Volume 75
Private Law 87–32
For the relief of James Delbert Hodges.
Approved May 25, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of James Delbert Hodges.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That sections 15
James D. Hodges
through 20, inclusive, of the Federal Employees Compensation Act are hereby waived in favor of James Delbert Hodges of Woodville, Alabama; and his claim for compensation and disability benefits arising out of injuries alleged to have been received by him as a result of contact with mustard gas in March 1943, while he was employed at the Huntsville Arsenal, shall be acted upon under the remaining provisions of such Act if he files such claim with the Bureau of Employees Compensation, Department of Labor, within the six-month period which begins on the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That no benefits shall accrue by reason of the enactment of this Act for any period prior to its enactment, except in the case of such medical or hospitalization expenditures as may be deemed reimbursable.
Approved May 25, 1961.