[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR625.4]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 625--DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 625.4  Eligibility requirements for Disaster Unemployment Assistance.

    An individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of DUA with 
respect to a week of unemployment, in accordance with the provisions of 
the Act and this part if:
    (a) That week begins during a Disaster Assistance Period;
    (b) The applicable State for the individual has entered into an 
Agreement which is in effect with respect to that week;
    (c) The individual is an unemployed worker or an unemployed self-
employed individual;
    (d) The individual's unemployment with respect to that week is 
caused by a major disaster, as provided in Sec. 625.5;
    (e) The individual has filed a timely initial application for DUA 
and, as appropriate, a timely application for a payment of DUA with 
respect to that week;
    (f) That week is a week of unemployment for the individual;
    (g) The individual is able to work and available for work within the 
meaning of the applicable State law: Provided, That an individual shall 
be deemed to meet this requirement if any injury caused by the major 
disaster is the reason for inability to work or engage in self-
employment; or, in the case of an unemployed self-employed individual, 
the individual performs service or activities which are solely for the 
purpose of enabling the individual to resume self-employment;

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    (h) The individual has not refused a bona fide offer of employment 
in a suitable position, or refused without good cause to resume or 
commence suitable self-employment, if the employment or self-employment 
could have been undertaken in that week or in any prior week in the 
Disaster Assistance Period; and
    (i) The individual is not eligible for compensation (as defined in 
Sec. 625.2(d)) or for waiting period credit for such week under any 
other Federal or State law, except that an individual determined 
ineligible because of the receipt of disqualifying income shall be 
considered eligible for such compensation or waiting period credit. An 
individual shall be considered ineligible for compensation or waiting 
period credit (and thus potentially eligible for DUA) if the individual 
is under a disqualification for a cause that occurred prior to the 
individual's unemployment due to the disaster, or for any other reason 
is ineligible for compensation or waiting period credit as a direct 
result of the major disaster.

[42 FR 46712, Sept. 16, 1977, as amended at 55 FR 555, Jan. 5, 1990]