Public Law 87–7

That this Act may be cited as the “Temporary Extended Railroad Unemployment Insurance Benefits Act of 1961”.

Sec. 2.

An employee as defined in the Railroad Unemployment

53 Stat. 1113.

45 USC 367.

Insurance Act who has, after June 30, 1960, and before April 1, 1962, exhausted (within the meaning prescribed by the Railroad Retirement Board by regulation) his right to unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, shall be paid unemployment benefits in accordance otherwise with the provisions of such Act for days of unemployment, not exceeding sixty-five, and not exceeding in the aggregate, an amount equal to 50 per centum of the total amount of unemployment benefits which were payable to him in the benefit year in which he last exhausted his rights before making his first claim under this Act, which occur in registration periods, as defined in the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, beginning on or after the fifteenth day after the date of enactment of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of

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1961, and before April 1, 1962, and which would not be days with respect to which he would be held entitled otherwise to receive unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Provided, That an employee entitled under this section to benefits for a day before April 1, 1962, may receive such benefits for days in registration periods which begin before July 1, 1962: Provided further, That payment of benefits otherwise provided for in this Act shall not be made with respect to any individual for any day of unemployment to the extent that such payment, when added to the sum of the benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and under this Act paid such individual with respect to prior days in the benefit year, would exceed one hundred and ninety-five times such individual’s daily benefit rate for such benefit year. An employee who has filed, and established, a first claim for benefits under the provisions of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1961, may not thereafter establish a claim under this section, and an employee who has registered for, and established, a claim under this section may not thereafter establish a claim under the provisions of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1961. Except to the extent inconsistent with this section, the provisions of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act shall be applicable in the administration of this section.

Sec. 3.

The Secretary of Labor, upon request, shall furnish the

Secretary of Labor and Railroad Retirement Board, Exchange of information.

Railroad Retirement Board information deemed necessary by such Board for the administration of section 2 hereof, and such Board, upon request, shall furnish the Secretary of Labor information deemed necessary by the Secretary for the administration of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1961.

Sec. 4.

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the railroad

Appropriation.

unemployment insurance account, without fiscal year limitation, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. The amounts so appropriated shall be transferred from time to time to the railroad unemployment insurance account on the basis of estimates by the Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with the Railroad Retirement Board of the amounts required from time to time to carry out the provisions of this Act. Amounts so transferred shall be repayable advances without interest. Such repayable advances shall be repaid by transfers, from the railroad unemployment insurance account to the general fund of the Treasury, at such times as the amount in the railroad unemployment insurance account derived from the increased contributions provided for in section 5 of this Act is determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Railroad Retirement Board, to be adequate for such purpose.

Sec. 5.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8(a)2 of the

Contribution rate.

Increase.

73 Stat. 32.

45 USC 358.

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, the rate of contribution required to be paid under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act by every employer as defined in such Act shall be 4 per centum with respect to compensation as defined in such Act, paid after December 31, 1961, and before January 1, 1964.