[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: 20CFR617.27]

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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. 617.27  Subsistence payments.

    (a) Eligibility. A trainee under this subpart C shall be afforded 
supplemental assistance necessary to pay costs of separate maintenance 
when the training facility is located outside the commuting area, but 
may not receive such supplemental assistance for any period for which 
the trainee receives such a payment under the JTPA, or any other law, or 
for any day referred to under Sec. 617.28(c)(3) pursuant to which a 
transportation allowance is payable to the individual, or to the extent 
the individual is entitled to be paid or reimbursed for such expenses 
from any other source.
    (b) Amount. Subsistence payments shall not exceed the lesser of:
    (1) The individual's actual per diem expenses for subsistence; or
    (2) 50 percent of the prevailing per diem rate authorized under the 
Federal travel regulations (see 41 CFR part 101-7) for the locale of the 
training.
    (c) Applications. Applications for subsistence payments shall be 
filed in accordance with this subpart C and on forms which shall be 
furnished to trainees by the State agency. Such payments shall be made 
on completion of a week of training, except that at the beginning of a 
training project a State agency may advance a payment for a week if it 
determines that such advance is necessary to enable a trainee to accept 
training. An adjustment shall be made if the amount of an advance is 
less or more than the amount to which the trainee is entitled under 
paragraph (b) of this section. A determination as to an application made 
under this section shall be subject to Secs. 617.50 and 617.51.
    (d) Unexcused absences. No subsistence payment shall be made to an 
individual for any day of unexcused absence as certified by the 
responsible training facility.