Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/8137
Timestamp: 2013-05-23 04:51:00
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 8137', '§ 8137', '§ 8137', '§ 4', 'art 25', 'art 501']

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5 USC § 8137 - Compensation for noncitizens and nonresidents
When the Secretary of Labor finds that the amount of compensation payable to an employee who is neither a citizen nor resident of the United States or Canada, or payable to a dependent of such an employee, is substantially disproportionate to compensation for disability or death payable in similar cases under local statute, regulation, custom, or otherwise at the place outside the continental United States or Canada where the employee is working at the time of injury, he may provide for payment of compensation on a basis reasonably in accord with prevailing local payments in similar cases by—
the adoption or adaption of the substantive features, by a schedule or otherwise, of local workmen’s compensation provisions or other local statute, regulation, or custom applicable in cases of personal injury or death; or
establishing special schedules of compensation for injury, death, and loss of use of members and functions of the body for specific classes of employees, areas, and places.
Irrespective of the basis adopted, the Secretary may at any time—
modify or limit the maximum monthly and total aggregate payments for injury, death, and medical or other benefits;
modify or limit the percentages of the wage of the employee payable as compensation for the injury or death; and
modify, limit, or redesignate the class or classes of beneficiaries entitled to death benefits, including the designation of persons, representatives, or groups entitled to payment under local statute or custom whether or not included in the classes of beneficiaries otherwise specified by this subchapter.
In a case under this section, the Secretary or his designee may—
make a lump-sum award in the manner prescribed by section 8135 of this title when he or his designee considers it to be for the best interest of the United States; and
compromise and pay a claim for benefits, including a claim in which there is a dispute as to jurisdiction or other fact or a question of law.
The Secretary may delegate to an employee or agency of the United States, with such limitations and right of review as he considers advisable, authority to process, adjudicate, commute by lump-sum award, compromise, and pay a claim or class of claims for compensation, and to provide other benefits, locally, under this section, in accordance with such regulations and instructions as the Secretary considers necessary. For this purpose, the Secretary may provide or transfer funds, including reimbursement of amounts paid under this subchapter.
The Secretary may waive the application of this subchapter in whole or in part and for such period or periods as he may fix if he finds that—
conditions prevent the establishment of facilities for processing and adjudicating claims under this section; or
claimants under this section are alien enemies.
The Secretary may apply this section retrospectively with adjustment of compensation and benefits as he considers necessary and proper.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 549.)
Derivation U.S. Code Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 793 (5th par., less penultimate sentence). July 28, 1945, ch. 328, § 4 (less penultimate sentence), 59 Stat. 503.
The last sentence of former section 793 is omitted as it consists of a definition which is fully spelled out when the words “United States” are used as a geographical reference.
This is a list of parts within the Code of Federal Regulations for which this US Code section provides rulemaking authority.This list is taken from the Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules provided by GPO [Government Printing Office].It is not guaranteed to be accurate or up-to-date, though we do refresh the database weekly. More limitations on accuracy are described at the GPO site.20 CFR - Title 20—Employees' Benefits20 CFR Part 25 - COMPENSATION FOR DISABILITY AND DEATH OF NONCITIZEN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES20 CFR Part 501 - RULES OF PROCEDURE