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 104 STAT. 2710 PUBLIC LAW 101-549—NOV. 15, 1990 proposing to provide training, adjustment assistance, and services in areas which have the greatest number of eligible individuals. "(2) NEEDS-RELATED PAYMENTS REQUIRED. —The Secretary shall not approve an application for a grant under subsection (b) unless the application contains assurances that the applicant will use grant funds to provide needs-related payments in accordance with subsection (f). "(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Subject to the requirements of subsections (e) and if) of this section, grants under subsection (b) may be used for any purpose for which funds may be used under section 314. "(e) ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE. — "(1) JOB SEARCH ALLOWANCE.— "(A) IN GENERAL.— Grants under subsection (b) for adjustment assistance may be used to provide job search allowances to eligible individuals. Such allowance, if granted, shall provide reimbursement to the individual of not more than 90 percent of the cost of necessary job search expenses, as prescribed by regulations of the Secretary, but may not exceed $800 unless the need for a greater amount is justified in the application and approved by the Secretary. "(B) CRITERIA FOR GRANTING JOB SEARCH ALLOWANCES. —A job search allowance may be granted only— "(i) to assist an eligible individual who has been totally separated in securing a job within the United States; and "(ii) where the Secretary determines that such employee cannot reasonably be expected to secure suitable employment in the commuting area in which the worker resides. "(2) RELOCATION ALLOWANCE. — "(A) IN GENERAL.— Grants under subsection (b) for adjustment assistance may be used to provide relocation allowances to eligible individuals. Such an allowance may only be granted to assist an eligible individual in relocating within the United States and only if the Secretary determines that— "(i) such employee cannot reasonably be expected to secure suitable employment in the commuting area in which the employee resides; and "(ii) such employee— "(I) has obtained suitable employment affording a reasonable expectation of long-term duration in the area in which the employee wishes to relocate, or has obtained a bona fide offer of such employ- ment, and "(II) is totally separated from employment at the time relocation commences. "(B) AMOUNT OF RELOCATION ALLOWANCE. — The amount of any relocation allowance for any eligible individual may not exceed the amount which is equal to the sum of— "(i) 90 percent of the reasonable and necessary expenses, specified in regulations prescribed by the Secretary, incurred in transporting an individual and the individual's fgimily, if any, and household effects, and

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