[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR617.15]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 617--TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS UNDER THE TRADE ACT OF 1974--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B--Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA)
 
Sec. 617.15  Duration of TRA.

    (a) Basic weeks. An individual shall not be paid basic TRA for any 
week beginning after the close of the 104-week eligibility period (as 
defined in Sec. 617.3(m)(1)), which is applicable to the individual as 
determined under Secs. 617.3 (m)(1), 617.3(t), and 617.67(e).
    (b) Additional weeks. (1) To assist an individual to complete 
training approved under subpart C of this part, payments may be made as 
TRA for up to 26 additional weeks in the 26-week eligibility period (as 
defined in Sec. 617.3(m)(2)) which is applicable to the individual as 
determined under Secs. 617.3(m)(2) and 617.67(f).
    (2) To be eligible for TRA for additional weeks, an individual must 
make a bona fide application for such training--
    (i) within 210 days after the date of the first certification under 
which the individual is covered, or
    (ii) if later, within 210 days after the date of the individual's 
most recent partial or total separation (as defined in Secs. 617.3(cc) 
and 617.3(ll)) under such certification.
    (3) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, payments of 
TRA for additional weeks may be made only for those weeks in the 26-week 
eligibility period during which the individual is actually participating 
fully in training approved under Sec. 617.22(a).
    (c) Limit. The maximum TRA payable to any individual on the basis of 
a single certification is limited to the maximum amount of basic TRA as 
determined under Sec. 617.14 plus additional TRA for up to 26 weeks as 
provided in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (d) Scheduled breaks in training. (1) An individual who is otherwise 
eligible will continue to be eligible for basic and additional weeks of 
TRA during scheduled breaks in training, but only if a scheduled break 
is not longer than 14 days, and the following additional conditions are 
met:
    (i) The individual was participating in the training approved under 
Sec. 617.22(a) immediately before the beginning of the break; and
    (ii) The break is provided for in the published schedule or the 
previously established schedule of training issued by the training 
provider or is indicated in the training program approved for the 
worker; and, further
    (iii) The individual resumes participation in the training 
immediately after the break ends.
    (2) A scheduled break in training shall include all periods within 
or between courses, terms, quarters, semesters and academic years of the 
approved training program.
    (3) No basic or additional TRA will be paid to an individual for any 
week which begins and ends within a scheduled break that is 15 days or 
more.
    (4) The days within a break in a training program that shall be 
counted in determining the number of days of the break for the purposes 
of paragraph (d) of this section shall include all calendar days 
beginning with the first day of the break and ending with the last

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day of the break, as provided for in the schedule of the training 
provider, except that any Saturday, Sunday, or official State or 
National holiday occurring during the scheduled break in training, on 
which training would not normally be scheduled in the training program 
if there were no break in training, shall not be counted in determining 
the number of days of the break for the purposes of paragraph (d) of 
this section.
    (5) When the worker is drawing basic TRA, the maximum amount of TRA 
payable is not affected by the weeks the worker does not receive TRA 
while in a break period, but the weeks will count against the 104-week 
eligibility period.
    (6) When the worker is drawing additional weeks of TRA to complete 
training, any weeks for which TRA is not paid will count against the 
continuous 26-week eligibility period and the number of weeks payable.

[59 FR 931, Jan. 6, 1994]