Volume 53
Private Law 76–603
For the relief of Buford Lee Pratt.
Approved August 7, 1939
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Buford Lee Pratt.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the limitations
Buford Lee Pratt.
Provisions of Employees’ Compensation Act extended to.
of time in sections 15 to 20, both inclusive, of the Act entitled “An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes”, approved September 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby
39 Stat. 746, 747.
waived in favor of Buford Lee Pratt, of Spencer, Virginia, and the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission is authorized, under the remaining provisions of said Act, to receive and consider his claim for compensation for disability resulting from an injury sustained on July 11, 1934, while employed as a tobacco committee man in the tobacco production adjustment program of the United States Department of Agriculture: Provided, That claim hereunder
Proviso.
Time for filing claim.
shall be filed within six months from the date of the approval of this Act.
Approved, August 7, 1939.