[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 20CFR625.8]

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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. 625.8  Applications for Disaster Unemployment Assistance.

    (a) Initial application. An initial application for DUA shall be 
filed by an individual with the State agency of the applicable State 
within 30 days after the announcement date of the major disaster as the 
result of which the individual became unemployed, and on a form 
prescribed by the Secretary which shall be furnished to the individual 
by the State agency. An initial application filed later than 30 days 
after the announcement date of the major disaster shall be accepted as 
timely by the State agency if the applicant had good cause for the late 
filing, but in no event shall an initial application be accepted by the 
State agency if it is filed after the expiration of the Disaster 
Assistance Period. If the 30th day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a 
legal holiday in the major disaster area, the 30-day time limit shall be 
extended to the next business day.
    (b) Weekly applications. Applications for DUA for weeks of 
unemployment shall be filed with respect to the individual's applicable 
State at the times and in the manner as claims for regular compensation 
are filed under the applicable State law, and on forms prescribed by the 
Secretary which shall be furnished to the individual by the State 
agency.
    (c) Filing in person. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of 
this section, all applications for DUA, including initial applications, 
shall be filed in person.
    (2) Whenever an individual has good cause for not filing any 
application for DUA in person, the application shall be filed at such 
time, in such place, and in such a manner as directed by the State 
agency and in accordance with this part and procedures prescribed by the 
Secretary.
    (d) IBPP. The ``Interstate Benefit Payment Plan'' shall apply, where 
appropriate, to an individual filing applications for DUA.
    (e) Wage combining. The ``Interstate Arrangement for Combining 
Employment and Wages'' (part 616 of this chapter) shall apply, where 
appropriate, to an individual filing applications for DUA: Provided, 
That the ``Paying State'' shall be the applicable State for the 
individual as prescribed in Sec. 625.12.
    (f) Procedural requirements. (1) The procedures for reporting and 
filing applications for DUA shall be consistent with this part, and with 
the Secretary's ``Standard for Claim Filing, Claimant Reporting, Job 
Finding and Employment Services,'' Employment Security Manual. Part V, 
sections 5000 et seq. (appendix A of this part), insofar as such 
standard is not inconsistent with this part.
    (2) The provisions of the applicable State law which apply hereunder 
to applications for and the payment of DUA shall be applied consistent 
with the requirements of title III of the Social Security Act and the 
Federal Unemployment Tax Act which are pertinent in the case of regular 
compensation, including but not limited to those standards and 
requirements specifically referred to in the provisions of this part.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1205-0051)

(Pub. L. No. 96-511)

[42 FR 46712, Sept. 16, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 18295, Apr. 30, 1984; 
55 FR 555, Jan. 5, 1990]