[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-22206]


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[Federal Register: September 9, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program; Designation of Certifying 
Officers

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of designation of certifying officers.

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SUMMARY: The trade adjustment assistance program operates under the 
Trade Act of 1974 to furnish program benefits to domestic workers 
adversely affected in their employment by imports of articles which are 
like or are directly competitive with articles produced by the firm 
employing the workers. Workers become eligible for program benefits 
only if they are certified under the Act as eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance. From time to time the agency issues an Order 
designating officials of the agency authorized to act as certifying 
officers. Employment and Training Order No. 1-94 was issued to revise 
the listing of officials designated as certifying officers, superseding 
the previous order. Employment and Training Order No. 1-94 is published 
below.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., on this 2nd day of September 1994.
Douglas Ross,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration, Washington, D.C. 20210.
Classification: TAA.
Correspondence Symbol: TWT.
Date: August 29, 1994.
Directive: EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ORDER NO. 1-94.
To: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL OFFICES.
From: DOUG ROSS, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and 
Training.
Subject: Trade Adjustment Assistance Program (Trade Act of 1974)--
Designation of Certifying Officers.

    1. Purpose. To designate certifying officers to carry out functions 
required for the worker adjustment assistance program under the Trade 
Act of 1974, the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 
and the certification regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations at 
Title 29, Part 90.
    2. Directives Affected. Employment and Training Order No. 2-91, 
July 9, 1991 (56 FR 32449 (July 16, 1991)), is superseded.
    3. Background. Persons designated as certifying officers are vested 
with certain authority and assigned responsibilities under the Trade 
Act of 1974, the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 
and 29 CFR Part 90. Such authority and responsibilities particularly 
include making determinations and issuing certifications with respect 
to the eligibility of groups of workers to apply for adjustment 
assistance under the Act and the program benefit regulations at 20 CFR 
Part 617. The Secretary of Labor's Order 3-81, June 1, 1981 (46 FR 
31117 (June 12, 1981))--

    delegated authority and assigned responsibility to the Assistant 
Secretary for Employment and Training for coordinating, monitoring, 
and insuring that the functions of the Secretary of Labor under the 
Trade Act of 1974, are carried out, including but not limited to * * 
* [d]eveloping and promulgating program performance standards 
relating to the conduct of certification investigations, public 
hearings, issuance of notice of certification decisions, delivery of 
program benefits, and other processes involved in the administration 
of the trade adjustment assistance program * * * [and] [d]etermining 
eligibility of groups of workers to apply for adjustment assistance 
* * *.

    4. Designation of Officials. By virtue of the authority vested in 
me by the Secretary's Order 3-81, the following officials of the 
Employment and Training Administration, United States Department of 
Labor, are hereby designated as certifying officers for the trade 
adjustment assistance program:
    a. Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training
    b. Administrator, Office of Work-Based Learning (OWBL)
    c. Director, Unemployment Insurance Service (UIS)
    d. Director, Office of Legislation and Actuarial Services, UIS
    e. Deputy Director, Office of Legislation and Actuarial Services, 
UIS
    f. Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of 
Trade Adjustment Assistance (OTAA)
    g. Program Manager, Investigations and Reports, Office of Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (OTAA)
    h. Program Manager, Office of Worker Retraining and Adjustment 
Programs (OWRAP)
    The foregoing designated certifying officers are delegated 
authority and assigned responsibility, subject to the general direction 
and control of the Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretaries 
of the Employment and Training Administration and the Program Managers 
of the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, to carry out the duties 
and functions of certifying officers under the Trade Act of 1974 and 29 
CFR Part 90.
    5. Effective Date. This Order is effective on date of issuance.
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