123STA T . 3 7 7 PUBLIC LA W 111 –5—FE B. 17 , 2 0 0 9(I II )byred e signat ing cl a u ses (i) and (ii) as sub p aragrap h s( A )and( B ) , respecti v ely
and (I V ) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively . ( 2 ) S ecti o n2 3 3o f the T rade Act of 1974 (19 U .S. C . 2293) isa m ended — (A) by stri k ing subsection (b); and (B) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as sub - sections (b) through (f), respectively. SEC.182 2. W EE KLYAMOUNT S. Section 232 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2292) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking ‘ ‘subsections (b) and (c) ’ ’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b), (c), and (d)’’; (B) by striking ‘‘total unemployment’’ the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘unemployment’’; and (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period the follo w ing
‘‘, e x cept that in the case of an adversely affected worker who is participating in training under this chapter, such income shall not include earnings from work for such week that are e q ual to or less than the most recent weekly benefit amount of the unemployment insur- ance payable to the worker for a week of total unemploy- ment preceding the worker’s first exhaustion of unemploy- ment insurance (as determined for purposes of section 231(a)(3)(B))’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(d) ELECTION O F T RAD E R EAD JUS T M ENT ALLO W ANCE OR UNEM P LO Y MENT INSURANCE.— N otwithstanding section 231(a)(3)(B), an adversely affected worker may elect to receive a trade read j ust- ment allowance instead of unemployment insurance during any week with respect to which the worker— ‘‘(1) is entitled to receive unemployment insurance as a result of the establishment by the worker of a new benefit year under State law, based in whole or in part upon part- time or short-term employment in which the worker engaged after the worker’s most recent total separation from adversely affected employment; and ‘‘(2) is otherwise entitled to a trade readjustment allow- ance.’’. SEC. 182 3 . L I MITATIONS ON T R A D E READ J USTMENT ALLOWANCES
ALLOWANCES F ORE X TENDED TRAININ G AND B REAKS IN TRAINING. Section 233(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2293(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘under paragraph (1)’’ after ‘‘trade readjustment allowance’’; and (2) in paragraph (3)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking ‘‘training approved for him’’ and inserting ‘‘a training program approved for the worker’’; (ii) by striking ‘‘ 5 2 additional weeks’’ and inserting ‘‘7 8 additional weeks’’; and (iii) by striking ‘‘52-week’’ and inserting ‘‘91-week’’; and
