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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 117-JUNE 4, 1943 Date of payment to fund. Ante, p. 108. Reimbursements deemed benefits. Ant, pp. 112,114. Cooperation with other agencies. Arrangements with foreign governments. or services on the basis of which unemployment compensation under such law of another State or of the Federal Government is payable, but no such arrangement shall be entered into unless it contains provisions for reimbursements to the fund for such of the benefits paid under this Act upon the basis of such wages or services, and provisions for reimbursements from the fund for such of the compensation paid under such other law upon the basis of wages for employment, as the Board finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected interests; and "(4) contributions due under this Act with respect to wages for employment shall for the purposes of section 4 of this Act be deemed to have been paid to the fund as of the date payment was made as contributions therefor under another State or Federal unemployment-compensation law, but no such arrange- ment shall be entered into unless it contains provisions for such reimbursement to the fund of such contributions and the actual earnings thereon as the Board finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected interests. "(b) Reimbursements paid from the fund pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed to be benefits for the purpose of sections 6, 7, and 8 of this Act. The Board is author- ized to make to other State or Federal agencies and to receive from such other State or Federal agencies reimbursements from or to the fund, in accordance with arrangements entered into pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. "(c) The administration of this Act and of other State and Federal unemployment-compensation and public-employment-service laws will be promoted by cooperation between the District and such other States and the appropriate Federal agencies in exchanging services and making available facilities and information. The Board is therefore authorized to make such investigations, secure and transmit such information, make available such services and facilities, and exercise such of the other powers provided herein with respect to the administration of this Act as it deems necessary or appropriate to facilitate the administration of any such unemlploy- ment-compensation or public-emplloyiment-service law, and in like manner to accept and utilize information, services, and facilities made available to the District by the agency charged with the administration of any such other unemployment-compensation or public-employment-service law. "(d) To the extent permissible under the laws and Constitution of the United States, the Board is authorized to enter into or cooperate in arrangements whereby facilities and services provided under this Act and facilities and services provided under the unemployment-compensation law of any foreign government may be utilized for the taking of claims and the payment of benefits under the employment-security law of the District or under a similar law of such government. "RECORDS AND REPORTS Work records. "SEc. 17 . (a) Every employing unit, whether or not liable to Ante, p. 106. pay contributions under section 3 hereof, shall keep such true and accurate work records with respect to all individuals employed by it as the Board may prescribe. Such records shall be open to inspection by the Board and shall be subject to being copied by the Board or their authorized representative at any reasonable time and as often as may be necessary. 122 [57 STAT.