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 97 STAT. 434 PUBLIC LAW 98-76—AUG. 12, 1983 Effective date. 45 USC 231n note. 45 USC 231. 45 USC 351. 45 USC 231 note. 45 USC 231. 45 USC 797. 45 USC 797a. 45 USC 351. 45 USC 797. 45 USC 797a. Effective date. 45 USC 231 note. 45 USC 231b. purposes for which securities may be so issued are extended to include such purposes. "(5) The amounts transferred to the Board as loans under subdivi- sion (2) of this subsection shall be deposited in the Railroad Retire- ment Account. "(6) The amounts transferred as loans under subdivision (2) of this subsection shall be repaid to the general fund to the extent sums are appropriated for that purpose, and there are hereby authorized to be appropriated, in addition to any other sums authorized to be appro- priated for the purposes of this Act and from any sums in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be neces- sary to make such repayments.". (b) The amendments made by this section shall be effective upon enactment. SEC. 402. (a) Section 1(h)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 is amended— (1) by striking out paragraph (ii); and (2) by redesignating paragraphs (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), and (vii) thereof as (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), and (vi), respectively. (b) Section l(j) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by striking out "(i)" and all that follows through "(ii)". (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply to compensa- tion paid for services rendered after June 30, 1983. SEC. 403. (a) Section 1(h) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subdivision: "(7) The term 'compensation' includes any separation allowance or subsistence allowance paid under any benefit schedule provided under section 701 of title VII of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 and any termination allowance paid under section 702 of that Act, but does not include any other benefits payable under that title. The total amount of any subsistence allowance paid under a benefit schedule provided pursuant to section 701 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 shall be considered as having been earned in the month in which the employee first timely filed a claim for such an allowance.". (b) Section l(i) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by inserting after the first sentence thereof the following new sentence: "Solely for the purpose of determining the compen- sation received by an employee in a base year, the term 'com- pensation' shall include any separation allowance or subsistence allowance paid under any benefit schedule provided under section 701 of title VII of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 and any termination allowance paid under section 702 of that Act, but does not include any other benefits payable under that title. The total amount of any subsistence allowance payable under a benefit schedule provided pursuant to section 701 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 shall be considered as being compensa- tion in the month in which the employee first timely filed a claim for such an allowance.". (c) The amendments made by this section shall be effective August 13 1981 SEC. 404. Section 3(fKl) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 is amended— (1) by inserting after "of an individual shall" in the second sentence the following "except as provided in the following sentence"; and

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