QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKERS.

SEC. 231. QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKERS. Payment of a trade readjustment allowance shall be made to an adversely affected worker covered by a certification under subchapter A who files an application for such allowance for any week of unemployment which begins after the date specified in such certification pursuant to section 223(a), if the following conditions are met: (1) Such worker’s last total or partial separation before his application under this chapter, occurred— (A) on or after the date, as specified in the certification under which he is covered, on which total or partial separation began or threatened to begin in the adversely affected employment, and (B) before the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date on which the determination under section 223 was made, and (C) before the termination date (if any) determined pursuant to section 223(d); and 88 Stat. 2021 (2) Such worker had, in the 52 weeks immediately preceding such total or partial separation, at least 26 weeks of employment at wages of $30 or more a week in adversely affected employment with a single firm or subdivision of a firm, or, if data with respect to weeks of employment are not available, equivalent amounts of employment computed under regulations prescribed by the Secretary.