[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: 20CFR617.26]

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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 C--Reemployment Services
 
Sec. 617.26  Liable and agent State responsibilities.

    (a) Liable State. The liable State means, for any individual, the 
State which administers the applicable State law (as determined under 
Sec. 617.16). The liable State is responsible for making all 
determinations, redeterminations, and decisions on appeals on all claims 
for program benefits under this part 617, including waivers and 
revocations of waivers pursuant to Sec. 617.19, subsistence payments 
pursuant to Sec. 617.27, and transportation payments pursuant to 
Sec. 617.28. Upon receiving a copy of a certification issued by the 
Department, with respect to an affected firm in the State, the liable 
State also is responsible for publishing newspaper notices as provided 
in Sec. 617.4(d), furnishing information and assistance to workers as 
provided in Sec. 617.4, furnishing reemployment services under subparts 
C, D, and E of this part to all eligible workers covered by such 
certification, and carrying out other activities and functions required 
by the State's Agreement with the Secretary entered into pursuant to 
Sec. 617.59. All determinations pertaining to any individual's 
eligibility for or entitlement to any program benefit under this part 
617 shall be subject to the provisions of Secs. 617.50 and 617.51.
    (b) Agent State. Agent State means, for any individual, any State 
other than the liable State for the individual. Agent States shall be 
responsible for cooperating fully with the liable State and assisting 
the liable State in carrying out its activities and functions. These 
agent State responsibilities shall be part of the activities and 
functions undertaken by the agent States under their Agreements entered 
into pursuant to Sec. 617.59. Agent State responsibilities include 
cooperating with liable States in taking applications and claims for 
TAA, providing reemployment services to certified workers in accordance 
with subparts B, C, D and E of this part, providing interstate claimants 
with TAA program information and assistance, assisting applicants or 
claimants to file claims for TAA program benefits and services, 
cooperating with the liable State by providing information needed to 
issue determinations, redeterminations, and decisions

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on appeals, and procuring and paying the cost of any approved training, 
including subsistence and transportation costs, according to 
determinations issued by the liable State.

[59 FR 938, Jan. 6, 1994]