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[CITE: 5USC8503]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
                  CHAPTER 85--UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--EMPLOYEES GENERALLY
 
Sec. 8503. Compensation absent State agreement

    (a) In the case of a Federal employee whose Federal service and 
Federal wages are assigned under section 8504 of this title to a State 
which does not have an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, the 
Secretary, under regulations prescribed by him, shall, on the filing by 
the Federal employee of a claim for compensation under this subsection, 
pay compensation to him in the same amount, on the same terms, and 
subject to the same conditions as would be paid to him under the 
unemployment compensation law of the State if his Federal service and 
Federal wages had been included as employment and wages under that State 
law. However, if the Federal employee, without regard to his Federal 
service and Federal wages, has employment or wages sufficient to qualify 
for compensation during the benefit year under that State law, then 
payments of compensation under this subsection may be made only on the 
basis of his Federal service and Federal wages.
    (b) A Federal employee whose claim for compensation under subsection 
(a) of this section is denied is entitled to a fair hearing under 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary. A final determination by the 
Secretary with respect to entitlement to compensation under this section 
is subject to review by the courts in the same manner and to the same 
extent as is provided by section 405(g) of title 42.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 587; Pub. L. 90-83, Sec. 1(87), 
Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 218; Pub. L. 94-566, title I, Sec. 116(e)(2), 
Oct. 20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2673.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
                                1966 Act
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     42 U.S.C. 1363.               Sept. 1, 1954, ch.
                                                    1212, Sec.  4(a)
                                                    ``Sec. 1503'', 68
                                                    Stat. 1132.
                     ............................  Sept. 13, 1960, Pub.
                                                    L. 86-778, Sec.
                                                    542(b)(1)(B), (C),
                                                    (c)(1), 74 Stat.
                                                    986.
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    In subsections (a) and (b), the words ``with respect to unemployment 
after December 31, 1954'' are omitted as obsolete.
    In subsection (b), the last sentence is added on authority of the 
last sentence of former section 1362(b), which section is carried into 
section 8502.
    In subsection (c), the words ``with respect to final decisions of 
the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under subchapter II of 
this chapter'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

                                1967 Act
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                                                    Source (Statutes at
 Section of title 5       Source (U.S. Code)               Large)
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8503(b)............  [Uncodified].                 Sept. 13, 1960, Pub.
                                                    L. 86-778, Sec.
                                                    542(a)(1), 74 Stat.
                                                    985.
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    This section also amends 5 U.S.C. 8503 to eliminate certain 
provisions that are now obsolete. The obsolete provisions were based on 
section 542(b)(1)(B) and (C) of the act of September 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 
986, that amended section 1503 (a) and (b) of the Social Security Act 
effective January 1, 1961, but only in the case of weeks of unemployment 
beginning before January 1, 1966. Any existing rights are preserved by 
section 7 of this bill.


                               Amendments

    1976--Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 94-566, Sec. 116(e)(2), 
redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and substituted ``subsection (a)'' for 
``subsection (a) or (b)''. Former subsec. (b), which made special 
provision for Federal employees whose Federal service and Federal wages 
were assigned to the Virgin Islands, was struck out.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94-566, Sec. 116(e)(2)(A), struck out subsec. 
(d) which authorized the Secretary to use the personnel and facilities 
of the agency in the Virgin Islands cooperating with the United States 
Employment Service.


                    Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 94-566 applicable with respect to benefit years 
beginning on or after later of Oct. 1, 1976, or first day of first week 
for which compensation becomes payable under an unemployment 
compensation law of Virgin Islands which is approved by Secretary of 
Labor under section 3304(a) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, see 
section 116(f)(3) of Pub. L. 94-566, set out as a note under section 
3304 of Title 26.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 8507, 8523 of this title.
