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Timestamp: 2019-07-24 02:42:13
Document Index: 721175544

Matched Legal Cases: ['§324', '§324', '§7101', '§503', '§403', '§402', '§1', '§201', '§201', '§7101', '§7203', '§411', '§503', '§2', '§4', '§309', '§207', '§401', '§28', '§15', '§1']

(i)(1) In General.—The term "compensation" means any form of money remuneration, including pay for time lost but excluding tips, paid for services rendered as an employee to one or more employers, or as an employee representative, except that in computing the compensation paid to any employee, no part of any month's compensation in excess of the monthly compensation base (as defined in subdivision (2)) for any month shall be recognized. Solely for the purpose of determining the compensation received by an employee in a base year, the term "compensation" shall include any separation allowance or subsistence allowance paid under any benefit schedule provided under section 701 1 of title VII of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 [45 U.S.C. 797] and any termination allowance paid under section 702 of that Act [45 U.S.C. 797a], but does not include any other benefits payable under that title [45 U.S.C. 797 et seq.]. The total amount of any subsistence allowance payable under a benefit schedule provided pursuant to section 701 1 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 shall be considered as being compensation in the month in which the employee first timely filed a claim for such an allowance. Such term does not include remuneration for service which is performed by a nonresident alien individual for the period he is temporarily present in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F) or (J) of section 1101(a)(15) of title 8 and which is performed to carry out the purpose specified in subparagraph (F) or (J) as the case may be. A payment made by an employer to an individual through the employer's pay roll shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to be compensation for service rendered by such individual as an employee of the employer in the period with respect to which the payment is made. An employee shall be deemed to be paid, "for time lost" the amount he is paid by an employer with respect to an identifiable period of absence from the active service of the employer, including absence on account of personal injury, and the amount he is paid by the employer for loss of earnings resulting from his displacement to a less remunerative position or occupation. If a payment is made by an employer with respect to a personal injury and includes pay for time lost, the total payment shall be deemed to be paid for time lost unless, at the time of payment, a part of such payment is specifically apportioned to factors other than time lost, in which event only such part of the payment as is not so apportioned shall be deemed to be paid for time lost. Compensation earned in any calendar month before 1947 shall be deemed paid in such month regardless of whether or when payment will have been in fact made, and compensation earned in any calendar year after 1946 but paid after the end of such calendar year shall be deemed to be compensation paid in the calendar year in which it will have been earned if it is so reported by the employer before February 1 of the next succeeding calendar year or, if the employee establishes, subject to the provisions of section 356 of this title, the period during which such compensation will have been earned.
(A) In general.—For purposes of subdivision (1), the term "monthly compensation base" means the amount—
B=600 ( 1+ ————— )
This chapter, referred to in introductory provisions and subsecs. (g), (l)(1), and (u), was in the original "this Act", meaning act June 25, 1938, ch. 680, 52 Stat. 1094, which enacted this chapter and amended sections 503 and 1104 and former section 1107 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 367 of this title and Tables.
1995—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–88, §324(1), substituted "Surface Transportation Board is hereby authorized and directed upon request of the Railroad Retirement Board" for "Interstate Commerce Commission is hereby authorized and directed upon request of the Board".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–88, §324(2), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: "The term &apos;carrier&apos; means an express company, sleeping-car company, or carrier by railroad, subject to part I of the Interstate Commerce Act."
1988—Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 100–647, §7101(a), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. heading, substituted ", except that in computing the compensation paid to any employee, no part of any month's compensation in excess of the monthly compensation base (as defined in subdivision (2)) for any month shall be recognized" for ": Provided, however, That in computing the compensation paid to any employee, no part of any month's compensation in excess of $300 for any month before July 1, 1954, or in excess of $350 for any month after June 30, 1954, and before the calendar month next following the month in which this chapter was amended in 1959, or in excess of $400 for any month after the month in which this chapter was so amended and before January 1984, or in excess of $600 for any month after 1983, shall be recognized", and added par. (2).
1983—Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 98–76, §503(b), inserted "and before January 1984, or in excess of $600 for any month after 1983".
Pub. L. 98–76, §403(b), inserted after first sentence "Solely for the purpose of determining the compensation received by an employee in a base year, the term &apos;compensation&apos; shall include any separation allowance or subsistence allowance paid under any benefit schedule provided under section 701 of title VII of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 and any termination allowance paid under section 702 of that Act, but does not include any other benefits payable under that title. The total amount of any subsistence allowance payable under a benefit schedule provided pursuant to section 701 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 shall be considered as being compensation in the month in which the employee first timely filed a claim for such an allowance."
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 98–76, §402(b), struck out "(i) the voluntary payment by another, without deduction from the pay of an employee, of any tax or contribution now or hereafter imposed with respect to the remuneration of such employee, or (ii)" after " &apos;remuneration&apos; does not include".
