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(D) by striking out "(a)" in the penultimate sentence of subsection (e); and

(E) by inserting "or recording device" immediately after "stenographer" in the second sentence of subsection (f).

85 STAT, 772

(41) Section 13 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 46-313) is amended 57 Stat. 118. (A) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:

"(e) FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATION. (1) In the administration of this Act, the Board shall cooperate with the Department of Labor to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this Act, and shall take such action, through the adoption of appropriate rules, regulations, administrative methods, and standards, as may be necessary to secure to the District and its citizens all advantages available under the provisions of the Social Security Act that relate to unemployment compensation, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, the WagnerPeyser Act, and the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, or other Manpower Acts.

(2) In the administration of the provisions in section 7(g) of this Act, which are enacted to conform with the requirements of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, the Board shall take such action as may be necessary (A) to ensure that the provisions are so interpreted and applied as to meet the requirements of such Federal Act as interpreted by the Department of Labor, and (B) to secure to the District the full reimbursement of the Federal share of extended and regular benefits paid under this Act that are reimbursable under the Federal Act." and (B) by striking out "the District of Columbia" in the third sentence of subsection (f) and inserting in lieu thereof "any State".

49 Stat. 620.

42 USC 1305. 68A Stat. 439;

84 Stat. 695. 26 USC 3301.

48 Stat. 113. 29 USC 49 et seg.

84 Stat. 708.

26 USC 3304 notes.

Ante, p. 768.

Administrative

(42) Section 14 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 46-314) is amended (A) by inserting the subsection designation "(a)" immediately expenses. before "All";

(B) by striking out "$40" in such subsection (a) and inserting

in lieu thereof "$65"; and

(C) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

"(b) (1) There is hereby created a special deposit fund in the Treas- Special Adminury of the United States, separate and apart from the District Unem- istrative ployment Fund, to be known as the Special Administrative Expense Expense Fund. Fund. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this Act, (A) interest and penalties collected from employers, and dishonored check

penalties authorized by Public Law 89-208 (79 Stat. 844), shall after D.C. Code 1January 31, 1972, be deposited into the clearing account in the District 264. Unemployment Fund in the Treasury of the United States for clearance only and shall not, except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, be deemed a part of the District Unemployment Fund; (B) thereafter, during each calendar quarter, there shall be transferred Funds, from the clearing account to such Special Administrative Expense transfer. Fund all moneys described in subparagraph (A) of this subsection collected during the preceding quarter; and (C) refunds of such Refunds. moneys paid into the Special Administrative Expense Fund shall be made from such fund.

"(2) Said moneys shall not be expended or available for expendi- Expenditure, ture in any manner which would permit their substitution for, or a restriction. corresponding reduction in, Federal funds which would, in the absence of said moneys, be available to finance expenditures for the administration of this Act. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent said moneys from being used as a revolving fund to cover expenditures, necessary and proper under the law, for which Federal funds have been duly requested but not yet received, subject to the charging of such expenditures against such funds when received. The moneys in this fund shall be used by the Board for the payment of costs of administration which are found by the Board not to be proper and valid charges payable out of Federal grants or other funds received

85 STAT. 773 Audit.

Funds,

availability.

Transfer.

Investment.

74 Stat. 976. 42 USC 1104.

68 Stat. 996.

Reciprocal arrangements. 57 Stat. 121.

for the administration of this Act. All such payments of expenses shall be made by checks drawn by the Board and shall be subject to audit by the District in the same manner as are payments of other expenses of the District.

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(3) No expenditure of this fund shall be made unless and until the Board by resolution duly entered in its minutes finds that no other funds are available or can properly be used to finance such expenditures. Vouchers drawn to pay expenditures of this fund shall, among other things, include a duly certified copy of the resolution of the Board herein before referred to.

"(4) The moneys in this fund shall be continuously available to the Board for expenditures and refunds in accordance with the provisions of this subsection and shall not lapse at any time or be transferred to any other fund or account except as herein provided. If, on June 30 of any calendar year, the balance in this fund exceeds $250,000 by $1,000 or more, the Board shall transfer such excess to the Unemployment Trust Fund. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest such portion of this fund in excess of $10,000 at the end of each month. Such investments shall be made in the same manner as provided in section 904 of the Social Security Act. The interest on, and the proceeds from, the sale of redemptions or any obligations held in this fund shall be credited to and form a part of this fund."

