TIME LIMITATIONS ON TRADE READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES.

SEC. 233. TIME LIMITATIONS ON TRADE READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES. (a) Payment of trade readjustment allowances shall not be made to an adversely affected worker for more than 52 weeks, except that, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary— (1) such payments may be made for not more than 26 additional weeks to an adversely affected worker to assist him to complete training approved by the Secretary, or (2) such payments shall be made for not more than 26 additional weeks to an adversely affected worker who had reached his 60th birthday on or before the date of total or partial separation. In no case may an adversely affected worker be paid trade readjustment allowances for more than 78 weeks. (b) (1) Except for a payment made for an additional week under subsection (a) (1) or (a) (2), a trade readjustment allowance may not be paid for a week of unemployment, beginning more than 2 years after the beginning of the appropriate week. (2) A trade readjustment allowance may not be paid for an additional week specified in subsection (a) (1) if the adversely affected worker who would receive such allowance did not make a bona fide application to a training program approved by the Secretary within 180 days after the end of the appropriate week or the date of his first certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance issued by the Secretary, whichever is later. (3) A trade readjustment allowance may not be paid for an additional week specified in subsection (a) if such additional week begins more than 3 years after the beginning of the appropriate week. (4) For purposes of this subsection, the appropriate week— (A) for a totally separated worker is the week of his most recent total separation, and (B) for a partially separated worker is the first week for which he receives a trade readjustment allowance following his most recent partial separation.