Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/524

 89 STAT. 464

PUBLIC LAW 94-92—AUG. 9, 1975

(i) Section 10(a) of such Act is amended— (1) by striking out "0.25" from clause (i) and inserting in lieu thereof "0.5"; and (2) by striking out "and pursuant to subsection (h) of this section" from clause (ii). (j) Section 11(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "0.25" 45 USC 361. from clause (i) and inserting in lieu thereof "0.5". SEC. 2. (a) The amendment made by section 1(a) of this Act shall Effective dates. 45 USC 351 note. be effective with respect to days of sickness in registration periods beginning after June 30, 1975. (b) The amendment with respect to qualifying conditions made by section 1(f) shall be effective for services rendered after December 31, 1973. (c) The amendments made by sections 1(b), 1(c), and 1(d)(1) of this Act shall be effective with respect to days of unemployment and days of sickness in registration periods beginning after June 30, 1975: Provided, however, That the amount of benefits paid for days of unemployment or days of sickness in a registration period beginning after June 30, 1975, and prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall, if paid to an employee who is covered by a nongovernmental plan for unemployment or sickness insurance and who has been paid benefits under such plan for one or more days within the registration period, be reduced by the amount, if any, by which the benefits paid to him under the nongovernmental plan would have been reduced if this Act had been enacted prior to July 1, 1975, so that the employee will receive the full amount of the combined benefits that he would have received under the Kailroad Unemployment Insurance Act and the nongovern45 USC 367. mental plan if the benefit increases provided by this Act had been enacted prior to said date. The amount of each such reduction in the benefits paid under the amendment made by section 1(c)(2) of this Act shall be paid over by the Board to the insurer of the nongovernmental plan or to the employer if a self-insurer. Eeductions in benefits and payments to insurers and employers hereunder shall be made on claims filed with the Board by such insurers and employers within thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act. (d) The amendments made by sections 1(d)(2) and 1(e) of this Act shall be effective with respect to days of unemployment in registration periods beginning after June 30, 1975. (e) The amendments made by sections 1(g), 1(h), l (i)(l), and l (j) of this Act shall be effective with respect to compensation paid for services rendered after December 31, 1975. (f) The amendment made by section l (i)(2) of this Act shall be effective on the date of enactment of this Act. 45 USC 360.

TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT O F 1974 AND THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT T A X ACT Railroad retirement account. 45 USC 231n.

SEC. 201. (a) Section 15(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 is amended by striking out "authorized to be" in the second sentence thereof. (b) Section 15(b) of such Act is amended by striking out "authorized to be*' the first time it appears therein. (c) Section 15(c) of such Act is amended by striking out "authorized to be" in the second sentence thereof and by adding immediately after "June 30, 1975," the words "out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,".

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