SPECIAL RULES FOR CALCULATION OF ELIGIBILITY PERIOD.

SEC. 1824. SPECIAL RULES FOR CALCULATION OF ELIGIBILITY PERIOD. Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2293), as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the following:“(g) Special Rule for Calculating Separation.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any period during which a judicial or administrative appeal is pending with respect to the denial by the Secretary of a petition under section 223 shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the period of separation under subsection (a)(2).“(h) Special Rule for Justifiable Cause.—If the Secretary determines that there is justifiable cause, the Secretary may extend the period during which trade readjustment allowances are payable to an adversely affected worker under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) (but not the maximum amounts of such allowances that are payable under this section).“(i) Special Rule With Respect to Military Service.—“(1) In general.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Secretary may waive any requirement of this chapter that the Secretary determines is necessary to ensure that an adversely affected worker who is a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces and serves a period of duty described in paragraph (2) is eligible to receive a trade readjustment allowance, training, and other benefits under this chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as if the worker had not served the period of duty.“(2) Period of duty described.—An adversely affected worker serves a period of duty described in this paragraph if, before completing training under section 236, the worker—“(A) serves on active duty for a period of more than 30 days under a call or order to active duty of more than 30 days; or“(B) in the case of a member of the Army National Guard of the United States or Air National Guard of the United States, performs full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, for 30 consecutive days or more when authorized by the President or the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of responding to a national emergency declared by the President and supported by Federal funds.”.