1975—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 94–92, §1(a), inserted "for a period of continuing sickness (as defined in section 352(a) of this title)" after "a statement of sickness" wherever appearing and incorporated "and ends with the thirteenth day thereafter" in provision reading "and ends with whichever is the earlier of (i) the thirteenth day thereafter," and inserted cl. (ii) thereafter.
1966—Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 89–700, §201(a), substituted "section 356 of this title" for "section 358 of this title."
1958—Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 85–927, §201(a), substituted "first" for "second" and "second" for "first" in second proviso of first paragraph, and substituted "three dollars" for "one dollar" in second paragraph.
Pub. L. 100–647, title VII, §7101(f), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3759, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 352, 354, and 362 of this title] shall take effect upon the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 10, 1988]."
Pub. L. 100–647, title VII, §7203(b), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3776, provided that: "The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on July 1, 1988."
Pub. L. 98–76, title IV, §411(b), Aug. 12, 1983, 97 Stat. 436, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 353 and 354 of this title] shall apply to compensation paid for services rendered after December 31, 1983."
Pub. L. 98–76, title V, §503(c), Aug. 12, 1983, 97 Stat. 441, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 358 of this title] shall apply to compensation paid for services rendered after December 31, 1983."
Pub. L. 94–92, title I, §2, Aug. 9, 1975, 89 Stat. 464, provided that:
Pub. L. 90–624, §4(b), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1317, provided that: "The amendments made by section 3 [amending this section] shall apply with respect to service performed after December 31, 1967."
Pub. L. 86–28, pt. III, §309, May 19, 1959, 73 Stat. 33, provided that: "The amendments made by section 301(b) [amending this section] shall be effective with respect to days in registration periods beginning after June 30, 1959. The amendments made by sections 302, 303(a), and 305 [amending sections 352 and 354 of this title] shall be effective with respect to benefits accruing in general benefit years which begin after the benefit year ending June 30, 1958, and in extended benefit periods which begin after December 31, 1957. The amendment made by section 304 [amending section 353 of this title] shall be effective with respect to base years after the base year ending December 31, 1957. The amendments made by clauses (4) and (5) of section 306 [amending section 358 of this title, increasing the contribution rates for compensation paid after May, 1959] and clause (1) of section 307 [amending section 358 of this title, increasing the contribution rate from 3 to 3¾ percent] shall be effective as of the first day of the calendar month next following the month in which this Act was enacted [May, 1959], and shall apply only with respect to compensation paid for services rendered in calendar months after the month in which this Act was enacted [May, 1959]."
Pub. L. 85–927, pt. II, §207, Sept. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 1783, provided that:
Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1164, pt. IV, §§401, 402, 68 Stat. 1042, provided that:
Act Oct. 30, 1951, ch. 632, §28, 65 Stat. 691, provided that: "The provisions of sections 26 and 27 of the Act [amending sections 350 and 354 of this title] shall become effective with respect to registration periods beginning on and after January 1, 1952."
Act Apr. 8, 1942, ch. 227, §15, 56 Stat. 211, provided in part that: "The amendment in this section [amending this section] shall operate in the same manner and have the same effect as if it had been part of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act [this chapter] when that Act was enacted on June 25, 1938: Provided, however, That no interest or penalties shall accrue or be deemed to have accrued for the failure to make returns under, or pay contributions levied by, section 8 of said Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act [section 358 of this title] with respect to the compensation of employees of any local lodge or division of a railway-labor-organization employer earned prior to July 1, 1940, and with respect to the compensation of employees of any general committee of a railway-labor-organization employer earned prior to the enactment of this amendment if, with respect to any such local lodge or division (1) the headquarters of such a local lodge or division was not located in the United States or (2) all, or substantially all, the individuals constituting the membership of such a local lodge or division were employees of an employer not conducting the principal part of its business in the United States; and if, with respect to any such general committee (1) the individuals represented by such a general committee were employees of an employer not conducting the principal part of its business in the United States, or (2) the service to such a general committee was rendered outside the United States, or (3) the office or headquarters of the individual rendering service to such a general committee was not located in the United States and if such returns are made and such contributions are paid by such a local lodge or division or by such a general committee within the time allowed for making returns and paying contributions with respect to the first calendar quarter beginning after the enactment of this amendment."
Act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 842, §1, 54 Stat. 1094, provided: "That the provisions of this act [amending this section, sections 228a, 228i, 352 to 355, 356, 361, and 362 of this title, and section 1532 of former Title 26, Internal Revenue Code of 1939, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and section 262 of this title] shall take effect on November 1, 1940, except that sections 2, 11, 25, 26, and 27 [amending sections 228a, 228i, 351, and 352 of this title and section 1532 of former Title 26 and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 262 of this title] shall be effective as of July 1, 1940, and sections 19 and 20 [amending section 355 of this title] shall become effective upon the approval of this act: Provided, however, That—