52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 680 -JUNE 25, 1938 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and service performed as an employee representative as defined in said Act." This amendment shall not be construed to affect the payment of unemployment bene- fits at any time with respect to any period prior to July 1, 1939, based upon employment performed prior to July 1, 1939. (b) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transfer from the account of the District of Columbia in the unem- ployment trust fund to the railroad unemployment insurance account in the unemployment trust fund, an amount equal to the "preliminary amount" and an amount equal to the "liquidating amount', whenever such amounts, respectively, have been determined, with respect to the District of Columbia, pursuant to section 13 of this Act. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS SEC. 15. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 (n) of this Act, until July 1, 1940, the term "benefit year" as defined in section 1 (n) of this Act means, with respect to any individual, the twelve- month period which begins with either the first day with respect to which benefits are first payable to him under this Act or the first day after July 1, 1938, but before July 1, 1939, with respect to which unemployment benefits are received by him under an unemployment compensation law of any State, whichever is the earlier. (b) For the purposes of section 2 (c) of this Act, all unemployment benefits paid to an employee pursuant to an unemployment compensa- tion law of any State, with respect to any period prior to July 1, 1939, shall be considered as though they were benefits paid under this Act. (c) Section 3 (b) of this Act shall not be applicable to an other- wise qualified employee with respect to whom there is, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, current a benefit year beginning before July 1, 1939. (d) Any employee for whom there is, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, current a benefit year beginning before July 1, 1939, and who, solely by reason of the enactment of this Act, becomes ineligible to continue to receive benefits under the unemployment compensation law of any State with respect to unemployment occur- ring after July 1, 1939, shall, for the purposes of section 3 (a) of this Act, be deemed to have earned compensation with respect to employment in his base year of not less than $150: Provided, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 (c) of this Act, the maximum benefits payable to such employee for unemployment within such benefit year shall not exceed the maximum amount to which he would otherwise have been entitled under the unemployment com- pensation law of such State. 1113 Transfer of desig- nated amounts in ac- counts of unemploy- ment trust fund. Ante, p. 1110. Transitional provi- sions. "Benefit year," pe- riod qualification. Ante, p. 1096. Certain benefits paid under State law considered as though paid under this Act. Ante, p. 1097. Qualified employee to whom there is cur- rent a benefit year beginning prior to July 1, 1939. Ante, p. 1097. Employee ineligible, solely by this Act, for State benefits deemed to have sufficient earn- ings to qualify. Ante, p. 1097. Proviso. Maximum benefits. Ante, p. 1197. SEPARABILITY Separability provi- SEC. 16. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof sion.p l prov to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, and the remainder of this Act, shall not be affected thereby. SHORT TITLE SEC. 17 . This Act may be cited as the "Railroad Unemployment Shor t title- Insurance Act". Approved, June 25, 1938.
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