Sec. 706. Unemployment assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
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Notwithstanding section 410(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5177(a) ) or any regulations implementing that section— in the case of an individual who is applying for unemployment assistance under that section 410(a) as a result of a covered disaster— the individual shall file the application for unemployment assistance not later than July 11, 2018; and the individual shall submit all documentation required to be submitted in support of an application described in clause
(i)not later than 90 days after the date on which the application was filed; and in the case of an individual who is eligible to receive unemployment assistance under that section 410(a) as a result of a covered disaster, the President shall make such assistance available for 52 weeks after the date on which the President declared the covered disaster. The Secretary of Labor may prescribe any operating instructions or regulations necessary to carry out this subsection. Section 903 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1103 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: Not later than 10 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the Federal unemployment account, to remain available until expended— $325,000,000 to the account of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the Unemployment Trust Fund; and $25,000,000 to the account of the United States Virgin Islands in the Unemployment Trust Fund. .
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