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PUBLIC LAW 85-848-AUG. 28, 1968

[72 S T A T,

"EX-SERVICEMEN'S UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM

"SEC. 1511. (a) The provisions of this title, except where inconsistent with the provisions of this section, apply, with respect to weeks of unemployment ending after the sixtieth day after the date of the enactment of this section, to individuals who have had Federal service as defined in subsection (b). "(b) For the [purposes of this section, the term 'Federal service' means active service (including active duty for training purposes) in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States if— "(1) such service was continuous for ninety days or more, or was terminated earlier by reason of an actual service-incurred injury or disability; and "(2) with respect to such service, the individual (A) has been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable, and (B) was not given a bad conduct discharge, or, if an officer, did not resign for the good of the service. No individual shall be treated as having Federal service within the meaning of the preceding sentence unless he has a period of such service which either begins after January 31, 1955, or terminates after the sixtieth day after the date of the enactment of this section, wlges'*! " " ® ^ "(c) For the purposes of this section, the term 'Federal wages' • means remuneration for the periods of service covered by subsection (b), computed on the basis of remuneration for the individual's pay grade at the time of his discharge or release from the latest period of such service as specified in the schedule applicable at the time of filing of his first claim for compensation for the benefit year. The Secretary shall issue, from time to time, after consultation with the Secretary of Defense, schedules specifying the remuneration for each pay grade of servicemen covered by this section, which shall reflect representative amounts for appropriate elements of such remuneration (whether in cash or in kindV"(d)(1) Any Federal department or agency shall, when designated by the Secretary, make available to the appropriate State agency or to the Secretary, as the case may be, such information (including findings in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary by regulation) as the Secretary may find practicable and necessary for the determination of an individual's entitlement to compensation by reason of this section. "(2) Subject to correction of errors and omissions as prescribed by the Secretary by regulation, the following shall be final and conclu1363 ^^^ ' ^ " ' ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ purposes of sections 1502(c) and 1503 (c): " (A) Any finding by a Federal department or agency, made in accordance with paragraph (1), with respect to (i) whether an individual has met any condition specified in subsection (b), (ii) the individual's periods of Federal service as defined in subsection (b), and (iii) the individual's pay grade at the time of his discharge or release from the latest period of such Federal service. " (B) the schedules of remuneration issued by the Secretary under subsection (c). 42 USC 1364. "(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1504, all Federal service and Federal wages covered by this section, not previously assigned, shall be assigned to the State, or Puerto Kico or the Virgin Islands, as the case may be, in which the claimant first files his claim for unemployment compensation after his most recent discharge or release from such Federal service. This assignment shall constitute an assignment under section 1504 for all purposes of this title.

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