Emergency Compensation and Special Unemployment Assistance Extension Act
PL 94-45 (H.R.6900), enacted 06/30/1975

89 STAT. 236 
PUBLIC LAW 94-45—JUNE 30, 1975 
June 30, 1975 
[H.R. 6900] 
Emergency 
Compensation 
and Special 
Unemployment 
Assistance 
Extension Act of 
1975. 
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Public Law 94-45 
94th Congress 
An Act 
To provide an additional thirteen weeks of benefits under the emergency unem-
ployment compensation program and the special unemployment assistance pro-
gram, to extend the special unemployment assistance program for one year, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Emergency Compensation 
and Special Unemployment Assistance Extension Act of 1975". 
T I T L E I — U N E M P L O Y M E N T C O M P E N S A T I O N P E O G E A M S 
PART A—EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION 
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EMERGENCY PERIODS j BENEFIT WEEKS EXTENDED WHEN STATE UNEM-
PLOYMENT RATE IS HIGH 
SEC. 101. (a) (1) Section 102(c) (3) (B) (i) of the Emergency Unem-
ployment Compensation Act of 1974 is amended— 
(A) by inserting " ( I ) " immediately after "if", and 
(B) by inserting immediately before the period at the end 
thereof the following: ", and (II) the rate of insured unemploy-
ment in such State for the period consisting of such week and the 
immediately preceding twelve weeks equaled or exceeded 5 per 
centum". 
(2) Section 102(c) (3) (B) (ii) of such Act is amended to read as 
follows: 
" (ii) For purposes of subparagraph (A), there is a State 'emergency 
off' indicator for a week if the rate of insured unemployment in such 
State for the period consisting of such week and the immediately 
preceding twelve weeks is less than 5 per centum.". 
(b) Section 102(e) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) (1) Any agreement under this Act with a State shall provide 
that the State will establish, for each eligible individual who files an 
application for emergency compensation, an emergency compensation 
account. 
"(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), the amount estab-
lished in such account for any individual shall be equal to the lesser of— 
"(A) 100 per centum of the total amount of regular compensa-
tion (including dependents' allowances) payable to him with 
respect to the benefit year (as determined under the State law) 
on the basis of which he most recently received regular compensa-
tion, or 
"(B) twenty-six times his average weekly benefit amount (as 
determined for purposes of section 202(b) (1) (C) of the Federal-
State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970) for 
his benefit year. 
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"(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the total amount of emer-
gency compensation payable to any individual for weeks of unemploy-
ment which begin in a 5-per centum period (as defined in section 
105 (5)) shall not exceed the lesser of— 
"(A) 50 per centum of the total amount of regular compensa-
tion (including dependents' allowances) payable to him with 
respect to the benefit year (as determined under the State law) 
on the basis of which he most recently received regular compensa-
tion, or 
"(B) thirteen times his average weekly benefit amount (as 
determined for purposes of section 202(b) (1) (C) of the Federal-
State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970) for 
his benefit year. 
"(4) The amounts determined under paragraphs (2) and (3) with 
respect to any individual shall each be reduced by the amount of any 
assistance paid to such individual under title II of the Emergency 
Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 for any weeks of 
unemployment in the 65-week period preceding the first week of unem-
ployment with respect to which compensation is payable to such 
individual under this Act.". 
(c) Section 102(b) (2) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
" (2) for any week of unemployment which— 
"(A) begins in— 
"(i) an emergency benefit period (as defined in sub-
section (c) (3)), and 
"(ii) the individual's period of eligibility (as defined 
in section 105(2)) ; or 
"(B) begins in an individual's additional eligibility period 
(as defined in section 105 (4)).". 
(d) Section 105 of such Act is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking out "and" at the end thereof, 
(2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (3) 
and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon, and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new para-
graphs : 
"(4) the term 'additional eligibility period' means the thirteen-
week period following the week in which an emergency benefit 
period ends in a State, as determined under section 102(c) (3); 
but no individual shall have an additional eligibility period unless 
there was payable to him in such State, for the week in which such 
emergency benefit period ended, either emergency compensation 
under this Act or extended compensation under the Federal-State 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970; 
"(5) the term '5-per centum period' means a period in a State 
which begins with the third week after the first week in which 
the rate of insured unemployment in the State for the period con-
sisting of such first week and the immediately preceding twelve 
weeks is less than 6 per centum and which ends with the second 
week after the first week in which the rate of insured unemploy-
ment in the State for the period consisting of such first week and 
the immediately preceding twelve weeks equals or exceeds 6 per 
centum; except that no 5-per centum period shall begin in any 
State prior to the fourteenth Aveek after the last week in a preced-
ing 5-per centum period in such State; 
"(6) the term 'rate of insured unemployment' means the per-
centage arrived at by dividing the average weekly number of 
individuals filing claims for weeks of unemployment with respect 
Infra. 
