maximum benefit amount

maximum benefit amount Sec. 206. The maximum amount of assistance under this title which note an eligible individual shall be entitled to receive shall be the maximum amount of regular compensation that would be payable to such individual as computed under the provisions of the applicable State unemployment compensation law, but not exceeding twenty-six times the weekly benefit amount payable to the individual for a week of total unemployment as determined under subsection (a) of section 205: Provided, That for the purposes of 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 section 203(a); and for the purpose of this proviso employment and wages which are not covered by the State 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.