Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/370

 96 STAT. 1732

PUBLIC LAW 97-362—OCT. 25, 1982

TITLE II—OTHER PROVISIONS SEC. 201. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PAID TO EX-SERVICE MEMBERS.

(a) EuGiBiLiTY REQUIREMENTS.—Paragraph (1) of section 8521(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(1) 'Federal service' means active service (not including active duty in a reserve status unless for a continuous period of 180 days or more) in the armed forces or the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration if with respect to that service— "(A) the individual was discharged or released under honorable conditions (and, if an officer, did not resign for the good of the service); and "(B)(i) the individual was discharged or released after completing his first full term of active service which the individual initially agreed to serve, or "(ii) the individual was discharged or released before completing such term of active service— "(I) for the convenience of the Government under an early release program, "(II) because of medical disqualification, pregnancy, parenthood, or any service-incurred injury or disability, "(III) because of hardship, or "(IV) because of personality disorders or inaptitude but only if the service was continuous for 365 days or more;". (b) PERIOD FOR WHICH BENEFITS PAYABLE.—Section 8521 of such title 5 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c)(1) An individual shall not be entitled to compensation under this subchapter for any week before the fifth week beginning after the week in which the individual was discharged or released. "(2) The aggregate amount of compensation payable on the basis of Federal service (as defined in subsection (a)) to any individual with respect to any benefit year shall not exceed 13 times the individual's weekly benefit amount for total unemployment." 5 USC 8521 note.

(c) EFFECTIVE D A T E. —

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to terminations of service on or after July 1, 1981, but only for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits for weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) TRANSITIONAL RULE.—The amendments made by this section shall not apply to the extent that such amendments would (but for this paragraph) reduce the amount of compensation payable in the case of benefit years established before the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 202. COMPENSATION PAID TO EX-SERVICE MEMBERS CHARGED TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) GENERAL RULE.—

(1) Subsections (b) and (c)(1) of section 8509 of title 5, United States Code, are each amended by striking out "subchapter" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "chapter".

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