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"Additional 
eligibility 
period." 
"5-per centum 
period." 
"Rate of insured 
unemployment." 
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to the specified period (as determined on the basis of the reports 
made by the State agency to the Secretary) by the average 
monthly covered employment for the specified period; 
"(7) the rate of insured unemployment for any thirteen-week 
period shall be determined by reference to the average monthly 
covered employment under the State law for the first four of the 
most recent six calendar quarters ending before the close of such 
period; and 
"(8) determinations with respect to the rate of insured unem-
ployment in a State shall be made by the State agency in accord-
ance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary.". 
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(e) Section 102(c) (3) (A) (ii) of such Act is amended by inserting 
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immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: 
", and no emergency benefit period which began prior to January 1, 
1976, shall end prior to such date". 
Ante, p. 65. 
(f) Section 102(e)(3) of such Act is amended by striking out 
"July 1, 1975" and inserting in lieu thereof "January 1, 1976". 
Effective date. 
(g) The amendments made by subsections (a) through (e) of this 
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section shall be effective with respect to weeks of compensation which 
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begin on or after January 1, 1976. 
EXTENSION o r PROGRAM 
SEC. 102. (a) Section 102(f) (2) of the Emergency Unemployment 
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Compensation Act of 1974 is amended by striking out "after—" and 
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all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof "after March 31, 1977.". 
(b) The last sentence of section 203(e)(2) of the Federal-State 
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Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 is amended by 
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striking out "December 31,1976" and inserting in lieu thereof "March 
31, 1977". 
CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS 
SEC. 103. (a) Section 102 of the Emergency Unemployment Com-
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pensation Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
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following new subsection: 
"(g) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, 
emergency compensation shall not be payable for any week to an 
individual who is not a participant in a training program which is 
approved by the Secretary if— 
"(1) the State determines that there is a need for upgrading or 
broadening such individual's occupational skills and a program 
which is approved by the Secretary for such upgrading or broad-
ening is available within a reasonable distance and without 
charge to the individual for tuition or fees, and 
"(2) such individual is not an applicant to participate in such 
a program.". 
STUDY AND REPORT BY SECRETARY OF LABOR 
Report to 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of Labor shall conduct a study and review 
Congress. 
Qf the program established by the Emergency Unemployment Com-
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pensation Act of 1974 and the program established under title I I of 
9fi*TTs;r ^^n/L 
*^^ Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 and 
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gj^^jj submit to the Congress not later than January 1, 1977, a report 
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^^ such study and review. Such study and review shall include— 
jjQjg 
(1) the employment, economic, and demographic character-
istics of individuals receiving benefits under either such program, 
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(2) the needs of the long-term unemployed for job counseling, 
testing, referral and placement services, skill and apprenticeship 
training, career-related education programs, and public service 
employment opportunities, and 
(3) an exammation of all other benefits to which individuals 
receiving benefits under either such program are eligible together 
with an investigation of important factors affecting unemploy-
ment, a comparison of the aggregate value of such other benefits 
plus benefits received under either such program with the amount 
of compensation received by such individuals in their most recent 
position of employment. 
MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENTS 
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date after the date of the enactment of this Act, propose to each State note, 
with which he has in effect an agreement under section 102 of the 
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of such agreement designed to provide for the payment of the emer- ^"t^-
gency compensation benefits allowable under such Act by reason of the 
amendments made by this part. Notwithstanding any provision of the 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974, if any State 
fails or refuses, within the three-week period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, to enter into such a modification of such 
agreement, the Secretary of Labor shall terminate such agreement. 
