DELAY IN EFFECTIVE DATES WHERE STATE LEGISLATURE DOES NOT MEET IN 1977.

SEC. 301. DELAY IN EFFECTIVE DATES WHERE STATE LEGISLATURE DOES NOT MEET IN 1977. (a) Coverage of Certain Service Performed for Nonprofit Organizations and for State and Local Governments.—Subsection (d) of section 115 of the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976 is amended to read as follows: “(d) Effective Date.— “(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to certifications of States for 1978 and subsequent years; except that— “(A) the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall only apply with respect to services performed after December 31, 1977; and “(B) the amendments made by subsection (c) shall only apply with respect to weeks of unemployment which begin after December 31, 1977. “(2) In the case of any State the legislature of which does not meet in a regular session which closes during the calendar year 1977, the amendments made by subsection (c) shall only apply with respect to weeks of unemployment which begin after December 31, 1978 (or if earlier, the date provided by State law).” (b) Pregnancy Disqualifications.—Subsection (c) of section 312 of the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976 is amended to read as follows: “(c) Effective Date.— “(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to certifications of States for 1978 and subsequent years. “(2) In the case of any State the legislature of which does 91 STAT. 44 not meet in a regular session which closes during the calendar year 1977, the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to the certification of such State for 1979 and subsequent years.” (c) Election of Local Governments To Use Reimbursement Method.—Subsection (c) of section 506 of the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976 is amended to read as follows: “(c) Effective Date.— “(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to certifications of States for 1978 and subsequent years, but only with respect to services performed after December 31, 1977. “(2) In the case of any State the legislature of which does not meet in a regular session which closes during the calendar year 1977, the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to the certification of such State for 1979 and subsequent years, but only with respect to services performed after December 31, 1978.” (d) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 20, 1976.