615.1—Purpose.
The regulations in this part are issued to implement the “Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970” as it has been amended, which requires, as a condition of tax offset under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (26 U.S.C. 3301
et seq. ), that a State unemployment compensation law provide for the payment of extended unemployment compensation during periods of high unemployment to eligible individuals as prescribed in the Act. The benefits provided under State law, in accordance with the Act and this part, are hereafter referred to as Extended Benefits, and the program is referred to as the Extended Benefit Program.