(43) Section 15 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 46-315) is amended by striking out "$25" in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof "$50". (44) Section 16 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 46-316) is amended to read as follows:

"(a) The Board is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other States or of the Federal Government, or both, whereby services performed by an individual for a single employing unit for which services are customarily performed by such individual in more than one State shall be deemed to be services performed entirely within any one of the States (1) in which any part of such individual's service is performed or (2) in which such individual has his residence or (3) in which the employing unit maintains a place of business, provided there is in effect, as to such services, an election, approved by the agency charged with the administration of such State's unemploymentcompensation law, pursuant to which all the services performed by such individual for such employing unit are deemed to be performed entirely within such State.

"(b) The Board is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other States or of the Federal Government, or both, whereby potential rights to benefits accumulated under the unemployment-compensation laws of one or more States or under one or more such laws of the Federal Government, or both, may constitute the basis for the payment of benefits through a single appropriate agency under terms which the Board finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected interests and will not result in any substantial loss to the fund.

"(c) The Board shall participate in any arrangements for the payment of compensation on the basis of combining an individual's wages and employment covered under this Act with his wages and employment covered under the unemployment-compensation laws of other States which are approved by the Secretary of Labor in consultation with the State unemployment-compensation agencies as reasonably calculated to assure the prompt and full payment of compensation in such situations and which include provisions for (1) applying the base period of a single State law to a claim involving the combining of an individual's wages and employment covered under two or more State unemployment-compensation laws, and (2) avoiding the duplicate use of wages and employment by reason of such combining.

"(d) The Board is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other States or of the Federal Government, or both, whereby contributions due under this Act with respect to wages for employment shall for the purposes of section of this Act be deemed to have been paid to the fund as of the date payment was made as contributions therefor under another State or Federal unemployment-compensation law, but no such arrangement shall be entered into unless it contains provisions for such reimbursement to the fund of such contributions and the actual earnings thereon as the Board finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected interests.

"(e) Reimbursements paid from the fund pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be deemed to be benefits for the purpose of sections 6, 7, and 8 of this Act. The Board is authorized to make to other State or Federal agencies and to receive from such other State or Federal agencies reimbursements from or to the fund, in accordance with arrangements entered into pursuant to this section.

"(f) The administration of this Act and of State and Federal unemployment-compensation and public-employment-service laws will be promoted by cooperation between the District and such States and the appropriate Federal agencies in exchanging services and making available facilities and information. The Board is therefore authorized to make such investigations, secure and transmit such information, make available such services and facilities, and exercise such of the other powers provided herein with respect to the administration of this Act as it deems necessary or appropriate to facilitate the administration of any such unemployment-compensation or public-employment-service law, and in like manner to accept and utilize information, services, and facilities made available to the District by the agency charged with the administration of any such other unemployment-compensation or public-employment-service law.

85 STAT. 774

Ante, p. 767.

Reimbursements.

57 Stat. 112. D.C. Code 46306 to 46-308.

Investigations, authorization.

"(g) To the extent permissible under the laws and Constitution of USC prec. the United States, the Board is authorized to enter into or cooperate in title 1. arrangements whereby facilities and services provided under this Act and facilities and services provided under the unemployment-compensation law of any foreign government may be utilized for the taking of claims and the payment of benefits under the employment-security law of the District or under a similar law of such government.'

SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on January 1, 1972, except that the amendments made by sections 2(35) and 2(36) of this Act shall take effect only with respect to benefit years that begin on or after January 2, 1972. Approved December 22, 1971.

Effective

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT No. 92-723 accompanying H. R. 10237 (Comm. on the District
of Columbia).

SENATE REPORT No. 92-563 (Comm. on the District of Columbia).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 117 (1971):

Dec. 9, considered and passed Senate.

Dec. 13, considered and passed House, in lieu of H. R. 10237.

Public Law 92-223
92nd Congress, H. R. 10604
December 28, 1971

An Act

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to permit the payment of the lumpsum death payment to pay the burial and memorial services expenses and related expenses for an insured individual whose body is unavailable for burial.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the second sentence of section 202 (i) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (2), by renumbering clause (3) as clause (4), and by inserting after clause (2) the following new

clause:

"(3) if the body of such insured individual is not available for burial but expenses were incurred with respect to such individual in connection with a memorial service, a memorial marker, a site for the marker, or any other item of a kind for which expenses are customarily incurred in connection with a death and such expenses have been paid, to any person or persons, equitably entitled thereto, to the extent and in the proportions that he or they shall have paid such expenses; or".

(b) The second sentence of section 202(i) of such Act is further amended by striking out "clauses (1) and (2)" in the clause renumbered as clause (4) by subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "clauses (1), (2), and (3)".

SEC. 2. The amendments made by the first section of this Act shall be effective only in the case of lump-sum death payments under title II of the Social Security Act made with respect to deaths which occur after December 31, 1970.

IMPROVEMENT OF WORK INCENTIVE PROGRAM

Social Security Act, amendments. 74 Stat. 947.

42 USC 402.

Memorial service expenses.

Effective date.

70 Stat. 819.

42 USC 401.
85 STAT. 802.
85 STAT. 803.

81 Stat. 877. 42 USC 602.

SEC. 3. (a) (1) Section 402 (a) (15) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: "(15) provide (A) for the development of a program, for each appropriate relative and dependent child receiving aid under the plan and for each appropriate individual (living in the same home as a relative and child receiving such aid) whose needs are taken into account in making the determination under clause (7), 81 Stat. 881. for preventing or reducing the incidence of births out of wedlock and otherwise strengthening family life, and for implementing such program by assuring that in all appropriate cases family planning services are offered to them, but acceptance of family planning services provided under the plan shall be voluntary on the part of such members and individuals and shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for or the receipt of any other service under the plan; and (B) to the extent that services provided under this clause or clause (14) are furnished by the staff of the State agency or the local agency administering the State plan in each of the political subdivisions of the State, for the establishment of a single organizational unit in such State or local agency, as the case may be, responsible for the furnishing of such services;

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(2) Section 402(a) (19) (A) of such Act is amended to read as Registration. follows:

"(A) that every individual, as a condition of eligibility for aid under this part, shall register for manpower services, training, and employment as provided by regulations of the Secretary of Labor, unless such individual is—

“(i) a child who is under age 16 or attending school full
time;
"(ii) a person who is ill, incapacitated, or of advanced age;

81 Stat. 890.

81 Stat. 885. 42 USC 633.

85 STAT. 803 85 STAT. 804

81 Stat. 890. 42 USC 602.

Infra.

Repeal.

Post, p. 806.

42 USC 630.

Post, p. 807.

"(iii) a person so remote from a work incentive project that his effective participation is precluded;

"(iv) a person whose presence in the home is required because of illness or incapacity of another member of the household;

"(v) a mother or other relative of a child under the age of six who is caring for the child; or

"(vi) the mother or other female caretaker of a child, if the father or another adult male relative is in the home and not excluded by clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of this subparagraph (unless he has failed to register as required by this subparagraph, or has been found by the Secretary of Labor under section 433 (g) to have refused without good cause to participate under a work incentive program or accept employment as described in subparagraph (F) of this paragraph);

and that any individual referred to in clause (v) shall be advised of her option to register, if she so desires, pursuant to this paragraph, and shall be informed of the child care services (if any) which will be available to her in the event she should decide so to register;".

(3) Section 402(a) (19) (B) of such Act is amended by striking out "by reason of such referral" and inserting in lieu thereof "by reason of such registration or the individual's certification to the Secretary of Labor under subparagraph (G) of this paragraph,".

(4) Section 402 (a) (19) (C) of such Act is amended by striking out "20 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "10 per centum".

(5) Section 402 (a) (19) of such Act is further amended by striking out subparagraph (E).

(6) (1) The parenthetical clause in section 402 (a) (19) (F) of such Act is amended by striking out "referred to the Secretary of Labor pursuant to subparagraph (A) (i) and (ii) and section 407 (b) (2)" and inserting in lieu thereof "certified to the Secretary of Labor pursuant to subparagraph (G)”.

(ii) Section 402 (a) (19) (F) of such Act is further amended by adding "and" after the semicolon at the end of clause (iv) thereof. (7) Section 402 (a) (19) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph:

"(G) that the State agency will have in effect a special program which (i) will be administered by a separate administrative unit and the employees of which will, to the maximum extent feasible, perform services only in connection with the administration of such program, (ii) will provide (through arrangements with others or otherwise) for individuals who have been registered pursuant to subparagraph (A), in accordance with the order of priority listed in section 433 (a), such health, vocational rehabilitation, counseling, child care, and other social and supportive services as are necessary to enable such individuals to accept employment or receive manpower training provided under part Č, and will, when arrangements have been made to provide necessary supportive services, including child care, certify to the Secretary of Labor those individuals who are ready for employment or training under part C, (iii) will participate in the development of operational and employability plans under section 433(b); and (iv) provides for purposes of

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