§ 5177. Unemployment assistance

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1974

   Pub. L. 93–288 title IV § 410 · 88 Stat. 143

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5177

   Pub. L. 93–288, title IV, § 410, formerly § 407, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 156

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 93–288, title IV, § 410, formerly § 407, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 156

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 410. (a) The President is authorized and directed to assure Emergency mass feeding. 42 USC 5180. that adequate stocks of food will be ready and conveniently available for emergency mass feeding or distribution in any area of the United States which suffers a major disaster or emergency. (b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall utilize funds appropriated under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), to purchase food commodities necessary to provide adequate supplies for use in any area of the United States in the event of a major disaster or emergency in such area.

2. 1988

   The Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Amendments of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–707 § 106(f)(1) · 102 Stat. 4689

   1. Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 5177(a)

      Pub. L. 100–707, § 106(f)(1)–(3), inserted “for the weeks of such unemployment with respect to which the individual is not entitled to any other unemployment compensation (as that term is defined in section 85(b) of title 26) or waiting period credit” for “is unemployed” before period at end of first sentence

   2. Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 5177(a)

      Pub. L. 100–707, § 106(f)(1)–(3), substituted “26 weeks” for “one year” in second sentence

   3. Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 5177(a)

      Pub. L. 100–707, § 106(f)(1)–(3), substituted “occurred” for “occurred, and the amount of assistance under this section to any such individual for a week of unemployment shall be reduced by any amount of unemployment compensation or of private income protection insurance compensation available to such individual for such week of unemployment” in third sentence

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–707, § 106(f)(1)–(3), inserted “for the weeks of such unemployment with respect to which the individual is not entitled to any other unemployment compensation (as that term is defined in section 85(b) of title 26) or waiting period credit” for “is unemployed” before period at end of first sentence, substituted “26 weeks” for “one year” in second sentence, and substituted “occurred” for “occurred, and the amount of assistance under this section to any such individual for a week of unemployment shall be reduced by any amount of unemployment compensation or of private income protection insurance compensation available to such individual for such week of unemployment” in third sentence.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Entitlement to other compensation.— The first sentence of subsection (a) is amended by inserting “for the weeks of such unemployment with respect to which the individual is not entitled to any other unemployment compensation (as that term is defined in section 85(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) or waiting period credit” after “is unemployed”.

3. 1988

   The Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Amendments of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–707 § 106(f)(4) · 102 Stat. 4689

   1. Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 5177(b)

      Pub. L. 100–707, § 106(f)(4), inserted heading

   2. Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 5177(b)

      Pub. L. 100–707, § 106(f)(4), amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The President is further authorized for the purposes of this chapter to provide reemployment assistance services under other laws to individuals who are unemployed as a result of a major disaster.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–707, § 106(f)(4), inserted heading and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The President is further authorized for the purposes of this chapter to provide reemployment assistance services under other laws to individuals who are unemployed as a result of a major disaster.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (4) Reemployment assistance.— Subsection (b) is amended to read as follows: “(b) Reemployment Assistance.— “(1) State assistance.— A State shall provide, without reimbursement from any funds provided under this Act, reemployment assistance services under any other law administered by the State to individuals receiving benefits under this section. “(2) Federal assistance.— The President may provide reemployment assistance services under other laws to individuals who are unemployed as a result of a major disaster and who reside in a State which does not provide such services.”.

4. 2024

   Pub. L. 118–44 § 2 · 138 Stat. 455

   Added · 42 U.S.C. § 5177(c)

   Pub. L. 118–44 added subsec. (c)

   Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–44 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–44 added subsec. (c).

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 118–44, § 3, Mar. 18, 2024, 138 Stat. 456, provided that: “The amendment made by section 2 [amending this section] shall apply only with respect to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Mar. 18, 2024].”

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