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1 mines that a significant number or proportion of the workers 2 in such workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the 3 firm have become totally or partially separated, or are 4 threatened to become totally or partially separated, that 5 sales or production, or both, of such firm or subdivision have 6 decreased absolutely, and that increases of imports of articles 7 like or directly competitive with articles produced by such 8 workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision thereof con9 tributed substantially to such total or partial separation, or 10 threat thereof.

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SEC. 223. DETERMINATIONS BY SECRETARY OF 12 LABOR.—(a) As soon as possible after the date on which a 13 petition is filed under section 221, but in any event not 14 later than sixty days after that date, the Secretary shall 15 determine whether the petitioning group meets the require16 ments of section 222 and issue a certification of eligibility 17 to apply for assistance under this chapter covering workers in any group which meets such requirements. Each certifi19 cation shall specify the date on which the total or partial 20 separation began or threatened to begin..

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(b) A certification under this section shall not apply 22 to any worker whose last total or partial separation from

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the firm or appropriate subdivision of the firm prior to his 24 application under section 231 occurred (1) more than one

25 year before the date of the petition upon which such certi

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1 fication was granted or (2) more than six months prior to 2 the effective date of this Act.

3 (c) Whenever the Secretary concludes that the Tariff 4 Commission can aid him in reaching a determination under 5 this section, he may request the Tariff Commission to con6 duct an investigation of facts relevant to such determina7 tion and to report the results within a specified time. 8 In his request, the Secretary may state the particular kinds 9 of data which he deems appropriate to be included.

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(d) Upon reaching his determination on a petition, the 11 Secretary shall promptly publish a summary of the deter12 mination in the Federal Register.

13 (e) Whenever the Secretary determines, with respect 14 to any certification of eligibility of the workers of a firm 15 or subdivision of the firm, that total or partial separations 16 from such firm or subdivision are no longer attributable to 17 the conditions specified in section 222, he shall terminate such 18 certification and promptly have notice of such termination 19 published in the Federal Register. Such termination shall 20 apply only with respect to total or partial separations occur21 ring after the termination date specified by the Secretary.

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SUBCHAPTER B-PROGRAM BENEFITS

Part I-Supplemental Payments

SEC. 231. QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR WORK

25 ERS. An adversely affected worker covered by a certifica

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1 tion under subchapter A who files an application with a 2 cooperating State agency shall, in accordance with the pro3 visions of this subchapter, be paid a supplement to the State 4 unemployment insurance payments to which he is otherwise 5 entitled, if the following conditions are met:

(A) Such worker's last total or partial separation prior to his application under this section, occurred(1) on or after the date, as specified in the certification under which he is covered, on which total or partial separation began or threatened to begin in the adversely affected employment, and

(2) before the expiration of the two-year period beginning on the date on which the deter

mination under section 223 was made, and

(3) before the termination date (if any) determined pursuant to section 223 (e); and

(B) Such worker had, in the fifty-two weeks immediately preceding such total or partial separation, at least twenty-six weeks of employment at wages of $30

or more a week in adversely affected employment with

a single firm or subdivision of a firm, or, if data with

respect to weeks of employment are not available, equivalent amounts of employment computed under regulations prescribed by the Secretary.

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SEC. 232. SUPPLEMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSUR

2 ANCE. (a) Any adversely affected worker who meets the

3 requirements of section 231 and receives States unemploy4 ment insurance payments for any week within the two-year 5 period beginning with the date on which his last total or 6 partial separation prior to his application under section 231 7 occurred shall receive a payment equal to the amount (if 8 any) by which the unemployment insurance payment he 9 receives under the applicable State law for such week is less 10 than the payment he would have received for such week had 11 the applicable State law provided that

(1) the weekly benefit amount of any eligible individual for a week of total unemployment shall be

(i) an amount equal to at least one-half of such individual's average weekly wage as determined by the State agency; or

(ii) the maximum weekly benefit amount payable under such State law, whichever is the lesser, and

(2) the maximum weekly benefit amount shall be no less than 66 per centum of the statewide average

weekly wage most recently computed before the beginning of the individual's benefit year.

(b) The amount of any weekly payment to be made

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under this section which is not a whole dollar amount shall

2 be rounded upward to the next higher whole dollar amount.

3 (c) For the purposes of this section

(1) "benefit year" means a period as defined in State law except that it shall not exceed one year begin

ning subsequent to the end of an individual's base period. (2) "base period" means a period as defined in State law except that it shall be fifty-two consecutive weeks, one year, or four calendar quarters ending not earlier than six months prior to the beginning of an individual's benefit year.

(3) "individual's average weekly wage" means

(i) in a State which computes individual weekly benefit amounts on the basis of high quarter wages, an amount equal to one-thirteenth of an individual's high quarter wages; or

(ii) in any other State, an amount computed by dividing the total amount of wages (irrespective of the limitation on the amount of wages subject to contribution under the State law) paid to such individual during his base period by the number of

weeks in which he performs services in employment

covered under such law during such period.

(4) "high quarter wages" means the amount of

wages for services performed in employment covered