of 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 pur-
suant to a petition described in subpara-
graph (A)(iii) shall be eligible, on and after 
the date that is 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, to receive bene-
fits 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 BEN-
EFITS.—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 
included in any determination of the max-
imum benefits for which the worker is eli-
gible under the provisions of chapter 2 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in ef-
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fect 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 December 31, 2013, shall continue to be eligi-
ble to apply for and receive benefits under the provi-
sions of chapter 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 
ENACTMENT.—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 sub-
stituting ‘‘before January 1, 2014’’ for ‘‘more than 
one year before the date of the petition on which 
such certification was granted’’ for purposes of de-
termining 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 en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce 
has not made a determination with respect to 
whether to certify a firm as eligible to apply for 
adjustment 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 
CERTAIN PETITIONS.—If, before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary made a de-
termination not to certify a firm as eligible to 
apply for adjustment assistance under section 
251 of the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a pe-
tition 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, cer-
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tify the firm as eligible to apply for adjust-
ment 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 
assistance under section 251 of the Trade Act 
of 1974, as in effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, if the firm or its representa-
tive files a petition for a certification of eligi-
bility 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 Sec-
retary determines would have been certified as 
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance if— 
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