Payments to States
In general
section 3306(v) of title 26Subject to paragraph (3), there shall be paid to a State an amount equal to 100 percent of the amount of short-time compensation paid under a short-time compensation program (as defined in ) under the provisions of the State law.
Terms of payments
Payments made to a State under paragraph (1) shall be payable by way of reimbursement in such amounts as the Secretary estimates the State will be entitled to receive under this section for each calendar month, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any amount by which the Secretary finds that the Secretary’s estimates for any prior calendar month were greater or less than the amounts which should have been paid to the State. Such estimates may be made on the basis of such statistical, sampling, or other method as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the State agency of the State involved.
Limitations on payments
General payment limitations
No payments shall be made to a State under this section for short-time compensation paid to an individual by the State during a benefit year in excess of 26 times the amount of regular compensation (including dependents’ allowances) under the State law payable to such individual for a week of total unemployment.
Employer limitations
No payments shall be made to a State under this section for benefits paid to an individual by the State under a short-time compensation program if such individual is employed by the participating employer on a seasonal, temporary, or intermittent basis.
Applicability
New programs
section 3306(v) of title 26Subject to subsection (b)(2), if at any point after , the State enacts a State law providing for the payment of short-time compensation under a short-time compensation program that meets the definition of such a program under , the State shall be eligible for payments under this section after the effective date of such enactment.
Funding and certifications
Funding
There are appropriated, out of moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for purposes of carrying out this section.
Certifications
The Secretary shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State the sums payable to such State under this section.
Definitions
Secretary
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.
State; State agency; State law
26 U.S.C. 3304The terms “State”, “State agency”, and “State law” have the meanings given those terms in section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 ( note).
Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title II, § 2108134 Stat. 328Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title II, § 207134 Stat. 1956Pub. L. 117–2, title IX, § 9017135 Stat. 120(, , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 205 of Pub. L. 91–373section 3304 of Title 26Section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, referred to in subsec. (e)(2), is , which is set out in a note under , Internal Revenue Code.
Codification
section 2108 of Pub. L. 116–136section 2108 of Pub. L. 116–136section 3306 of Title 26Section is comprised of . Subsec. (f) of amended , Internal Revenue Code.
Amendments
Pub. L. 117–22021—Subsec. (b)(2). substituted “” for “”.
Pub. L. 116–2602020—Subsec. (b)(2). substituted “” for “”.