Payment of Compensation

Payment of Compensation eligibility Sec. 101. (a) (1) Payment of temporary unemployment compensation under this Act shall be made, for any week of unemployment which begins on or after the fifteenth day after the date of the enactment of this Act and before April 1, 1959, to individuals who have, after June 30, 1957 (or after such later date as may be specified pursuant to section 102 (b)), exhausted (within the meaning prescribed by the Secretary by regulations) all rights under the unemployment compensation laws referred to in paragraph (3) and who have no rights to unemployment compensation with respect to such week under any such law or under any other Federal or State unemployment compensation law. (2) Except as provided in section 103, payment of temporary unemployment compensation under this Act shall be made only pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 102 and only for weeks of unemployment beginning after the date on which the agreement is entered into. (3) The unemployment compensation laws referred to in this paragraph are: (A) Any unemployment compensation law of a State. (B) Title XV of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1361 et seq.). (C) Title IV of the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, as amended (38 U. S. C. 991 et seq.). maximum aggregate amount payable (b) The maximum aggregate amount of temporary unemployment compensation payable to any individual under this Act shall be an amount equal to 50 per centum of the total amount (including allowances for dependents, but excluding any temporary additional unemployment benefits) which was payable to him, under the unemployment compensation law or laws referred to in subsection (a)(3) under which he last exhausted his rights before making his first claim under this Act, for the benefit year with respect to which this last exhaustion occurred: Provided, however, That the amount so payable shall be reduced by the amount of any temporary additional unemployment compensation payable to him under the unemployment compensation law of any State. The term “benefit year” means the benefit year as defined in the applicable State unemployment compensation law;72 Stat. 172 except that, if such law does not define a benefit year, then such term means the period prescribed by the Secretary. weekly benefit amount (c) The temporary unemployment compensation payable to an individual under this Act for a week of total unemployment shall be the weekly benefit amount (including allowances for dependents) for total unemployment which was payable to him pursuant to the unemployment compensation law or laws referred to in subsection (a)(3) under which he most recently exhausted his rights. The temporary unemployment compensation payable to an individual under this Act for a week of less than total unemployment shall be computed on the basis of such weekly benefit amount. application of state laws (d) Except where inconsistent with the provisions of this title, the terms and conditions of the unemployment compensation law or laws referred to in subsection (a)(3) under which an individual most recently exhausted his rights shall be applicable to his claims for temporary unemployment compensation under this Act and to the payment thereof.