statement certified by a State agency (or by any other en-
tity designated by the Secretary) which—
‘‘(1) certifies that the individual was unem-
ployed (within the meaning of section 6429) as of
the first day of any month, and
‘‘(2) provides such other information as the
Secretary may require for purposes of this section.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for chapter 77 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘Sec. 7527. Advance payment of displaced worker health insur-
ance credit.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
TITLE 
V—EMPLOYMENT 
AND
TRAINING ASSISTANCE AND
TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE
COVERAGE ASSISTANCE
SEC. 501. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE AND
TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AS-
SISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 173(a) of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(a)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) to the Governor of any State or outlying
area who applies for assistance under subsection (f)
to provide employment and training assistance and
temporary health care coverage assistance to work-
ers affected by major economic dislocations, such as
plant closures, mass layoffs, or multiple layoffs, in-
cluding those dislocations caused by the terrorist at-
tacks of September 11, 2001.’’.
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 173 of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL RELIEF
FOR MAJOR ECONOMIC
DISLOCATIONS.—
‘‘(1) GRANT RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under subsection (a)(4), a Gov-
ernor shall submit an application, for assistance
described in subparagraph (B), to the Secretary
at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the Secretary may require.
‘‘(B) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Assistance de-
scribed in this subparagraph is—
‘‘(I) employment and training as-
sistance, including employment and
training activities described in section
134; and
‘‘(II) temporary health care cov-
erage assistance described in para-
graph (4).
‘‘(ii) MINIMUM ALLOCATION TO TEM-
PORARY HEALTH CARE COVERAGE ASSIST-
ANCE.—Not less than 30 percent of the
cost of assistance requested in any applica-
tion submitted under this subsection shall
consist of the cost for temporary health
care coverage assistance described in para-
graph (4).
‘‘(iii) ENCOURAGEMENT OF CERTAIN
TYPES OF HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.—In
publishing requirements for applications
under this subsection, the Secretary shall
encourage the use of private health cov-
erage alternatives.
‘‘(C) MINIMUM AWARD REQUIREMENT FOR
ELIGIBLE STATES AND OUTLYING AREAS.—
‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS.—In any case in
which the requirements of this section are
met in connection with one or more appli-
cations of the Governor of any State or
outlying area for assistance described in
subparagraph (B), the Governor—
‘‘(I) shall be awarded at least 1
grant under subsection (a)(4) pursu-
ant to such applications, and
‘‘(II) except as provided in clause
(ii), shall be awarded not less than
$5,000,000 in total grants awarded
under (a)(4).
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION TO MINIMUM GRANT
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Secretary 
may
award to a Governor a total amount less
than the minimum total amount specified
in clause (i)(II), as appropriate, if the
Governor—
‘‘(I) requests less than such min-
imum total amount, or
‘‘(II) fails to demonstrate to the
Secretary that there are a sufficient
number of eligible recipients to justify
the awarding of grants in such min-
imum total amount.
‘‘(2) STATE ADMINISTRATION.—The Governor
may designate one or more local workforce invest-
ment boards or other entities with the capability to
respond to the circumstances relating to the par-
ticular closure, layoff, or other dislocation to admin-
ister the grant under subsection (a)(4).
‘‘(3) PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.—An individual
shall be eligible to receive assistance described in
paragraph (1)(B) under a grant awarded under sub-
section (a)(4) if such individual is a dislocated work-
er and the Governor has certified that a major eco-
nomic dislocation, such as a plant closure, mass lay-
off, or multiple layoff, including a dislocation caused
by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, con-
tributed importantly to the dislocation.
‘‘(4) TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AS-
SISTANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Temporary health
care coverage assistance described in this para-
graph consists of health care coverage premium
assistance provided to qualified individuals
under this paragraph with respect to premiums