TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.

SEC. 263. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS. (a) In any case where a firm or its representative has filed a petition with the International Trade Commission (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the “Commission”) under section 301(a)(2) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and the Commission has not made its determination under section 301(c) of that Act before the effective date of this chapter, such firm may reapply under the provisions of section 251 of this Act. In order to assist the Secretary in making his determination under such section 251 with respect to such firm, the Commission shall make available to the Secretary, on request, data it has acquired with respect to its investigation. 88 Stat. 2035 (b) If, on the effective date of this chapter, the President (or his delegate) has not taken action under section 302(c) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 with respect to a report of the Commission containing an affirmative finding under section 301(c) of that Act or a report with respect to which an equal number of Commissioners are evenly divided, the Secretary may treat such report as a certification of eligibility made under section 251 of this Act on the effective date of this chapter. (c) Any certification of eligibility of a firm under section 302(c) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 made before the effective date of this chapter shall be treated as a certification of eligibility made under section 251 of this Act on the date of the enactment of this Act; except that any firm whose adjustment proposal was certified under section 311 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 before the effective date of this chapter may receive adjustment assistance at the level set forth in such certified proposal.