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title: "15 U.S.C. § 9022"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 9022 - Flexibility in paying reimbursement

## Text

The Secretary of Labor may issue clarifying guidance to allow States to interpret their State unemployment compensation laws in a manner that would provide maximum flexibility to reimbursing employers as it relates to timely payment and assessment of penalties and interest pursuant to such State laws.

(Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title II, § 2103(a), Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 317.)