§ 1652. Computation of benefits; application to aliens and nonnationals

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1941

   Pub. L. 77–357 § 2 · 55 Stat. 622

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1652

   Aug. 16, 1941, ch. 357, § 2, 55 Stat. 623

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 16, 1941, ch. 357, § 2, 55 Stat. 623

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. (a) That the minimum limit on weekly compensation for Computation of benefits. 44 Stat. 1426, 1430. 33 U. S. C. §§ 906 (b), 909 (e). disability, established by section 6 (b), and the minimum limit on the average weekly wages on which death benefits are to be computed, established by section 9 (e), of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, approved March 4, 1927 (44 Stat. 1424), as amended, shall not apply in computing compensation and death benefits under this Act. (b) Compensation for permanent total or permanent partial disability Aliens and nonnationals. under section 8 (c) (21) of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, or for death under this Act to aliens 44 Stat. 1428. 33 U. S. C. § 908. and nonnationals of the United States not residents of the United States or Canada shall be in the same amount as provided for residents, except that dependents in any foreign country shall be limited to surviving wife and child or children, or if there be no surviving wife or child or children, to surviving father or mother whom the employee has supported, either wholly or in part, for the period of one year immediately prior to the date of the injury, and except Commutation. that the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission may, at its option or upon the application of the insurance carrier shall, commute all future installments of compensation to be paid to such aliens or nonnationals of the United States by paying or causing to be paid to them one-half of the commuted amount of such future installments of compensation as determined by the Commission.

2. 1984

   Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act Amendments of 1984

   Pub. L. 98–426 § 27(d)(2) · 98 Stat. 1639

   Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 1652(a); 42 U.S.C. § 1652(b)

   Pub. L. 98–426 substituted references to sections of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act for sections of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, which references have been translated to sections of title 33, thus requiring no change in text

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 98–426 substituted references to sections of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act for sections of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, which references have been translated to sections of title 33, thus requiring no change in text.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) Reference in any other statute, regulation, order, or other document to the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act shall be deemed to refer to the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 98–426 effective Sept. 28, 1984, see section 28(e)(1) of Pub. L. 98–426, set out as a note under section 901 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.

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