Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/474

 99 STAT. 1584

Ante, p. 1580.

Ante, p. 1583.

Ante, p. 1583.

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

Act (29 U.S.C. 49b(b)), whether an individual receiving compensation under the State's unemployment compensation law (including amounts payable pursuant to an agreement under a Federal unemployment compensation law) owes an uncollected overissuance. (3) A State agency may recover an uncollected overissuance— "(A)by"(i) entering into an agreement with an individual described in paragraph (2) under which specified amounts will be withheld from unemployment compensation otherwise pavable to the individual; and '(ii) furnishing a copy of the agreement to the State agency administering the unemployment compensation law; or "(B) in the absence of an agreement, by obtaining a writ, order, summons, or other similar process in the nature of garnishment from a court of competent jurisdiction to require the withholding of amounts from the unemployment compensation.". (b)(1) Section 11(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)), as amended by section 1526, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(24) at the option of the State, for procedures necessary to obtain payment of uncollected overissuance of coupons from unemployment compensation pursuant to section 13(c).". (2) Section 3(b) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49b(b)) is amended by— (A) striking out "or" the second place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof a comma; and (B) inserting after "such Act," the following: "or of a State agency charged with the administration of the food stamp program in a State under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011etseq.),". (3) Section 303(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 503(d)) is amended by— (A) redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and (B) inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: "(2)(A) For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'unemployment compensation means any unemployment compensation payable under the State law (including amounts payable pursuant to an agreement under a Federal unemployment compensation law). "(B) The State agency charged with the administration of the State law— "(i) may require each new applicant for unemployment compensation to disclose whether the applicant owes an uncollected overissuance (as defined in section 13(c)(l) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977) of food stamp coupons, "(ii) may notify the State food stamp agency to which the uncollected overissuance is owed that the applicant has been determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation if the applicant discloses under clause (i) that the applicant owes an uncollected overissuance and the applicant is determined to be so eligible, "(iii) may deduct and withhold from any unemployment compensation otherwise payable to an individual— "(I) the amount specified by the individual to the State agency to be deducted and withheld under this clause,

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