; and (2) the purposes of the preceding provisions of this section, as such provisions apply with respect to Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation, shall be applied with respect to unemployment benefits described in subparagraph (B) or (D) of subsection (i)(2) to the same extent and in the same manner as if those benefits were regular compensation. . (c) Applicability The amendments made by this section shall not apply with respect to a State participating in an agreement under section 2104 of the CARES Act unless the State so elects, in which case such amendments shall apply with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the later of the date of such election or the date of enactment of this section. VII Technical Corrections 701. Grace Period for Full Financing of Short-Time Compensation Programs Section 2108(c) of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9026(c) ) is amended by striking shall be eligible and all that follows through the end and inserting the following: shall be eligible— (1) for payments under subsection (a) for weeks of unemployment beginning after the effective date of such enactment