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68 Stat. 1130. 42 USC 1 3 6 11371.

PUBLIC LAW 87.27-MAY 1, 1961

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sixteen weeks, and the amount of any such payment for any week shall be equal to the amount of the average weekly unemployment compensation payment (including allowances for dependents when appropriate) payable for a week of total unemployment in the State mailing such payments. (b) No weekly retraining payment shall be made to any person otherwise eligible who, with respect to the week for which such payment would be made, has received or is seeking unemployment compensation under title X V of the Social Security Act or any other Federal or any State unemployment compensation law, but if the appro)riate State or Federal agency finally determines that a person denied )enefits for any week because of this subsection was not entitled to unemployment compensation under title X V of the Social Security Act or such Federal or State law with respect to such week, this subsection shall not apply with respect to such week. (c) Any agreement under this section may contain provisions (including, so far as may be appropriate, provisions authorized or made applicable with respect to agreements concluded by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to title X V of the Social Security Act) as will promote effective administration, protect the United States against loss, and insure the proper application of payments made to the State under such agreement. Except as may be provided in such agreements, or in the rules and regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, determinations by any duly designated officer or agency as to the eligibility of individuals tor weekly retraining payments under this section shall be final and conclusive for any purposes and not subject to review by any court or any other officer. (d) The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary shall jointly prescribe such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. (e) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, not in excess of $10,000,000 annually, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

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PENALTIES

SEC. 18. (a) Whoever makes any statement knowing it to be false, or whoever willfully overvalues any security, for the purpose of obtaining for himself or for any applicant any financial assistance under section 6,7, or 8, or any extension thereof by renewal, deferment of action, or otherwise, or the acceptance, release, or substitution of security therefor, or for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of the Secretary, or for the purpose of obtaining money, property, or anything of value, under this Act, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both. (b) Whoever, being connected in any capacity with the Secretary, in the administration of this Act (1) embezzles, abstracts, purloins, or willfully misapplies any moneys, funds, securities, or other things of value, whether belonging to him or pledged or otherwise entrusted to him, or (2) with intent to defraud the Secretary or any other body politic or corporate, or any individual, or to deceive any officer, auditor, or examiner, makes any false entry in any book, report, or statement of or to the Secretary, or without being duly authorized draws any order or issues, puts forth, or assigns any note, debenture, bond, or other obligation, or draft, bill of exchange, mortgage, judgment, or decree thereof, or (8) with intent to defraud participates or shares in or receives directly or indirectly any money, profit, property, or benefit through any transaction, loan, grant, commission, contract, or any other act of the Secretary, or (4) gives any unauthorized information

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