5 USC § 8525 - Effect on other statutes

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title: "5 USC § 8525 - Effect on other statutes"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "8525"
section_name: "Effect on other statutes"
chapter_number: 85
chapter_name: "UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "EX-SERVICEMEN"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 591; Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(90), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 219; Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title V, § 560, Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 828.)"
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# § 8525. Effect on other statutes

**(a)** Subsection (b)(2) does not apply to an individual who—

**(1)** is otherwise entitled to compensation under this subchapter;

**(2)** is described in section 3311(b) of title 38;

**(3)** is not receiving retired pay under title 10; and

**(4)** was discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces or the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (including through a reduction in force) under honorable conditions, but did not voluntarily separate from such service.

**(b)** An individual is not entitled to compensation under this subchapter for any period with respect to which the individual receives—

**(1)** a subsistence allowance under chapter 31 of title 38 or under part VIII of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1(a);

**(2)** except in the case of an individual described in subsection (a), an educational assistance allowance under chapter 33 of title 38; or

**(3)** an educational assistance allowance under chapter 35 of title 38.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 591; Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(90), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 219; Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title V, § 560, Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 828.)

| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes andStatutes at Large |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 42 U.S.C. 1371(g)–(i). | Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85–848, § 3 “Sec. 1511 (g)–(i)”, 72 Stat. 1089.Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–857, § 13(i)(3), 72 Stat. 1265. |

In subsection (b), the words “an education and training allowance under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of ” are omitted as obsolete. The authority to pay an education and training allowance under  terminated on , pursuant to .

, providing that certain individuals are not entitled to unemployment compensation under the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 41 of title 38, is omitted as obsolete. Subchapter I of chapter 41 of title 38, which related to unemployment compensation for Korean conflict veterans, was repealed by the Act of , , .

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

### 1967 Act

This section deletes subsection (a) of . That subsection is now obsolete in view of the repeal, effective , of chapter 43 of title 38, U.S.C., by , section 1(a) ().

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2015—Subsec. (a). , added subsec. (a).

Subsec. (b). , substituted “the individual receives” for “he receives” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (b)(2), (3). –(4), added par. (2) and redesignated former par. (2) as (3).