### Question
How is the "employee amount" defined?


### Answer
The term **employee amount** is defined in *45 U.S.C. § 363a* as follows -

> any amount paid from a State unemployment fund to the Unemployment Trust Fund which would not have been required to be paid, under the provisions of section 363(c) of this title, if said section had not required payment of amounts based on contributions collected from employees

#### Citation:
  - *45 U.S.C. § 363a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 11-RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE**

