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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1975

89 STAT. 6 6

26 USC 3304 note 26 USC 3304 note. 26 USC 3304 note. 26 USC 3304 note.

PUBLIC LAW 94-12—MAR. 29, 1975 (2) by adding a t the end thereof the following new paragraph: " (3) Effective only with respect to benefits for weeks of unemployment ending before July 1, 1975, the amount established in such account for any individual shall be equal to the lesser of— " (A) 100 p e r centum of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to him with respect to the benefit year (as determined under the State law) on the basis of which he most recently received regular compensation; or " (B) twenty-six times his average weekly benefit amount (as determined for purposes of section 202(b)(1)(C) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970) for his benefit year." (b) MODIFICATION o r AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of Labor shall,

at the earliest practicable date after the enactment of this Act, propose to each State with which he has in effect an agreement entered into pursuant to section 102 of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 a modification of such agreement designed to cause payments of emergency compensation thereunder to be made in the manner prescribed by such Act, as amended by subsection (a) of this section. Notwithstanding any provision of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974, if any such State shall fail or refuse, within a reasonable time after the date of the enactment of this Act, to enter into such a modification of such agreement, the Secretary of Labor shall terminate such agreement.

SEC. 702. SPECIAL PAYMENT TO RECIPIENTS OF BENEFITS UNDER CERTAIN RETIREMENT AND SURVIVOR BENEFIT PROGRAMS. (a) P A Y M E N T. — The Secretary of the Treasury shall, at the earliest practicable date after the enactment of this Act, make a $50 payment to each individual, who for the month of March, 1975, was entitled (without regard to sections 202(j)(1) and 223(b) of title II of the Social Security Act and without the application of section 5(a) (ii) 42 USC 402, of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974) to — 423. 45 USC 231d. (1) a monthly insurance benefit payable under title II of the 42 USC 401. Social Security Act, (2) a monthly annuity or pension payment under the Rail45 USC 215 note. road Retirement Act of 1935, the Railroad Retirement Act of 45 USC 228a, 1937, or the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, or 231. (3) a benefit under the supplemental security income benefits 42 USC 1381. program established by title X VI of the Social Security Act; except that, (A) such $50 payment shall be made only to individuals who were paid a benefit for March 1975 in a check issued no later than August 31, 1975; (B) no such $50 payment shall be made to any individual w h o is not a resident of the United States (as defined in section 210(i) of the Social Security Act); and (C) if an individual 42 USC 410. is entitled under two or more of the programs referred to i n clauses (1), (2), and (3), such individual shall be entitled to receive only one such $50 payment. For purposes of this subsection, the term "resident" "Resident." means an individual whose address of record for check payment purposes is located within the United States. (b) RECIPIENT InENTincATiON.—The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Railroad Retirement Board shall provide the Secretary of the Treasury with such information and data as may be needed to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to ascertain which individuals are entitled to the payment authorized under subsection (a). 42 USC 402 note.