Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/1222

 90 STAT. 2690

PUBLIC LAW 94-566—OCT. 20, 1976 1978; and no individual shall be entitled to any assistance under this part with respect to any initial claim for assistance or waiting period credit which is effective in a week beginining after December 31, 1977.".

26 USC 3304 note.

Definitions.

Applicability.

SEC. 602. ELIMINATION OF SPECIAL BASE PERIOD FOR PAYMENTS OF SPECIAL UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.

(a) Paragraph (1) of section 203(a) of the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 is amended by striking out '''•Provided, That" and all that follows down through "; and" at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: '•'•Provided, That the individual meets the qualifying employment and wage requirements of the applicable State unemployment compensation law in the base period; and, for purposes of this proviso, employment and wages which are not covered by the State law shall be treated as though they were covered, except that employment and wages covered by any State or Federal unemployment compensation law, including the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), shall be excluded to the extent that the individual is or was entitled to compensation for unemployment thereunder on the basis of such employment and wages; and". (b) Subsection (a) of section 205 of such Act is amended by striking out "law: Provided, That" and all that follows down through the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "law. For purposes of the preceding sentence, employment and wages which are not covered by the applicable State unemployment compensation law shall be treated as though they were covered, except that employment and wages covered by any State or Federal unemployment compensation law, including the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), shall be excluded to the extent that the individual is or was entitled to compensation for unemployment thereunder on the basis of such employment and wages.". (c) Subsection (a) of section 206 of such Act is amended by striking out "section 205: Provided, That" and all that follows down through the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "section 205. For purposes of the preceding sentence, employment and wages which are not covered by the applicable State unemployment compensation law shall be treated as though they were covered, except that employment and wages covered by any State or Federal unemployment compensation law, including the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), shall be excluded to the extent that the individual is or was entitled to compensation for unemployment thereunder on the basis of such employment and wages.". (d) Subsection (a) of section 210 of such Act is amended— (1) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (5); and (2) by striking out paragraph (6) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(6) 'special unemployment assistance benefit year' means the benefit year as defined by the applicable State unemployment compensation law; and "(7) 'base period' means the base period as determined under the applicable State unemployment compensation law.". (e) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to benefit years beginning after December 31, 1976. In the case of any benefit year of an individual which begins after December 31, 1976, for purposes of sections 203(a)(1), 205(a), and 206(a) of the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974, there shall not

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