110 STAT. 3162 PUBLIC LAW 104-251—OCT. 9, 1996 of continuing unemployment based upon the same stoppage of work. "(iv) DEFINITION OF PERIOD OF CONTINUING UNEMPLOY- MENT.— Except as limited by clause (v), for the purposes of this subparagraph, the term 'period of continuing unemploy- ment' means— "(I) a single registration period that includes more than 4 days of unemployment; "(11) a series of consecutive registration periods, each of which includes more than 4 days of unemployment; or "(III) a series of successive registration periods, each of which includes more than 4 days of unemployment, if each succeeding registration period begins within 15 days after the last day of the immediately preceding registration period. "(v) SPECIAL RULE REGARDING END OF PERIOD. — For purposes of applying clause (ii), a period of continuing unemploy- ment ends when an employee ejdiausts rights to unemployment benefits under subsection (c) of this section. "(vi) LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF BENEFITS.— NO benefits shall be payable to an otherwise eligible employee for any day of unemployment in a registration period where the total amount of the remuneration (as defined in section l(j)) payable or accruing to him for days within such registration period exceeds the amoxmt of the base year monthly compensation base. For purposes of the preceding sentence, an employee's remuneration shall be deemed to include the gross simount of any remimeration that would have become payable to that employee but did not become payable because that employee was not ready or willing to perform suitable work available to that employee on any day within such registration period.". SEC. 3. WATTING PERIOD FOR SICKNESS BENEFTTS. Subparagraph (B) of section 2(a)(l) of the Railroad Unemploy- ment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(a)(1)(B)) is amended to read as follows: " (B) PAYMENT OF SICKNESS BENEFITS.— "(i) GENERALLY.— Except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, benefits shall be payable to any qualified employee for each day of sickness after the 4th consecutive day of sickness in a period of continuing sickness but excluding 4 days of sickness in any registration period in such period of continuing sickness. "(ii) WAITING PERIOD FOR FIRST REGISTRATION PERIOD.— Benefits shall be payable to any qualified employee for each day of sickness in excess of 7 during that employee's first registration period in a period of continuing sickness if such period of continuing sicloiess is the employee's initial period of continuing sickness commencing in the benefit year. For the purposes of this clause, the first registration period in a period of continuing sickness is that registration period that first begins with 4 consecutive days of sickness and includes more than 4 days of sickness. " (iii) DEFINITION OF PERIOD OF CONTINUING SICKNESS.— For the purposes of this subparagraph, a period of continuing sickness means—
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