SEPARATE BASIS FOR CERTIFICATION.

SEC. 1802. SEPARATE BASIS FOR CERTIFICATION. Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272), as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the following:“(f) Firms Identified by the International Trade Commission.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a group of workers covered by a petition filed under section 221 shall be certified under subsection (a) as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under this chapter if—“(1) the workers’ firm is publicly identified by name by the International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in—“(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);“(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or“(C) an affirmative final determination of material injury or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));“(2) the petition is filed during the one-year period beginning on the date on which—“(A) a summary of the report submitted to the President by the International Trade Commission under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under section 202(f)(3); or“(B) notice of an affirmative determination described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is published in the Federal Register; and“(3) the workers have become totally or partially separated from the workers’ firm within—“(A) the one-year period described in paragraph (2); or“(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the one-year period preceding the one-year period described in paragraph (2).”.123 STAT. 372