workers filed under section 221 of the Trade 
Act of 1974 on or after January 1, 2014, 
and before the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(B) ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), a worker certified as eligible 
to apply for adjustment assistance under 
section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 pursu-
ant to a petition described in subparagraph 
(A)(iii) shall be eligible, on and after the 
date that is 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, to receive benefits only 
under the provisions of chapter 2 of title II 
of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on 
such date of enactment. 
(ii) COMPUTATION OF MAXIMUM BENE-
FITS.—Benefits received by a worker de-
scribed in clause (i) under chapter 2 of title 
II of the Trade Act of 1974 before the date 
of the enactment of this Act shall be in-
cluded in any determination of the max-
imum benefits for which the worker is eligi-
ble under the provisions of chapter 2 of title 
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II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) PETITIONS
FILED
BEFORE
JANUARY
1, 
2014.—A worker certified as eligible to apply for ad-
justment assistance pursuant to a petition filed under 
section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974 on or before De-
cember 31, 2013, shall continue to be eligible to apply 
for and receive benefits under the provisions of chap-
ter 2 of title II of such Act, as in effect on December 
31, 2013. 
(3) QUALIFYING SEPARATIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
PETITIONS FILED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF DATE OF EN-
ACTMENT.—Section 223(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, 
as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
shall be applied and administered by substituting 
‘‘before January 1, 2014’’ for ‘‘more than one year be-
fore the date of the petition on which such certifi-
cation was granted’’ for purposes of determining 
whether a worker is eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance pursuant to a petition filed under section 
221 of the Trade Act of 1974 on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and on or before the date 
that is 90 days after such date of enactment. 
(b) TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS.— 
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(1) CERTIFICATION
OF
FIRMS
NOT
CERTIFIED 
BEFORE DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 
(A) CRITERIA
IF
A
DETERMINATION
HAS 
NOT BEEN MADE.—If, as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce has 
not made a determination with respect to wheth-
er to certify a firm as eligible to apply for ad-
justment assistance under section 251 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a petition de-
scribed in subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall 
make that determination based on the require-
ments of section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, 
as in effect on such date of enactment. 
(B) RECONSIDERATION OF DENIAL OF CER-
TAIN PETITIONS.—If, before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary made a deter-
mination not to certify a firm as eligible to 
apply for adjustment assistance under section 
251 of the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a peti-
tion described in subparagraph (C), the Sec-
retary shall— 
(i) reconsider that determination; and 
(ii) if the firm meets the requirements 
of section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
in effect on such date of enactment, certify 
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the firm as eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance. 
(C) PETITION DESCRIBED.—A petition de-
scribed in this subparagraph is a petition for a 
certification of eligibility filed by a firm or its 
representative under section 251 of the Trade Act 
of 1974 on or after January 1, 2014, and before 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) CERTIFICATION
OF
FIRMS
THAT
DID
NOT 
SUBMIT PETITIONS BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 2014, AND 
DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Com-
merce shall certify a firm described in subpara-
graph (B) as eligible to apply for adjustment as-
sistance under section 251 of the Trade Act of 
1974, as in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, if the firm or its representative files 
a petition for a certification of eligibility under 
section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 not later 
than 90 days after such date of enactment. 
(B) FIRM DESCRIBED.—A firm described in 
this subparagraph is a firm that the Secretary 
determines would have been certified as eligible 
to apply for adjustment assistance if— 
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