Sec. 106. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 106 DEFINITIONS ###

(a)In General For purposes of this Act: ####

(1)In general The terms “**compensation**”, “**regular compensation**”, “**extended compensation**”, “**additional compensation**”, “**benefit year**”, “**base period**”, “**State**”, “**State agency**”, “**State law**”, and “**week**” have the respective meanings given such terms under section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. ####

(2)Period of eligibility An individual's period of eligibility consists of any week which begins on or after November 17, 1991, and which (except as provided in section 102(f)(2)) begins before February 5, 1994; except that an individual shall not have any period of eligibility unless his benefit year ends on or after November 16, 1991. ####

(3)Adjusted rate of insured unemployment The adjusted rate of insured unemployment for any period shall be determined in the same manner as the rate of insured unemployment is determined under section 203 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970; except that individuals exhausting their rights to regular compensation during the most recent 3 calendar months for which data are available before the close of the period for which such rate is being determined shall be taken into account as if they were individuals filing claims for regular compensation for each week during the period for which such rate is being determined. ####

(4)Rate of total unemployment The term “**rate of total unemployment**” means, with respect to any period, the average unadjusted total rate of unemployment (as determined by the Secretary) for a State for such period. ###

(b)Rounding For purposes of this Act, any rate determined under paragraph

(3)or

(4)of subsection

(a)shall be rounded to the nearest ⅒th of a percent. * * * * * * * # TITLE V RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE