‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.—A worker in a group that 
the Secretary has certified as eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance under section 223 may elect 
to receive benefits under the alternative trade ad-
justment assistance program if the worker— 
‘‘(A) obtains reemployment not more than 
26 weeks after the date of separation from the 
adversely affected employment; 
‘‘(B) is at least 40 years of age; 
‘‘(C) earns not more than $50,000 a year 
in wages from reemployment; 
‘‘(D) is employed on a full-time basis as 
defined by State law in the State in which the 
worker is employed; and 
‘‘(E) does not return to the employment 
from which the worker was separated.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
246(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2318(a)(2)) are amended by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ each place it 
appears. 
(2) Section 246(b)(2) of that Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘subsection (a)(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a)(3)’’. 
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(3) Section 35(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue 
Code 
of 
1986 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘246(a)(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘246(a)(3)’’. 
SEC. 105. TRAINING FUNDS. 
(a) FUNDING FOR TRAINING.—Section 236(a) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Upon such 
approval’’ and all that follows to the end; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2)(A) Upon approval of a training program 
under paragraph (l), and subject to the limitations 
imposed by this section, an adversely affected worker 
covered by a certification issued under section 223 
shall be eligible to have payment of the costs of that 
training, including any costs of an approved training 
program incurred by a worker before a certification 
was issued under section 223, made on behalf of the 
worker by the Secretary directly or through a vouch-
er system. 
‘‘(B) Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of the American Competitiveness and Ad-
justment Act, the Secretary shall develop and submit 
to Congress for approval a formula that provides 
workers with an individual entitlement for training 
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costs to be administered pursuant to sections 239 
and 240. The formula shall take into account— 
‘‘(i) the number of workers enrolled in 
trade adjustment assistance; 
‘‘(ii) the duration of the assistance; 
‘‘(iii) the anticipated training costs for 
workers; and 
‘‘(iv) any other factors the Secretary deems 
appropriate. 
‘‘(C) Until such time as Congress approves the 
formula, the total amount of payments that may be 
made under subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year 
shall not exceed 50 percent of the amount of trade 
readjustment allowances paid to workers during that 
fiscal year.’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT DEADLINES.— 
Section 231(a)(5)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2291(a)(5)(A)(ii)) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘16th week’’ 
and inserting ‘‘32nd week’’; and 
(2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘8th week’’ 
and inserting ‘‘16th week’’. 
(c) 
APPROVED
TRAINING
PROGRAMS.—Section 
236(a)(5) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2296(a)(5)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (E); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (G); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) entrepreneurial training; and’’. 
SEC. 106. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as provided in section 103(e), the amend-
ments made by this title take effect on the date that is 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
apply to petitions filed or recertified on or after that effec-
tive date. 
TITLE II—DATA COLLECTION 
SEC. 201. DATA COLLECTION; STUDY; INFORMATION TO 
WORKERS. 
(a) DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATIONS.—Subchapter 
C of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 is 
amended by inserting after section 249 the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 250. DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATIONS; REPORTS. 
‘‘(a) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary shall, pur-
suant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary, collect 
any data necessary to meet the requirements of this chap-
ter. 
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‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall establish an effective performance measuring system 
to evaluate the following: 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM PERFORMANCE.—A comparison 
of the trade adjustment assistance program before 
and after the effective date of the Trade Adjustment 
Assistance Reform Act of 2002 with respect to— 
‘‘(A) the number of workers certified and 
the number of workers actually participating in 
the trade adjustment assistance program; 
‘‘(B) the time for processing petitions; 
‘‘(C) the number of training waivers grant-
ed; 
‘‘(D) the coordination of programs under 
this chapter with programs under the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 
et seq.); 
‘‘(E) the effectiveness of individual train-
ing providers in providing appropriate informa-
tion and training; 
‘‘(F) the extent to which States have de-
signed and implemented health care coverage 
options under title II of the Trade Act of 2002, 
including any difficulties States have encoun-
tered in carrying out the provisions of title II; 
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