Assignment of Federal service and wages

§ 8504. Assignment of Federal service and wages Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, the Federal service and Federal wages of a Federal employee shall be assigned to the State in which he had his last official station in Federal service before the filing of his first claim for compensation for the benefit year. However— (1) if, at the time of filing his first claim, he resides in another State in which he performed, after the termination of his Federal service, service covered under the unemployment compensation law of the other State, his Federal service and Federal wages shall be assigned to the other State; (2) if his last official station in Federal service, before filing his first claim, was outside the United States, his Federal service and Federal wages shall be assigned to the State where he resides at the time he files his first claim; and (3) if his first claim is filed— (A) before January 1, 1966, while he is residing in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: or (B) while he is residing in the Virgin Islands; his Federal service and Federal wages shall be assigned to the one in which he resides. In the case of a first claim filed before January 1, 1966. “United States” in paragraph (2) of this section does not include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.