COORDINATION WITH SPECIAL UNEMPLOYMENT 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 106. Section 102(e) of the Emergency Unemployment Compen-
sation Act of 1974 (as in effect on the day before the date of the Ante, p. 65. 
enactment of this Act) is amended, effective July 1, 1975, by adding 
at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(4) The amount determined under paragraphs (2) and (3) with 
respect to any individual shall each be reduced by the amount of any 
assistance paid to such individual under title II of the Emergency 
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unemployment in the 65-week period preceding the first week of unem- note, 
ployment with respect to which compensation is payable to such indi-
vidual under this Act.". 
PART B—MISCELLANEOUS 
REPAYMENT OF STATE LOANS 
SEC. 110. (a) Section 3302(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1954 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sen- 26 USC 33Ci2. 
tence: "The provisions of the preceding sentence shall not be appli-
cable with respect to the taxable year beginning January 1, 1975, or 
any succeeding taxable year which begins before January 1, 1978; 
and, for purposes of such sentence, January 1, 1978, shall be deemed 
to be the first January 1 occurring after January 1,1974, and consecu-
tive taxable years in the period commencing January 1,1978, shall be 
determined as if the taxable year which begins on January 1, 1978, 
were the taxable year immediately succeeding the taxable year which 
began on January 1, 1974.". 
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cable in the case of any State unless the Secretary of Labor finds that "^te. 
such State has studied and taken appropriate action with respect to the 
financing of its unemployment programs so as substantially to accom-
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plish the purpose of restoring the fiscal soundness of the State's unem-
ployment account in the Unemployment Trust Fund and permitting 
the repayment within a reasonable time of any advances made to such 
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account under title XII of the Social Security Act. For purposes of 
the preceding sentence, appropriate action with respect to the financing 
of a State's unemployment programs means an increase in the State's 
unemployment tax rate, an increase in the State's unemployment tax 
base, a change in the experience rating formulas, or a combination 
thereof. 
Regulations, 
(2) The Secretary of Labor shall promptly prescribe and publish 
publication in 
in the Federal Register regulations setting forth the criteria according 
Federal Register, to which he will determine the requirements of the preceding 
paragraph. 
Publication in 
(3) Immediately after he makes a determination with respect to any 
Federal Register. State under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Labor shall publish such 
determination, together with his reasons therefor, in the Federal 
Register. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS OF EMERGENCY JOBS AND 
UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1974 
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EXTENSION OF SPECIAL UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 201. (a) Section 206 of the Emergency Jobs and Unemploy-
ment Assistance Act of 1974 is amended by striking out so much of the 
first sentence as precedes''''Provided^ That" and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: "Except as provided by subsection (b), the maximum 
amount of assistance under this title which an eligible individual shall 
be entitled to receive during any special unemployment assistance 
benefit year shall be 150 per centum of the maximum amount that 
would have been payable to such individual during such benefit year as 
computed under the provisions of the applicable State unemployment 
compensation law^, but not exceeding thirty-nine times the weekly bene-
fit payable to the individual for a week of total unemployment as deter-
mined under subsection (a) of section 205:". 
(b) Section 208 of such Act is amended— 
(1) by striking out "March 31, 1976" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "March 31,1977"; and 
(2) by striking out "December 31, 1975" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "December 31,1976". 
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DENIAL o r SPECIAL UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE I N CASE GE CERTAIN 
EMPLOYEES OF EDUCATIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 202. Section 203 of the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment 
Assistance Act of 1974 is amended by inserting " (a)" after "SEC 203." 
and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) An individual who performs services in an instructional, 
research, or principal administrative capacity for an educational insti-
tution or agency shall not be eligible to receive a payment of assistance 
or a waiting period credit with respect to any week commencing during 
the period between two successive academic years (or, when the con-
tract provides instead for a similar period between two regular but not 
successive terms, during such similar period) if— 
"(1) such individual performed services in any such capacity 
for anjr educational institution or agency in the first of such 
academic years or terms; and 
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"(2) such individual has a contract to perform services in any 
such capacity for any educational institution or agency for the 
later of such academic years or terms.". 
TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING 
AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 203. (a) Section 210 of the Emergency Jobs and Unemploy-
ment Assistance Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new section: 
"(c) Employment and wages which are not covered by the State 
law may be treated, under sections 203(a) (1), 205(a), and 206(a), as 
though they were covered only if the employment— 
"(1) is performed by an employee (as defined in section 3121 
(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954), and 
"(2) constitutes employment as determined under section 3306 
(c) of such Code without regard to paragraphs (1) through (9), 
(10)(B)(ii), (14), (15), and (17) of such section. 
