SDCL § 61-1-32: Employment exempt when covered by federal compensation law--Agreements for reciprocal treatment.

As used in this title, the term, employment, does not include service with respect to which reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation is payable under an unemployment compensation system established by an act of Congress. However, the Department of Labor and Regulation shall enter into agreements with the proper agencies under any such act of Congress, to provide reciprocal treatment to individuals who have, after acquiring potential rights to benefits under this title, acquired rights to reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation under an act of Congress, or who have, after acquiring potential rights to unemployment compensation under an act of Congress, acquired rights to benefits under this title.