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PUBLIC LAW 5 5 0 - J U L Y 16, 1952

compensation law of the State in which the veteran is insofar as such law is applicable. (b) I n the case of a veteran who is in Puerto Rico or in the Virgin Islands, the Secretary, in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, shall, upon the filing by such veteran of a claim for compensation under this subsection, make payments of compensation to him in the same amounts and for the same periods as provided in section 401(b). Any determination by the Secretary with respect to entitlement to compensation under this subsection shall be made in accordance with the unemployment compensation law of the District of Columbia, insofar as such law is applicable. (c) Any veteran whose claim for compensation under subsection (a) or (b) of this section has been denied shall be entitled to a fair hearing in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Any final determination by the Secretary with respect to entitlement to compensation under this section shall be subject to review by the courts in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided in section 205(g) of title II of the Social Security Act, as amended, with respect to final decisions of the Administrator under such title. (d) The Secretary may utilize for the purposes of this section the personnel and facilities of the agencies in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands cooperating with the United States Employment Service under the Act of June 6, 1933 (48 Stat. 113), as amended. For the purpose of payments made to such agencies under such Act, the furnishing of such personnel and facilities shall be deemed to be a part of the administration of the public employment offices of such agencies.

Puerto Rico| Virgin Islands.

D e n i a l of coiw pensation.

53 Stat. 1368. 42 USC 405.

5 USC 616; 29 u s e 4 9 - 4 9 k; 39

u s e 338.

PAYMENTS TO STATES

SEC. 403. (a) Each State shall be entitled to be paid b j the United States an amount equal to the payments of compensation made by such State under and in accordance with an agreement under this title. (b) In making payments pursuant to subsection (a) of this section there shall be paid to the State, either in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be determined by the Secretary, such sum as the Secretary estimates the State will be entitled to receive under this title for each calendar month, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum by which the Secretary finds that his estimates for any prior calendar month were greater or less than the amounts which should have been paid to the State. Such estimates may be made upon the basis of such statistical, sampling, or other method as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the State agency. (c) The Secretary shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State sums payable to such State under this section. The Secretary of the Treasury, prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall make payment to the State in accordance with such certification, from the funds for carrying out the purposes of this title. (d) All money paid to a State under this title shall be used solely for the purposes for which it is paid; and any money so paid which is not used for such purposes shall be returned, at the time specified in the agreement under this title, to the Treasury and credited to current applicable appropriations, funds, or accounts from which payments to States under this title may be made. (e) An agreement under this title may require any officer or employee of the State certifying payments or disbursing funds pursuant to the agreement, or otherwise participating in its performance, to give a surety bond to the United States in such amount as the

eertification.

Bond.

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