Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 97.djvu/890

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97 STAT. 858 PUBLIC LAW 98-135—OCT. 24, 1983 Additional entitlement. Definitions. Applicable limit. Applicable trigger. "(ID in the case of an account from which Federal supplemen- tal compensation is first payable for a week beginning after October 18, 1983, the applicable limit shall be the applicable limit determined under the following table with respect to the first week for which Federal supplemental compensation is payable from such account: "In the case of weeks during a: The applicable limit is: 6-percent period 14 5-percent period 12 4-percent period 10 Low-unemployment period 8. "(B) In the case of any account from which Federal supplemental compensation was first payable for a week which begins after March 31, 1983, and before October 19, 1983, the amount established in such account under subparagraph (A) shall be increased by the individual's additional entitlement. In no event shall such increase result in the individual's receiving more Federal supplemental com- pensation for weeks beginning after October 18, 1983, than the subparagraph (A) entitlement. "(C) For purposes of subparagraph (B) and this subparagraph— "(i) The term 'additional entitlement' means the lesser of— "(I) % of the subparagraph (A) entitlement, or "(II) the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year multiplied by the applicable limit deter- mined under clause (ii). "(ii) The applicable limit determined under this clause is— "(I) 5 if all of the amount in the individual's Federal supplemental compensation account (determined without regard to subparagraph (B)) is payable to the individual for weeks beginning before October 18, 1983, and " (II) in the case of an individual not described in sub- clause (I), 4 (2 if the State is in a 4-percent period or a low- unemployment period for the first week beginning after October 18, 1983). "(iii) The term 'subparagraph (A) entitlement' means the amount which would have been established in the account if Federal supplemental compensation were first payable from such account for the first week beginning after October 18, 1983. "(3)(A) For purposes of this subsection, the terms '6-percent period', '5-percent period', '4-percent period', and 'low-unemploy- ment period', mean, with respect to any State, the period which— "(i) begins with the third week after the first week for which the applicable trigger is on, and "(ii) ends with the second week after the first week for which the applicable trigger is off. "(B)(i) In the case of a 6-percent period, 5-percent period, 4-percent period, or low-unemployment period, as the case may be, the appli- cable trigger is on for any week if— "(I) the rate of insured unemployment in the State for the period consisting of such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks falls within the applicable range, or "(II) the rate of insured unemployment in the State for the period consisting of the last week beginning in the second calendar quarter ending before the week for which the trigger determination is being made and all weeks preceding such last week which began on or after January 1, 1982, equals or exceeds