federal employees and ex-servicemen

federal employees and ex-servicemen Sec. 542. (a) (1) Effective with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after December 31, 1965, section 1503(b) of such Act is amended by striking out “Puerto Rico or”. (2) Effective with respect to first claims filed after December 31, 1965, paragraph (3) of section 1504 of such Act is amended by striking out “Puerto Rico or” wherever appearing therein. (b) (1) Effective on and after January 1, 1961 (but only in the case of weeks of unemployment beginning before January 1, 1966)— (A) Section 1502(b) of such Act is amended by striking out “(b) Any” and inserting in lieu thereof “(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any”, and by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(2) In the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the agreement shall provide that compensation will be paid by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to any Federal employee whose Federal service and Federal wages are assigned under section 1504 to such Commonwealth, with respect to unemployment after December 31, 1960 (but only in the case of weeks of unemployment beginning before January 1, 1966), in the same amount, on the same terms, and subject to the same conditions as the compensation which would be pavable to such employee under the unemployment compensation law of the District of Columbia if such employee’s Federal service and Federal wages had been included as employment and wages under such law, except that if such employee, without regard to his Federal service and Federal wages, has employment or wages sufficient to qualify for any compensation during the benefit year under such law, then payments of compensation under this subsection shall be made only on the basis74 Stat. 986 of his Federal service and Federal wages. In applying this paragraph or subsection (b) of section 1503, as the case may be, employment and wages under the unemployment compensation law of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall not be combined with Federal service or Federal wages.” (B) Section 1503(a) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “For the purposes of this subsection, the term ‘State’ does not include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.” (C) Section 1503(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “This subsection shall apply in respect of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico only if such Commonwealth does not have an agreement under this title with the Secretary.” (2) Effective on and after January 1, 1961 (but only in the case of first claims filed before January 1, 1966), section 1504 of such Act is amended by adding after and below paragraph (3) the following: “For the purposes of paragraph (2), the term ‘United States’ does not include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.” (c) Effective on and after January 1, 1961— (1) section 1503(d) of such Act is amended by striking out “Puerto Rico and”, and by striking out “agencies” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “agency”; and (2) section 1511(e) of such Act is amended by striking out “Puerto Rico or”. (d) The last sentence of section 1501(a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: “For the purpose of paragraph (5) of this subsection, the term ‘United States when used in the geographical sense means the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.”