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STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW

767-SEPT.

1, 1954

" (b) The agency administering the unemployment compensation law of any State shall furnish to the Secretary such information as the Secretary may find necessary or appropriate in carrying out the provisions of this title, and such information shall be deemed reports required by the Secretary for the purposes of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of section 303.

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"SEC. 1508. (a) Whoever makes a false statement or representation of a material fact knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to obtain or increase for himself or for any other individual any payment authorized to be paid under this title or under an agreement thereunder shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. "(b)(1) If a State agency or the Secretary, as the case may be, or a court of competent jurisdiction, finds that any person— " (A) has made, or has caused to be made by another, a false statement or representation of a material fact knowing it to be false, or has knowingly failed, or caused another to fail, to disclose a material fact, and " (B) as a result of such action has received any amount as compensation under this title to which he was not entitled, such person shall be liable to repay such amount to the State agency or the Secretary, as the case may be. In lieu of requiring the repayment of any amount under this paragraph, the State agency or the Secretary, as the case may be, may recover such amount by deductions from any compensation payable to such person under this title during the two-year period following the date of the finding. Any such finding by a State agency or the Secretary, as the case may be, may be made only after an opportunity for a fair hearing, subject to such further review as may be appropriate under sections 1502(c) and 1503 (c). "(2) Any amount repaid to a State agency under paragraph (1) shall be deposited into the fund from which payment was made. Any amount repaid to the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be returned to the Treasury and credited to the current applicable appropriation, fund, or account from which payment was made. "REGULATIONS

"SEC. 1509. The Secretary is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. The Secretary shall insofar as practicable consult with representatives of the State unemployment compensation agencies before prescribing any rules or regulations which may affect the performance by such agencies of functions pursuant to agreements under this title. "APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 1510. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this title." (b) Section 1606(e) and section 1607(m) of the Internal Revenue ^^^ ^tat. 939. Code of 1939 are each hereby amended by inserting after "December 31, 1945," the following: "and before January 1, 1955,". (c) Effective with respect to services performed after December 31, 1954, section 3305(e) and section 3306(1) of the Internal Revenue 4s^3f ^ s*"*- ^^^ Code of 1954 are hereby repealed. Approved September 1, 1954.

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