I.R.C. § 3309(a) State Law Requirements —
For purposes of section 3304(a)(6)—
I.R.C. § 3309(a)(1) —
except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), the services to which this paragraph applies are—
I.R.C. § 3309(a)(2) —
the State law shall provide that a governmental entity, including an Indian tribe,
or any other organization
(or group of governmental entities or other organizations) which, but for the requirements
of this paragraph, would be liable for contributions with respect to service to
which paragraph (1) applies may elect, for such minimum period and at such time as may be provided
by State law, to pay (in lieu of such contributions) into the State unemployment
fund amounts equal to the amounts of compensation attributable under the State law
to such service. The State law may provide safeguards to ensure that governmental
entities or other organizations so electing will make the payments required under
such elections.
I.R.C. § 3309(b) Section Not To Apply To Certain Service —
This section shall not apply to service performed—
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(1) —
in the employ of (A) a church or convention or association of churches, (B) an organization
which is operated primarily for religious purposes and which is operated, supervised,
controlled, or principally supported by a church or convention or association of
churches, or (C) an elementary or secondary school which is operated primarily for
religious purposes, which is described in section 501(c)(3),
and which is exempt from tax under section 501(a);
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(2) —
by a duly ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister of a church in the exercise
of his ministry or by a member of a religious order in the exercise of duties required
by such order;
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(3) —
in the employ of a governmental entity referred to in paragraph (7) of section 3306(c), if such service is performed by an individual in the exercise of his duties—
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(3)(A) —
as an elected official;
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(3)(B) —
as a member of a legislative body, or a member of the judiciary, of a State or political
subdivision thereof, or of an Indian tribe;
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(3)(C) —
as a member of the State National Guard or Air National Guard;
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(3)(D) —
as an employee serving on a temporary basis in case of fire, storm, snow, earthquake,
flood, or similar emergency;
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(3)(E) —
in a position which, under or pursuant to the State or tribal law, is designated
as (i) a major nontenured policymaking or advisory position, or (ii) a policymaking
or advisory position the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require
more than 8 hours per week; or
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(3)(F) —
as an election official or election worker if the amount of remuneration received
by the individual during the calendar year for services as an election official or
election worker is less than $1,000;
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(4) —
in a facility conducted for the purpose of carrying out a program of—
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(4)(A) —
rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical
or mental deficiency or injury, or
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(4)(B) —
providing remunerative work for individuals who because of their impaired physical
or mental capacity cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor market,
by an individual receiving such
rehabilitation or remunerative work;
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(5) —
as part of an unemployment work-relief or work-training program assisted or financed
in whole or in part by any Federal agency or an agency of a State or political subdivision
thereof or of an Indian tribe, by an individual receiving such work relief or work
training; and
I.R.C. § 3309(b)(6) —
by an inmate of a custodial or penal institution.
I.R.C. § 3309(c) Nonprofit Organizations Must Employ 4 Or More —
This section shall not apply to service performed during any calendar year in the
employ of any organization unless on each of some 20 days during such calendar year
or the preceding calendar year, each day being in a different calendar week, the
total number of individuals who were employed by such organization in employment
(determined without regard to section 3306(c)(8) and by excluding service to which this section does not apply by reason of subsection
(b)) for some portion of the day (whether or not at the same moment of time) was 4 or
more.
I.R.C. § 3309(d) Election By Indian Tribe —
The State law shall provide that an Indian tribe may make contributions for employment
as if the employment is within the meaning of section 3306 or
make payments in lieu of contributions under this section, and shall
provide that an Indian tribe may make separate elections for itself and each subdivision,
subsidiary, or business enterprise wholly owned by such Indian tribe. State law may
require a tribe to post a payment bond or take other reasonable measures to assure
the making of payments in lieu of contributions under this section. Notwithstanding
the requirements of section 3306(a)(6), if, within 90 days of having received a notice of delinquency, a tribe fails to
make contributions, payments in lieu of contributions, or payment of penalties or
interest (at amounts or rates comparable to those applied to all other employers
covered under the State law)
assessed with respect to such failure, or if the tribe fails to post
a required payment bond, then service for the tribe shall not be excepted from employment
under section 3306(c)(7) until any such failure is corrected. This subsection shall apply to an Indian tribe
within the meaning of section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)).
(Added by Pub. L. 91-373, title I, 104(b)(1), Aug. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 697, and amended Pub. L. 94-566, title I, 115(a), (b), (c)(2), (3), title V, 506(a), Oct. 20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2670, 2671, 2687; Pub. L. 95-19, title III, 302(b), Apr. 12, 1977, 91 Stat. 44; Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 166, Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763; Pub. L. 115-141, Div. U, title IV, Sec. 401(a)(216), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 348.)
BACKGROUND NOTES
AMENDMENTS
2018--Subsec.
(d). Pub. L. 115-141, Div. U, Sec. 401(a)(216), amended subsec. (d) by substituting “25 U.S.C. 5304(e)” for “25 U.S.C. 450b(e)”.
2000--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 166(b)(1), inserted “, including an Indian tribe” after “the State law shall
provide that a governmental entity”.
Subsec. (b)(3)(B). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 166(b)(2), inserted “, or of an Indian tribe” after “of a State or political
subdivision thereof”.
Subsec. (b)(3)(E). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 166(b)(3), inserted “or tribal” after “the State”.
Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 166(b)(4), inserted “or of an Indian tribe” after “an agency of a State or
political subdivision thereof”.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 166(c), added subsec. (d).
1997--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5407(a), struck “or” at the end of subpar. (A), and inserted “, or (C)
an elementary or secondary school which is operated primarily for religious purposes,
which is described in section 501(c)(3), and which is exempt from tax under section
501(a)” before the semicolon.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5405(a), struck “or” at the end of subpar. (D); added “or” at the
end of subpar.
(E); and added subpar. (F).
1977--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 95-19 substituted “(or group of governmental entities or other organizations)”
for “(or group of organizations)”.
1976--Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 94-566, Sec. 115(c)(3), substituted
“services performed for nonprofit organizations or governmental entities"
for “certain services performed for nonprofit organizations and for State hospitals
and institutions of higher education” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 94-566, Sec. 115(a), struck out “performed in the employ of the State, or any instrumentality
of the State or of the State and one or more other States, for a hospital or institution
of higher education located in the State, if such service is” after
“service”.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 94-566, Sec. 506(a), substituted “a governmental entity or any other organization”
for “an organization”, “paragraph
(1)” for “paragraph (1)(A)”, and “that governmental entities
or other organizations” for “that organizations”.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 94-566, Sec. 115(b)(1), substituted reference to services performed in the employ of a governmental
entity referred to in paragraph (7) of section 3306(c), if such services are performed
by an individual in the exercise of his duties as an elected official, as a member
of a legislative body, or a member of the judiciary, of a State or political subdivision
thereof, as a member of the State National Guard or Air National Guard, as an employee
serving on a temporary basis in case of fire, storm, snow, earthquake, flood, or similar
emergency, or in a position which, under or pursuant to the State law, is designated
as a major nontenured policymaker or advisory position or a policymaking or advisory
position the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require more than
8 hours per week, for reference to services performed in the employ of a school which
is not an institution of higher education.
Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 94-566, Sec. 115(b)(2), substituted “by an inmate of a custodial or penal institution”
for “for a hospital in a State prison or other State correctional institution
by an inmate of the prison or correctional institution”.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94-566, Sec. struck out subsec. (d) which defined
“institution of higher education”. See section 3304(f) of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 115-141, Div. U, Sec. 401(a)(216), effective March 23, 2018.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENTS
Amendments by Sec. 166 of Pub. L. 106-554 effective for services performed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act
[Enactment Date: Dec. 21, 2000]. Sec. 166(e)(2) provides the following transition
rule:
“(2) TRANSITION RULE.--For purposes of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, service
performed in the employ of an Indian tribe (as defined in section 3306(u)
of the Internal Revenue Codeof 1986 (as added by this section))
shall not be treated as employment (within the meaning of section 3306 of such Code)
if--
“(A) it is service which is performed before the date of the enactment of this
Act and with respect to which the tax imposed under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act
has not been paid, and
“(B) such Indian tribe reimburses a State unemployment fund for unemployment
benefits paid for service attributable to such tribe for such period.”
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1997 AMENDMENTS
Amendments by Sec. 5405(a) of Pub. L. 105-33 applicable with respect to service performed after the date of the enactment of this
Act [enacted:
Aug. 5, 1997].
Amendments by Sec. 5407(a) of Pub. L. 105-33 applicable with respect to service performed after the date of the enactment of this
Act [enacted:
Aug. 5, 1997].
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1977 AMENDMENT
Section 302(d)(2) of Pub. L. 95-19 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection
(b) [amending this section] shall take effect as if included in the amendments made
by section 506 of the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976 [which amended
this section in 1976, see Effective Date of 1976 Amendment note below].”
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENTS
For effective date of amendment by section 115(a),
(b), (c)(2), (3) of Pub. L. 94-566 see section 115(d) of Pub. L. 94-566, set out as a note under section 3304 of this title.
For effective date of amendment by section 506(a)
of Pub. L. 94-566, see section 506(c) of Pub. L. 94-566, set out as a note under section 3304 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section applicable with respect to certifications of State laws for 1972 and subsequent
years, but only with respect to service performed after Dec. 31, 1971, see section
104(d)(1) of Pub. L. 91-373, set out as a note under section 3304 of this title.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 3309 was renumbered section 3311.
