payments to states

payments to states Sec. 403. (a) Each State shall be entitled to be paid by the United States an amount equal to the payments of compensation made by such State under and in accordance with an agreement under this title. (b) In making payments pursuant to subsection (a) of this section there shall be paid to the State, either in advance or by way’ of reimbursement, as may be determined by the Secretary, such sum as the Secretary estimates the State will be entitled to receive under this title for each calendar month, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum by which the Secretary finds that his 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 upon the basis of such statistical, sampling, or other method as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the State agency. (c) The Secretary shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State sums payable to such State under this section. The Secretary of the Treasury, prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall make payment to the State in accordance with such certification, from the funds for carrying out the purposes of this title. (d) All money paid to a State under this title shall be used solely for the purposes for which it is paid; and any money so paid which is not used for such purposes shall be returned, at the time specified in the agreement under this title, to the Treasury and credited to current applicable appropriations, funds, or accounts from which payments to States under this title may be made. (e) An agreement under this title may require any officer or employee of the State certifying payments or disbursing funds pursuant to the agreement, or otherwise participating in its performance, to give a surety bond to the United States in such amount as the 66 Stat. 686Secretary may deem necessary, and may provide for the payment of the cost of such bond from funds for carrying out the purposes of this title. (f) No person designated by the Secretary, or designated pursuant to an agreement under this title, as a certifying officer, shall, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the United States, be liable with respect to the payment of any compensation certified by him under this title, (g) No disbursing officer shall, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the United States, be liable with respect to any payment by him under this title if it was based upon a voucher signed by a certifying officer designated as provided in subsection (f) of this section. (h) For the purpose of payments made to a State under title III of the Social Security Act, administration by the State agency of such State pursuant to an agreement under this title, shall be deemed to be a part of the administration of the State unemployment compensation law. (i) Until such time as funds are appropriated to carry out the provisions of this title, any funds available to the Department of Labor for “Grants to States for unemployment compensation and employment service administration” are hereby made available for expenditures necessary to carry out the provisions of this title: Provided, That any such expenditures made or obligations incurred shall be adjusted and charged to any applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a law is enacted which contains such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization.