---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 8504"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "8504"
heading: "Assignment of Federal service and wages"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/8504"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart G — Insurance and Annuities"
  - "Chapter 85 — Unemployment Compensation"
  - "Subchapter I — Employees Generally"
---

# §8504. Assignment of Federal service and wages


Under regulations prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/5/9901.md?p=2) of Labor, the [Federal service](/usc/5/8501.md?p=1) and [Federal wages](/usc/5/8501.md?p=2) of a [Federal employee](/usc/5/8501.md?p=3) shall be assigned to the [State](/usc/5/8501.md?p=6) in which he had his last official station in [Federal service](/usc/5/8501.md?p=1) before the filing of his first claim for [compensation](/usc/5/8501.md?p=4) for the [benefit year](/usc/5/8501.md?p=5). However—

- (1) if, at the time of filing his first claim, he resides in another [State](/usc/5/8501.md?p=6) in which he performed, after the termination of his [Federal service](/usc/5/8501.md?p=1), [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) covered under the unemployment [compensation](/usc/5/8501.md?p=4) law of the other [State](/usc/5/8501.md?p=6), his [Federal service](/usc/5/8501.md?p=1) and [Federal wages](/usc/5/8501.md?p=2) shall be assigned to the other [State](/usc/5/8501.md?p=6); and
- (2) if his last official station in [Federal service](/usc/5/8501.md?p=1), before filing his first claim, was outside the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18), his [Federal service](/usc/5/8501.md?p=1) and [Federal wages](/usc/5/8501.md?p=2) shall be assigned to the [State](/usc/5/8501.md?p=6) where he resides at the time he files his first claim.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 588; Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(88), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 218; Pub. L. 94–566, title I, § 116(e)(3), Oct. 20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2673.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1966 Act |  |  |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 42 U.S.C. 1364. | Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1212, § 4(a) “Sec. 1504”, 68 Stat. 1133. |
|  |  | Sept. 13, 1960, Pub. L. 86–778, § 542(b)(2), 74 Stat. 986. |

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


| 1967 Act |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Section of title 5 | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 8504(3) | [Uncodified]. | Sept. 13, 1960, Pub. L. 86–778, § 542(a)(2), 74 Stat. 985. |

This section also amends 5 U.S.C. 8504 to eliminate certain provisions that are now obsolete. The obsolete provisions were based on section 542(b)(2) of the act of September 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 986, that amended section 1504 of the Social Security Act effective January 1, 1961, but only in the case of first claims filed before January 1, 1966. Any existing rights are preserved by section 7 of this bill.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1976—Par. (3). Pub. L. 94–566 struck out par. (3) which covered the assignment to the Virgin Islands of the Federal service and Federal wages of Federal employees whose first claims were filed while residing in the Virgin Islands.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 94–566 applicable with respect to benefit years beginning on or after later of Oct. 1, 1976, or first day of first week for which compensation becomes payable under an unemployment compensation law of Virgin Islands which is approved by Secretary of Labor under section 3304(a) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, see section 116(f)(3), set out as a note under section 3304 of Title 26.