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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

[80 STAT.

ment compensation law of the Commonwealth may not be combined with Federal service or Federal wages. (c) A Federal employee whose claim for compensation under subsection (a) or (b) of this section is denied is entitled to a fair hearing under regulations prescribed by the Secretary. A final determination by the Secretary with respect to entitlement to compensation under this section is subject to review by the courts in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided by section 405(g) of title 42. (d) For the purpose of this section, the Secretary may— (1) use the personnel and facilities of the agency in the Virgin Islands cooperating with the United States Employment Service under chapter 4B of title 29; and (2) delegate to officials of that agency the authority granted to him by this section when he considers the delegation to be necessary in carrying out the purpose of this subchapter. For the purpose of payments made to that agency under chapter 4B of title 29, the furnishing of the personnel and facilities is deemed a part of the administration of the public employment offices of that agency. § 8504. Assignment of Federal service and wages Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, the Federal service and Federal wages of a Federal employee shall be assigned to the State in which he had his last official station in Federal service before the filing of his first claim for compensation for the benefit year. However— (1) if, at the time of filing his first claim, he resides in another State in which he performed, after the termination of his Federal service, service covered under the unemployment compensation law of the other State, his Federal service and Federal wages shall be assigned to the other State; (2) if his last official station in Federal service, before filing his first claim, wac outside the United States, his Federal service and Federal wages shall be assigned to the State where he resides at the time he files his first claim; and (3) if his first claim is filed— (A) before January 1, 1966, while he is residing in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; or (B) while he is residing in the Virgin Islands; his Federal service and Federal wages shall be assigned to the one in which he resides. I n the case of a first claim filed before January 1, 1966, "United States" in paragraph (2) of this section does not include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. § 8505. Payments to States (a) Each State is entitled to be paid by the United States an amount equal to the additional cost to the State of payments of compensation in accordance with an agreement under this subchapter which would not have been made by the State but for the agreement. (b) Each State shall be paid, either in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be determined by the Secretary of Labor, the sum that the Secretary estimates the State is entitled to receive under this subchapter for each calendar month. The sum shall be reduced or increased by the amount which the Secretary finds that his estimate for an earlier calendar month was greater or less than the sum which should have been paid to the State. An estimate may be made on the basis of a statistical, sampling, or other method agreed on by the Secretary and the State agency.

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