weekly benefit amount

weekly benefit amount Sec. 205. (a) The amount of assistance under this title to which an eligible individual shall be entitled for a week of unemployment shall88 Stat. 1852 be the weekly benefit amount for a week of unemployment that would be payable to the individual as regular compensation as computed under the provisions of the applicable State unemployment compensation law: Provided, That in computing the weekly benefit amount under this subsection the individual’s base year, notwithstanding the State law, shall be the fifty-two-week period preceding the first week with respect to which the individual: (1) files a claim for assistance or waiting period credit under this title; (2) is totally or partially unemployed; and (3) meets the qualifying employment and wage requirements of subsection (a) of section 203; and for the purpose of this proviso employment and wages which are not covered by the applicable State unemployment compensation law shall be treated as though they were covered, except that employment and wages covered by any State or Federal unemployment compensation law, including the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), shall be excluded to the extent that the individual is or was entitled to compensation for unemployment thereunder on the basis of such employment and wages. (b) Notwithstanding any provisions of State law, claims for assistance under this title may be determined, where an employment record is not available, on the basis of an affidavit submitted by an applicant. If an applicant knowingly provides false information in such affidavit, he shall be ineligible for any assistance under this title and shall, in addition, be subject to prosecution under section 1001 of title 18, United States Code.