Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 2.djvu/1118

 101 STAT. 1330-324

Reports.

PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

(D) otherwise meets the requirements of this section; and (6) the State, from its general revenue funds, shall— (A) repay to the Unemployment Trust Fund any cost •""*> incurred by the State and charged to the Fund which exceeds the cost which would have been incurred by such State and charged to such Fund if the State had not participated in the demonstration program under this section; and ^ ' '^ (B) in any case in which any excess cost described in subparagraph (A) is not repaid in the fiscal year in which it was charged to the Fund, pay to the Fund an amount of interest, on the outstanding balance of such excess cost, which is sufficient (when combined with any repayment by the State described in subparagraph (A)) to reimburse the Fund for any loss which would not have been incurred if such excess cost had not been incurred. (d) EVALUATION.—(1) Each State that enters into an agreement under this section shall carry out an evaluation of its activities under this section. Such evaluation shall be based on an experimental design with random assignment between a treatment group and a control group with not more than one-half of the individuals receiving assistance at any one time being assigned to the treatment group. (2) The Secretary shall use the data provided from such evaluation to analyze the benefits and the costs of the program carried out under this section, to formulate the reports under subsection (g), and to estimate any excess costs described in subsection (c)(6)(A). (e) FINANCING.—(1) Notwithstanding section 303(a)(5) of the Social Security Act and section 3304(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, amounts in the unemployment fund of a State may be used by a State to make payments (exclusive of expenses of administration) for self-employment allowances made under this section to an individual who is receiving them in lieu of regular unemployment compensation. (2) In any case in which a self-employment allowance is made under this section to an individual in lieu of extended unemployment compensation under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, payments made under this section for self-employment allowances shall be considered to be compensation described in section 204(a)(1) of such Act and paid under State law. (f) LIMITATION.—No funds made available to a State under title III of the Social Security Act or any other Federal law may be used for the purpose of administering the program carried out by such State under this section. (g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—(1) Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit an interim report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the demonstration program carried out under this section. Such report shall include— (A) information on the extent to which this section has been utilized; (B) an analysis of any barriers to such utilization; and (C) an analysis of the feasibility of extending the provisions of this section to individuals not covered by State unemployment compensation laws.

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