§ 8509. Federal Employees Compensation Account

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. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–499 title X § 1023(b) · 94 Stat. 2599

   Enacted · 5 U.S.C. § 8509

   Added Pub. L. 96–499, title X, § 1023(b), Dec. 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 2657

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 96–499, title X, § 1023(b), Dec. 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 2657

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Subchapter I of chapter 85, title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 8509. Federal Employees Compensation Account “(a) The Federal Employees Compensation Account (as established by section 909 of the Social Security Act, and hereafter in this section Supra. referred to as the ‘Account’) in the Unemployment Trust Fund (as established by section 904 of such Act) shall consist of— 42 USC 1104. “(1) funds appropriated to or transferred thereto, and “(2) amounts deposited therein pursuant to subsection (c). “(b) Moneys in the Account shall be available only for the purpose of making payments to States pursuant to agreements entered into under this subchapter and making payments of compensation under this subchapter in States which do not have in effect such an agreement. “(c) (1) Each employing agency shall deposit into the Account amounts equal to the expenditures incurred under this subchapter on account of Federal service performed by employees and former employees of that agency. “(2) Deposits required by paragraph (1) shall be made during each calendar quarter and the amount of the deposit to be made by any employing agency during any quarter shall be based on a determination by the Secretary of Labor as to the amounts of payments, made prior to such quarter from the Account based on Federal service performed by employees of such agency after December 31, 1980, with respect to which deposit has not previously been made. The amount to be deposited by any employing agency during any calendar quarter shall be adjusted to take account of any overpayment or underpayment of deposit during any previous quarter for which adjustment has not already been made. “(d) The Secretary of Labor shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount of the deposit which each employing agency is required to make to the Account during any calendar quarter, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall notify the Secretary of Labor as to the date and amount of any deposit made to such Account by any such agency. “(e) Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year which begins October 1, 1981) the Secretary of Labor shall estimate— “(1) the amount of expenditures which will be made from the Account during such year, and “(2) the amount of funds which will be available during such year for the making of such expenditures, and if, on the basis of such estimate, he determines that the amount described in paragraph (2) is in excess of the amount necessary— “(3) to meet the expenditures described in paragraph (1), and “(4) to provide a reasonable contingency fund so as to assure that there will, during all times in such year, be sufficient sums available in the Account to meet the expenditures described in paragraph (1), he shall certify the amount of such excess to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer, from the Account to the general fund of the Treasury, an amount equal to such excess. “(f) The Secretary of Labor is authorized to establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this section. “(g) Any funds appropriated after the establishment of the Account, for the making of payments for which expenditures are authorized to be made from moneys in the Account, shall be made to the Account; and there are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Account, from time to time, such sums as may be necessary to assure that there will, at all times, be sufficient sums available in the Account to meet the expenditures authorized to be made from moneys therein.”.

2. 1982

   Pub. L. 97–362 § 202(a)(1) · 96 Stat. 1726

   Substituted · 5 U.S.C. § 8509(b); 5 U.S.C. § 8509(c)(1)

   Pub. L. 97–362, § 202(a)(1), substituted “chapter” for “subchapter” wherever appearing

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (b), (c)(1). Pub. L. 97–362, § 202(a)(1), substituted “chapter” for “subchapter” wherever appearing.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Subsections (b) and (c)(1) of section 8509 of title 5, United States Code, are each amended by striking out “subchapter” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “chapter”.

3. 1982

   Pub. L. 97–362 § 202(a)(2) · 96 Stat. 1726

   Added · 5 U.S.C. § 8509(h)

   Pub. L. 97–362, § 202(a)(2), added subsec. (h)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 97–362, § 202(a)(2), added subsec. (h).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) Section 8509 of such title 5 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(h) For purposes of this section, the term ‘Federal service’ includes Federal service as defined in section 8521(a).” Ante, p. 1732.

4. 1992

   Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992

   Pub. L. 102–318 title V § 532(a) · 106 Stat. 290

   Added · 5 U.S.C. § 8509(c)(3)

   Pub. L. 102–318 added par. (3)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 102–318 added par. (3).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) General Rule.— Subsection (c) of section 8509 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(3) If any Federal agency does not deposit in the Federal Employees Compensation Account any amount before the date 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Labor has notified such agency that it is required to so deposit such amount, the Secretary of Labor shall notify the Secretary of the Treasury of the failure to make such deposit and the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer such amount to the Federal Employees Compensation Account from amounts otherwise appropriated to such Federal agency.”

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 102–318, title V, § 532(b), July 3, 1992, 106 Stat. 317, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to failures outstanding on the date of the enactment of this Act [July 3, 1992] or at any time thereafter.”

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