Volume 69 · A149
Private Law 84–435
For the relief of Elzie C. Brown.
Approved August 9, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Elzie C. Brown.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding the provisions of sections 15 to 20, inclusive, of the Federal Employees
Compensation Act, as amended (5 U. S. C., secs. 765–770), the Secretary of Labor is authorized (1) to consider any claim filed under such Act within one year after the date of enactment of this Act by Elzie C. Brown of Mountainair, New Mexico, for compensation for disability resulting from injuries alleged to have been received on or about Thanksgiving of 1945 while performing services as an employee of the War Relocation Authority in Amache, Colorado, and (2) to award to the said Elzie C. Brown any compensation to which he would have been entitled under such Act had such claim been filed within the time and in the manner provided by such sections. No benefits except hospital and medical expenses shall accrue under this Act for any period prior to the date of its enactment.
Approved August 9, 1955.