (as described in section 236(a)(5)(D)) in order to complete training approved for the worker under section 236, the 130-week period) ; in paragraph (3), by striking 65 additional weeks in the 78-week period and inserting 78 additional weeks in the 91-week period ; and in the flush text, by striking 78-week period and inserting 91-week period ; and by amending subsection
(f)to read as follows: Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in order to assist an adversely affected worker to complete training approved for the worker under section 236 that includes a program of prerequisite education or remedial education (as described in section 236(a)(5)(D)), 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 chapter. . Section 233(d) of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2293(d) ) is amended to read as follows: Except as provided in paragraph
(2)and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a trade readjustment allowance may be paid under this part to an adversely affected worker for any week during which the worker is receiving on-the-job training or customized training, or is participating in a registered apprenticeship program, under section 236. The Secretary shall reduce the amount of the trade readjustment allowance otherwise payable to a worker under paragraph
(1)to ensure that the sum of the income of the worker from the on-the-job training, customized training, or apprenticeship program described in that paragraph and the trade readjustment allowance paid to the worker under that paragraph does not exceed $70,000 during a year. The Secretary of Labor shall adjust the income limitation under paragraph
(2)on October 1, 2021, and at the beginning of each fiscal year thereafter, to reflect the percentage (if any) of the increase in the average of the Consumer Price Index for the preceding 12-month period compared to the Consumer Price Index for fiscal year 2020. In making an adjustment under subparagraph (A), the Secretary— shall round the amount of any increase in the Consumer Price Index to the nearest dollar; and may ignore any such increase of less than 1 percent. For purposes of this paragraph, the term Consumer Price Index means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. .
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Modification to trade readjustment allowances
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