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45 U.S.C. § 367 — Short title
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This chapter may be cited as the “Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act”.
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**(a) General rule** There is hereby imposed on every rail employer for each calendar month an excise tax, with respect to having individuals in his employ, equal to 4 percent of the total rail wages paid by him during such month.
**(b) Tax on employee representatives**
(1) **In general** — There is hereby imposed on the income of each employee representative a tax equal to 4 percent of the rail wages paid to him during the calendar month.
(2) **Determination of wages** — The rail wages of an employee representative for purposes of paragraph (1) shall be determined in the same manner and with the same effect as if the employee organization by which such employee representative is employed were a rail employer.
**(c) Termination if loans to railroad unemployment fund repaid** The tax imposed by this section shall not apply to rail wages paid on or after the 1st day of any calendar month if, as of such 1st day, there is—
(1) no balance of transfers made before October 1, 1985, to the railroad unemployment insurance account under section 10(d) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and
(2) no unpaid interest on such transfers.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, added Pub. L. 98–76, title II, § 231(a), Aug. 12, 1983, 97 Stat. 427; amended Pub. L. 99–272, title XIII, § 13301(b), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 326, contained definitions, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 100–647, § 7106(a). See [section 3322 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section3322&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Creation of program** In order to assist in increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of administration of the unemployment compensation program by increasing the number of adequately trained personnel, the Secretary of Labor shall—
(1) provide directly, through State agencies, or through contracts with institutions of higher education or other qualified agencies, organizations, or institutions, programs and courses designed to train individuals to prepare them, or improve their qualifications, for service in the administration of the unemployment compensation program, including claims determinations and adjudication, with such stipends and allowances as may be permitted under regulations of the Secretary;
(2) develop training materials for and provide technical assistance to the State agencies in the operation of their training programs;
(3) under such regulations as he may prescribe, award fellowships and traineeships to persons in the Federal-State employment security agencies, in order to prepare them or improve their qualifications for service in the administration of the unemployment compensation program.
**(b) Repayment of costs** The Secretary may, to the extent that he finds such action to be necessary, prescribe requirements to assure that any person receiving a fellowship, traineeship, stipend or allowance shall repay the costs thereof to the extent that such person fails to serve in the Federal-State employment security program for the period prescribed by the Secretary. The Secretary may relieve any individual of his obligation to so repay, in whole or in part, whenever and to the extent that such repayment would, in his judgment, be inequitable or would be contrary to the purposes of any of the programs established by this section.
**(c) Detai
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**(a) Maintenance of account; authorization of appropriations** The Railroad Retirement Account established by section 15(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 [[45 U.S.C. 228](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section228&num=0&edition=prelim)o(a)] shall continue to be maintained in the Treasury of the United States. There is hereby appropriated to such Account for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, to provide for the payment of benefits to be made from such Account in accordance with the provisions of [section 231f(c)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section231f/c/1&num=0&edition=prelim), and to provide for expenses necessary for the Board in the administration of all provisions of this subchapter, an amount equal to amounts covered into the Treasury (minus refunds) during each fiscal year under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act [[26 U.S.C. 3201](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section3201&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(b) Authorization of appropriations; military service costs and administrative expenses** In addition to the amount appropriated in subsection (a) of this section, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Railroad Retirement Account for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, such amount as the Board determines to be necessary to meet (A) the additional costs, resulting from the crediting of military service under this subchapter, of benefits payable under [section 231a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section231a&num=0&edition=prelim), but only to the extent that such Account is not reimbursed f
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act June 25, 1938, ch. 680, § 17, as added Mar. 24, 1983, Pub. L. 98–8, title I, § 102(a), 97 Stat. 32; amended Nov. 30, 1983, Pub. L. 98–181, title II, § 2005(a), 97 Stat. 1298, related to payment of supplemental employment benefits.
Another section 17 of act June 25, 1938, is classified to [section 367 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section367&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) No waiting week** With respect to any registration period beginning after March 27, 2020, and ending on or before September 6, 2021, subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii) of section 2(a)(1) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act ([45 U.S.C. 352(a)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section352/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall not apply.
**(b) Operating instructions and regulations** The Railroad Retirement Board may prescribe any operating instructions or regulations necessary to carry out this section.
**(c) Funding** Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $50,000,000 to cover the costs of additional benefits payable due to the application of subsection (a). Upon the exhaustion of the funds appropriated under this subsection, subsection (a) shall no longer apply with respect to any registration period beginning after the date of exhaustion of funds.
