§ 617.65 - Transition procedures for amendments in sections 2671 and 2672 of Pub. L. 98-369 (Deficit Reduction Act of 1984).

The procedures for administering the Trade Act of 1974 as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 are as follows:

(a) TRA. (1) The provisions in subpart B of this part 617 shall apply to workers who would lose additional weeks of TRA payments because of delays in approving applications for training. Workers who filed timely, bona fide applications for training shall be eligible to receive additional weeks of TRA payments beginning the first week of training when their applications for training are approved on or after July 18, 1984, and the first week of such training begins later than the first week which follows the last week of entitlement to basic TRA.

(2) Workers whose applications for training were approved prior to July 18, 1984, are covered under the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 as in effect prior to July 18, 1984, and are not entitled to additional weeks of TRA by reason of the amendment in section 2671 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 or § 617.15(b) of this part.

(b) Job Search Allowances. (1) The provisions in subpart D of this part 617 shall apply to timely applications for job search allowances that are approved on or after July 18, 1984.

(2) Workers whose applications for job search allowances that were filed timely but were approved before July 18, 1984, in the aggregate authorized amount of $600, are covered under the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 in effect prior to July 18, 1984, and are not entitled to receive the increase in the allowance level provided in section 2672(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 and § 617.34(b) of this part.

(c) Relocation allowances. (1) The provisions in subpart E of this part 617 shall apply to timely applications for relocation allowances that are approved on or after July 18, 1984.

(2) Workers whose applications for relocations allowances were filed timely but were approved before July 18, 1984, are covered under the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 in effect prior to July 18, 1984, and are not entitled to receive the increase in the lump sum allowance level provided in section 2672(b) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 and § 617.45(a)(3) of this part.