Department of Labor

Department of Labor Bureau of Employment Security temporary unemployment compensation For carrying into effect the provisions of the Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958, $665,700,000, of which (a) $640,000,000 shall be for payment of temporary unemployment compensation to claimants as authorized by title I of the Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958; (b) $25,100,000 shall be for the general administration of the temporary unemployment compensation program by the States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; and (c) $600,000 shall be for expenses necessary for the general administration by the Department of Labor of the temporary unemployment compensation program, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5U.S. C. 55a)(not to exceed $10,000), reimbursement to the States for salaries and other expenses of State employees temporarily assigned or detailed to duty with the Bureau of Employment Security, and direct payments for travel expenses, transportation of household goods, and per diem in lieu of subsistence while away from their regular duty stations in the States, at rates authorized by law for Federal employees: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available from the date of enactment of the Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958, and any obligations incurred between such date and the date of enactment of this Act are hereby ratified and confirmed if otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That this appropriation shall remain available until April 30, 1959: Provided further, That notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no part of any funds appropriated by this Act and expended for administrative costs in the payment of benefits pursuant to the Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958 to persons who exhausted their rights to benefits under title XV of the Social Security Act, as amended, or title IV of the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, as amended, shall be included in any computations required under section 104 (a) of said Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958.