**(d) Definition of registration period** For purposes of this section, the term “registration period” has the meaning given such term under section 1 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act ([45 U.S.C. 351](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section351&num=0&edition=prelim)).
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**(a) Days for which benefits payable; determination of amount**
(1)
(A) *Payment of Unemployment Benefits.—*
(i) *Generally.—* — Except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, benefits shall be payable to any qualified employee for each day of unemployment in excess of 4 during any registration period within a period of continuing unemployment.
(ii) *Waiting period for first registration period.—* — Benefits shall be payable to any qualified employee for each day of unemployment in excess of 7 during that employee’s first registration period in a period of continuing unemployment if such period of continuing unemployment is the employee’s initial period of continuing unemployment commencing in the benefit year.
(iii) *Strikes.—*
(I) *Initial 14-day waiting period.—* — If the Board finds that a qualified employee has a period of continuing unemployment that includes days of unemployment due to a stoppage of work because of a strike in the establishment, premises, or enterprise at which such employee was last employed, no benefits shall be payable for such employee’s first 14 days of unemployment due to such stoppage of work.
(II) *Subsequent days of unemployment.—* — For subsequent days of unemployment due to the same stoppage of work, benefits shall be payable as provided in clause (i) of this subparagraph.
(III) *Subsequent periods of continuing unemployment.—* — If such period of continuing unemployment ends by reason of clause (v) but the stoppage of work continues, the waiting period established in clause (ii) shall apply to the employee’s first registration period in a new period of continuing unemployment based upon the same stoppage of work.
(iv) *Definition of period of continuing unemployment.—* — Except as limi
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On or before July 1 of 1989, and of each calendar year thereafter, the Railroad Retirement Board shall submit to the Congress a report on the financial status of the railroad unemployment insurance system under various economic and employment assumptions. Such report shall include any recommendation for financing changes which might be advisable, including any adjustment the Railroad Retirement Board recommends regarding the rates of employer contributions.
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**(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 111–139, title I, § 10(a), Feb. 12, 2010, 124 Stat. 21**
**(b) Student loans** For all student loans under part B or D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 [[20 U.S.C. 1071](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1071&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq., 1087a et seq.] made during the period when a sequestration order under [section 904 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section904&num=0&edition=prelim) is in effect as required by section 902 or 903 of this title, origination fees under sections 438(c)(2) and (6) and 455(c) [[20 U.S.C. 1087–1(c)(2)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1087–1/c/2&num=0&edition=prelim), (6), 1087e(c)] and loan processing and issuance fees under section 428(f)(1)(A)(ii) of that Act [[20 U.S.C. 1078(f)(1)(A)(ii)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1078/f/1/A/ii&num=0&edition=prelim)] shall each be increased by the uniform percentage specified in that sequestration order, and, for student loans originated during the period of the sequestration, special allowance payments under section 438(b) of that Act [[20 U.S.C. 1087–1(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1087–1/b&num=0&edition=prelim)] accruing during the period of the sequestration shall be reduced by the uniform percentage specified in that sequestration order.
**(c) Repealed. Pub. L. 111–139, title I, § 10(c), Feb. 12, 2010, 124 Stat. 22**
**(d) Special rules for Medicare program**
(1) **Calculation of reduction in payment amounts** — To achieve the total percentage reduction in those programs required by section 902 or 903 of this title, subject
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For purposes of this part—
(1) The term “adversely affected employment” means employment in a firm or appropriate subdivision of a firm, if workers of such firm or subdivision are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under this part.
(2) The term “adversely affected worker” means an individual who, because of lack of work in adversely affected employment—
(A) has been totally or partially separated from such employment, or
(B) has been totally separated from employment with the firm in a subdivision of which such adversely affected employment exists.
(3) Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title XXV, § 2511(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 888.
(4) The term “average weekly wage” means one-thirteenth of the total wages paid to an individual in the high quarter. For purposes of this computation, the high quarter shall be that quarter in which the individual’s total wages were highest among the first 4 of the last 5 completed calendar quarters immediately before the quarter in which occurs the week with respect to which the computation is made. Such week shall be the week in which total separation occurred, or, in cases where partial separation is claimed, an appropriate week, as defined in regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
(5) The term “average weekly hours” means the average hours worked by the individual (excluding overtime) in the employment from which he has been or claims to have been separated in the 52 weeks (excluding weeks during which the individual was sick or on vacation) preceding the week specified in the last sentence of paragraph (4).
(6) The term “partial separation” means, with respect to an individual who has not been totally separated, that he has had—
(A) his hours of work reduced to 80 percent or less of his average weekly hours in adver
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