[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: 20CFR617.35]

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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 D--Job Search Allowances
 
Sec. 617.35  Time and method of payment.

    (a) Determinations. A State agency shall promptly make and record 
determinations necessary to assure entitlement of an individual to a job 
search allowance at any time, before or after a certification covering 
the individual is made. No job search allowance may be paid or advanced 
to an individual until the State agency determines that the individual 
is covered under a certification. A State agency shall make payment as 
promptly as possible upon determining that the individual is covered 
under a certification and is otherwise eligible.
    (b) Payment. Unless paragraph (a) of this section applies, a job 
search allowance shall be paid promptly after an individual completes a 
job search and complies with paragraph (d) of this section.
    (c) Advances. A State agency may advance an individual (except an 
individual not yet covered under a certification) 60 percent of the 
estimated amount of the job search allowance payable on completion of 
the job search, but not exceeding $360, within 5 days prior to 
commencement of a job search. Such advance shall be deducted from any 
payment under paragraph (b) of this section.
    (d) Worker evidence. On completion of a job search, the individual 
shall certify on forms furnished by the State agency as to employer 
contacts made and amounts expended daily for lodging and meals. Receipts 
shall be required for all lodging and purchased

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transportation expenses incurred by the individual pursuant to the job 
search. An adjustment shall be made if the amount of an advance is less 
or more than the amount to which the individual is entitled under 
Sec. 617.34.