R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-42-21
All money received by the director for the employment security fund established by this chapter shall, upon receipt, be deposited by the director in a clearance account in a bank, in this state, designated as a federal depositary under regulations adopted as subsequently prescribed. The cleared balances in that account shall be promptly transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the account of this state in the unemployment trust fund established by 42 U.S.C. § 1104, as long as this fund exists. The director shall from time to time requisition from the unemployment trust fund necessary amounts which shall be used solely for the payments of benefits, except that money credited to this state's account pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1103 may, upon an appropriation duly made by the legislature, be used for the administration of this law, subject to the limitations contained in 42 U.S.C. § 1103, and shall for this purpose be requisitioned as needed for the payment of obligations incurred under that appropriation and deposited in the employment security administration account from which that payment shall be made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-42-21