Title 20, Part 618 — Trade Adjustment Assistance Under the Trade Act of 1974, as Amended

Purpose and scope.

Definitions.

Severability.

Scope.

Petitions.

Investigation.

Public hearings.

Use of subpoena.

Criteria for certification of a group of workers.

Evidence.

Determinations.

Termination of certification.

Reconsideration of termination of an investigation, denial, or termination or partial termination of certification.

Amendments of certifications.

Judicial review of determinations.

Study regarding certain affirmative determinations by the Commission.

Availability of information to the public.

Scope.

The Trade Adjustment Assistance Program as a one-stop partner.

Responsibilities for the delivery of employment and case management services.

Integrated service strategies and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act co-enrollment.

Assessment of trade-affected workers.

Initial assessment of trade-affected workers.

Comprehensive and specialized assessment of trade-affected workers.

Individual employment plans for trade-affected workers.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities of staff performing assessments.

Employment and case management services for trade-affected workers in training.

Scope.

General.

Applying for a job search allowance.

Eligibility for a job search allowance.

Findings required for a job search allowance.

Amount of a job search allowance.

Determination and payment of a job search allowance.

Job search program participation.

Applying for a relocation allowance.

Eligibility for a relocation allowance.

Findings required for a relocation allowance.

Determining the amount of a relocation allowance.

Determinations and payment of a relocation allowance.

Scope.

Individual eligibility.

Eligibility period for payments of Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance and application deadline.

Continuing eligibility and timing of payments.

Benefits available to eligible adversely affected workers.

Determinations, redeterminations, and appeals.

Reductions of Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance payments; priority of payments.

Scope.

General procedures.

Criteria for approval of training.

Limitations on training approval.

Selection of training program.

Payment restrictions for training programs.

Training of reemployed trade-affected workers.

Work-based training.

Supplemental assistance.

Voluntary withdrawal from a training program.

State standards and procedures for establishing reasonable cost of training.

Training for adversely affected incumbent workers.

Training benchmarks.

Amending approved training.

Scope.

Definitions.

Categories of Trade Readjustment Allowances.

Applications for Trade Readjustment Allowances and payment.

Qualifying requirements for Basic Trade Readjustment Allowances.

Training enrollment deadlines.

Good cause.

Waiver of training requirement for Basic Trade Readjustment Allowances.

Evidence of qualification for Basic, Additional, and Completion Trade Readjustment Allowances.

Weekly amounts of Basic, Additional, and Completion Trade Readjustment Allowances.

Maximum amount of Basic Trade Readjustment Allowances.

Eligibility period for Basic Trade Readjustment Allowances.

Qualifying requirements for, and timing and duration of, Additional Trade Readjustment Allowances.

Qualifying requirements for, and timing and duration of, Completion Trade Readjustment Allowances.

Special rule for justifiable cause.

Payment of Trade Readjustment Allowances during breaks in training.

Disqualifications.

Scope.

Agreements with the Secretary of Labor.

State rulemaking.

Subpoenas.

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program benefit information and provision of services to workers.

Determinations of eligibility; notices to individuals.

Liable State and agent State responsibilities.

Appeals and hearings.

Overpayments; penalties for fraud.

Recovery of debts due the United States or to others by Trade Adjustment Assistance offset.

Uniform interpretation and application of this part.

Inviolate rights to Trade Adjustment Assistance or Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Veterans' priority of service.

Recordkeeping and disclosure of information requirements.

Information, reports, and studies.

General fiscal and administrative requirements and cost classification.

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program performance.

Unemployment Insurance.

Travel under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program.

Verification of eligibility for program benefits.

Special rule with respect to military service.

Equitable tolling.

Staffing flexibility.

Nondiscrimination and equal opportunity requirements.

Applicable State law.

Annual cap on funds available for Training and Other Activities.

Initial allocation of funds.

Reserve fund distributions.

Second distribution.

Insufficient funds.

Recapture and reallocation of Training and Other Activities funds.