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 PUBLIC LAW 98-135—OCT. 24, 1983 97 STAT. 857 Public Law 98-135 98th Congress An Act To extend the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Federal Supplemental Compensa- tion Amendments of 1983". TITLE I—EXTENSION OF FEDERAL SUP- PLEMENTAL COMPENSATION PROGRAM Oct. 24, 1983 [H.R. 3929] Federal Supplemental Compensation Amendments of 1983. 26 USC 3304 note. Ante, pp. 803. 143, SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION PROGRAM. (a) GENERAL RULE. —Paragraph (2) of section 602(f) of the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 is amended to read as 26 USC 3304 follows: no<*- "(2) No Federal supplemental compensation shall be payable to any individual under an agreement entered into under this subtitle for any week beginning after March 31, 1985." (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of section 605 of such Act is amended by striking out "October 19, 1983 (except as other- wise provided in section 602(f)(2))" and inserting in lieu thereof " April 1, 1985". SEC. 102. NUMBER OF WEEKS FOR WHICH BENEFITS ARE PAYABLE. (a) GENERAL RULE.—Subsection (e) of section 602 of the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 is amended by striking out Ante, p. I4i. paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(2)(A)(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amount established in such account shall be equal to the lesser of^ "(I) 55 per centum of the total amount of regular compensa- tion (including dependents' allowances) payable to the individ- ual with respect to the benefit year (as determined under the State law) on the basis of which he most recently received regular compensation, or (II) the applicable limit times his average weekly benefit amount for his benefit year. "(ii) For purposes of clause (i)— Applicable limit. "(I) in the case of an account from which Federal supplemen- tal compensation was payable to an individual for a week beginning before October 19, 1983, the applicable limit shall be the applicable limit in effect in the State under this paragraph (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Federal Supplemental Compensation Amendments of 1983) for the last week beginning before October 19, 1983, or

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