For purposes of paragraph (2), section 3306(c) of such Code shall 
be applied as if the term 'United States' includes the Virgin Islands.". 
(b)(1) Section 205 of such Act is amended— 
(A) by striking out the last sentence of subsection (b) ; and 
(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: 
"(c) If an individual knowingly has made, or caused to be made by 
another, a false statement or representation of a material fact, or 
knowingly has failed, or caused another to fail, to disclose a material 
fact, and as a result of such false statement or representation or of such 
nondisclosure such individual has received an amount of assistance 
under this title to which he was not entitled, such individual— 
"(1) shall be ineligible for further assistance under this title in 
accordance with the provisions of the applicable State unemploy-
ment compensation law relating to fraud in connection with a 
claim for unemployment compensation; and 
"(2) shall be subject to prosecution under section 1001 of tit^e 
18, United States Code. 
"(d) (1) In the case of individuals who have received amounts of 
assistance under this title to which they were not entitled, the State is 
authorized to require such individuals to repay the amounts of such 
assistance to the State agency, except that the State agency may waive 
such repayment if it determines that— 
"(A) the payment of such assistance was without fault on the 
part of any such individual, and 
"(B) such repayment would be contrary to equity and good 
conscience. 
"(2) The State agency may recover the amount to be repaid, or any 
part thereof, by deductions from any assistance payable under this title 
or from any unemployment compensation payable to such individual 
under any Federal unemployment compensation law administered by 
the State agency or under any other Federal law administered by the 
State agency which provides for the payment of any assistance or al-
lowance with respect to any week of unemployment, during the three-
year period after the date such individuals received the payment of the 
assistance to which they were not entitled, except that no single deduc-
tion may exceed 50 per centum of the weekly benefit amount from 
which such deduction is made. 
"(3) No repayment shall be required, and no deduction shall be 
made, until a determination has been made, notice thereof and an 
opportunity for a fair hearing has been given to the individual, and 
the determination has become final. 
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Post, p. 242. 
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Fraud. 
Repayment of 
unentitled 
assistance. 
Notice and 
hearing. 
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Review. 
"State agency." 
"Special 
unemployment 
assistance benefit 
year." 
Ante, p. 240. 
"(e) Any determination hj a State agency under subsection (c) 
or (d) shall be subject to review in the same manner and to the same 
extent as determinations under the State unemployment compensa-
tion law, and only in that manner and to that extent.". 
(2) Section 210(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "and" 
at the end of paragraph (3), by striking out the period at the end 
of paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon, and by 
adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: 
" (5) 'State agency' means the agency of the State wliich admin-
isters the program established by this title; and 
"(6) 'special unemployment assistance benefit year' means the 
fifty-two week period beginning with the first week for which an 
individual files a valid claim for special 
unemployment 
assistance.". 
(c) Section 206 of such Act is amended by inserting "(a)" after 
"SEC. 206." and by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subsection: 
"(b) In the case of any individual who files a claim for assistance 
under this title during a benefit year which such individual has estab-
lished under any State unemployment compensation law, the maxi-
mum amount of assistance under this title which such individual shall 
be entitled to receive during the special unemployment assistance 
benefit year established pursuant to such claim (as determined under 
subsection (a) without regard to this subsection) shall be reduced by 
the amount of any unemployment compensation received during the 
benefit year established under the State unemployment compensation 
law.". 
(d) Paragraph (4) of section 203(a) of such Act (as amended by 
section 202 of this Act) is amended by striking out "subsection (b)" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (2)". 
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EFFECTIVE DATES 
SEC. 204. (a) The Secretary of Labor shall, at the earliest practi-
cable date after the date of the enactment of this Act, propose to each 
State with which he has in effect an agreement under section 202 of 
the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 a 
modification of such agreement designed to provide for the payment of 
the special unemployment assistance allowable under such Act by 
reason of the amendments made by section 201. Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, if any State fails or refuses, within the three-
week period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, to 
enter into such a modification of any such agreement, the Secretary 
of Labor shall terminate such agreement. 
(b) Assistance shall be payable to individuals under agreements 
entered into by States under title II of the Emergency Jobs and 
Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974, by reason of the amendments 
made by section 201 of this Act, for weeks of unemployment begin-
ning on or after July 1, 1975. 
(c) The amendments made by section 202 and subsections (c) and 
(d) of section 203 shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) The amendment made by section 203(a) shall take effect on 
December 31, 1974. 
(e) The amendments made by subsections (b) and (e) of section 
203 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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TITLE III—LOANS TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT 
FUND OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
SEC. 301. (a) The Secretary of Labor (hereinafter in this section 
referred to as the "Secretary") may make loans to the Virgin Islands 
in such amounts as he determines to be necessary for the payment in 
any month of compensation under the unemployment compensation 
law of the Virgin Islands. A loan may be made under this subsection 
for the payment of compensation in any month only if— 
(1) the Governor of the Virgin Islands submits an application 
therefor no earlier than the first day of the preceding month; 
and 
(2) such application contains an estimate of the amount of the 
loan which will be required by the Virgin Islands for the pay-
ment of compensation in such month. 
(b) For purposes of this section— 
(1) an application for loan under subsection (a) shall be made 
on such forms and shall contain such information and data (fiscal 
and otherwise) concerning the operation and administration of the 
unemployment compensation law of the Virgin Islands as the Sec-
retary deems necessary or relevant to the performance of his duties 
under this section; 
(2) the amount required by the Virgin Islands for the payment 
of compensation in any month shall be determined with due allow-
ance for contingencies and taking into account all other amounts 
that will be available in the unemployment fund of the Virgin 
Islands for the payment of compensation in such month; and 
(3) the term "compensation" means cash benefits payable to 
individuals with respect to their unemployment, exclusive of 
expenses of administration. 
(c) Any loan made under subsection (a) shall be repayable (with-
out interest) not later than January 1,1978. If after January 1,1978, 
any portion of any such loan remains unpaid, the Virgin Islands shall 
pay interest thereon, until the loan is paid in full, at a rate equal to the 
rate of interest in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1954. If at some future date the Federal Unemployment Tax 
Act shall be made applicable to the Virgin Islands, then, any amount 
of principal or interest due on any such loan remaining unpaid on such 
date shall be treated, for purposes of section 3302(c) (3) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1954, as an advance made to the Virgin Islands 
under title XII of the Social Security Act. 
(d) No loan may be made under subsection Ca) for any month 
beginning after June 30, 1976. The aggregate of the loans which may 
be made under subsection (a) shall not exceed $5,000,000. 
(e) There are authorized to be appropriated from the general fund 
of the Treasury such sums as mav be necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 302. Section 3302(c) (4) (A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1954 is amended by striking out "July 1, 1975" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "July 15,1975". 
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"Compensation.' 
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Loan limitations. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
TAX CREDIT FOR PURCHASE OF NEW PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE 
SEC. 401. (a) Section 44(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 
(relating to property to which the credit for purchase of new principal 
residence applies) is amended by striking out paragraph (4) and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
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"(4) CERTIFICATION MUST BE ATTACHED TO RETURN.—This sec-
tion does not apply to any residence (other than a residence con-
structed by the taxpayer) unless there is attached to the return 
of tax on which the credit is claimed a written certification 
(which may be in any form) signed by the seller of such resi-
dence that— 
"(A) construction of the residence began before March 26, 
1975, and 
"(B) the purchase price of the residence is the lowest price 
at which the residence was offered for sale after February 28, 
1975. 
For purposes of this paragraph, a written certification filed by 
a taxpayer is sufficient whether or not it is on a form prescribed 
by the Secretary or his delegate so long as such certification is 
signed by the seller and contains the information required under 
this paragraph.". 
Ante, p. 32. 
_(b) Section 208(b) of the Tax Reduction Act of 1975 (relating to 
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out "ever offered for sale," each time it appears therein and inserting 
in lieu thereof "offered for sale after February 28,1975,". 
Approved June 30, 1975. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-220 (Comm. on Ways and Means) and 
No. 94-328 (Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-200 (Comm. on Labor and Public Welfare). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): 
May 21, considered and passed House. 
June 20, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
June 26, House and Senate agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 11, No. 27: 
June 30, Presidential statement.