20 CFR § 615.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s615.1"
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title: "20 CFR § 615.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "615.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "615"
part_name: "EXTENDED BENEFITS IN THE FEDERAL-STATE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "26 U.S.C. 7805; 26 U.S.C. 1102; Secretary's Order No. 6-10."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 27937, July 25, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "615"
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# 615.1 Purpose.

This part implements the “Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970” (EUCA). Under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 26 U.S.C. 3304(a)(11), an approved State law must provide for the payment of extended compensation to eligible individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation during specified periods of unemployment, as prescribed in EUCA and this part.

[81 FR 57778, Aug. 24, 2016]