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PUBLIC LAW 85-67-JUNE 29, 1957

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grant (or the allocation for the District of Columbia) was based, which increased costs of administration cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments: Provided, That notwithstanding 42 USC 502. ajQy provision to the contrary in section 302(a) of the Social Security Act, as amended, the Secretary of Labor shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State found to be in compliance with the requirements of the Act of June 6, 1933, and, except in the case of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, with the provisions of section 303 of the Social Security Act, as amended, such amounts as he determines to be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of its unemployment compensation law and of its public employment offices: Provided further, That such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Department of Labor and the Post Office Department shall be used for the payment, in such manner as said parties may jointly determine, of postage for the transmission of official mail matter in connection with the administration of unemployment compensation systems and employment services by States receiving grants herefrom. I n carrying out the provisions of said Act of June 6, 1933, the pro42 USC 503. visions of section 303(a)(1) of the Social Security Act, as amended, relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on the merit basis, shall apply. None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Bureau of Employment Security for grants-in-aid of State agencies to cover, in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies including the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, shall be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit system and classification and compensation plan covering the selection, tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or employees. Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under title III 42 USC 5"f-503. ^^ t^^^ Social Security Act, as amended, and under the Act of June 6, 48 Stat. 1 is". * 1933, as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal 29 USC 49-49n. year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder for payments under such title and under such Act of June 6, 1933, to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. Unemployment compensation for veterans: For payments to un38 us^c 9 9 ^ 99Q ©niployed veterans as authorized by title IV of the Veterans' Read^^ ' justment Assistance Act of 1952, $36,800,000. Unemployment compensation for veterans, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States, as authorized by title IV of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, such sums as may be necessary to pay benefits for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, and the obligations and expenditures thereunder shall be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. Unemployment compensation for Federal employees: For payments to unemployed Federal employees, either directly or through pay4^^ifsc^\^3*6 1 nients to States, as authorized by title X V of the Social Security Act, 1370. ' as amended, $25,000,000. Unemployment compensation for Federal employees, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States, as authorized by title X V of the Social Security Act, as amended, such amounts as may be required for payment to unemployed Federal employees for the first quarter of the next suc-

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