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97 STAT. 608 PUBLIC LAW 98-92—SEPT. 2, 1983 Public Law 98-92 98th Congress An Act Sept. 2, 1983 [H.R. 3409] Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982, amendment. 96 Stat. 702. 26 USC 3304 note. 26 USC 3304 note. 26 USC 3304 note. 96 Stat. 702. 26 USC 3304 note. 26 USC 3304 note. 7 USC 612c note. Ante, p. 35. To amend the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 with respect to the number of weeks of benefits paid in any State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) subpara- graph (B) of section 602(e)(2) of the Federal Supplemental Compensa- tion Act of 1982 is amended to read as follows: "(B) If the applicable limit for a State, as determined under clause (ii) of subparagraph (A), for the week beginning July 24, 1983, was a number equal to or less than such State's applicable limit for the week beginning March 27, 1983, under this paragraph (as in effect for such week) reduced by four, the applicable limit for such State shall not be less than the applicable limit for the week beginning July 24, 1983, for any week after the week beginning after July 24, 1983.". (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to weeks beginning after July 24, 1983. (c)(1) In the case of an account established before the week begin- ning June 5, 1983, the applicable limit under section 602(e)(2)(A)(ii) of the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 shall in no event be less than the number of weeks applicable to such State for the week beginning March 27, 1983, under section 602(e)(2) of such Act (as in effect for such week) reduced by four. (2) Paragraph (1) shall apply only to compensation for weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) In the case of any eligible individual who (without regard to the amendment made by subsection (a) or the provisions of subsec- tion (c)) exhausted his rights to Federal supplemental compensation 0)y reason of the payment of all of the amount in his Federal supplemental compensation account) before the first week beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, such individual's eligibil- ity for additional compensation by reason of the amendment made by subsection (a) or the provisions of subsection (c) for any week of unemployment shall not be limited or terminated by reason of any event, or failure to meet any requirement of law relating to eligibil- ity for unemployment compensation, occurring after the date of such exhaustion of rights and before the beginning of the first week beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 2. Effective October 1, 1983, the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (title II of Public Law 98-8; 97 Stat. 35 and 36) is amended by— (1) in section 201, striking out "the Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "this Act"; (2) inserting, after section 201, a new section 201A as follows: