PUBLIC LAW 94-566—OCT. 20, 1976
90 STAT. 2673
" (6) 'State' means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Coinmonwealth of P u e r to Kico, and the Virgin Islands; and". (2) Section 8503 of title 5, United States Code is amended— (A) by striking out subsections (b) and (d); (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b); and (C) by striking out "subsection (a) or (b) " in subsection (b) (as so redesignated) and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (a) ". (.3) Section 8504 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) by adding " and " at the end of paragraph (1); (B) by striking out "; and " at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting in Reu thereof a period; and (C) by striking out paragraph (3). (4) Paragraph (3) of section 8521 of title 5 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (3) ' State ' means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of P u e r to Rico, and the V i r g i n Islands." (5) Section 8522 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out "or to the Virgin Islands, as the case may be,". (f) EFFECTIVE D A T E S. —
(1) SUBSECTIONS (a), (c), AND (d). — The amendments made by subsections (a), (c), and (d) shall take effect on the later of October 1, 1976, or the day after the day on which the Secretary of Labor approves under section 3304(a) of the I n t e r n a l Revenue Code of 1954 an unemployment compensation law submitted to him by the Viro^in Islands for approval. (2) SUBSECTION (b).—The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply with respect to remuneration paid after December 31 of the year in which the Secretary of Labor approves for the first time an unemployment compensation law submitted to him by the Virgin Islands for approval, for services performed after such December 31. (3) SUBSECTION (e).—The amendments made by subsection (e) shall apply with respect to benefit years beginning on or after the later of October 1, 1976, or the first day of the first week for which compensation becomes payable under an unemployment compensation law of the Virgin Islands which is approved by the Secretary of Labor under section 3304(a) of the I n t e r n a l Revenue Code of 1954. (g) TRANSFER OF F U N D S. — The Secretary of Labor shall not approve an unemployment compensation law of the Virgin Islands under section 3304(a) of the I n t e r n a l Revenue Code of 1954 until the Governor of the Virgin Islands has approved the transfer to the Federal Unemployment T r u s t F u n d established by section 904 of the Social Security Act of an amount equal to the dollar balance credited to the unemployment subfund of the V i r g i n Islands established under section 310 of title 24 of the Virgin Islands Code.
26 USC 3304
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26 USC 3304.
26 USC 3304 "°*®'
42 USC 1104.
PART II—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS SEC. 121. FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR BENEFITS PAID TO NEWLY 26 USC 3304 COVERED WORKERS DURING TRANSITION PERIOD. note, (a) GENERAL RULE. — I f any State, the unemployment compensation law of which is approved by the Secretary under section 3304(a) of the I n t e r n a l Revenue Code of 1954, provides for the payment of compensation for any week of unemployment beginning on or after January 1, 1978, on the basis of previously uncovered services, the
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