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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS. -CHS. 357, 358-AUG. 16, 1941 SEC. 2. (a) That the minimum limit on weekly compensation for 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) Conipensation for permanent total or permanent partial dis- ability under section 8 (c) (21) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, or for death under this Act to aliens and nonnationals of the United States not residents of the United States or Canada shall be in the same amount as provided for resi- dents, 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 thedate of the injury, and except 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. SEC. 3. (a) The United States Employees' Compensation Commis- sion is authorized to extend compensation districts established under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, approved March 4, 1927 (44 Stat. 1424), or to establish new com- pensation districts, to include any area to which this Act applies; and to assign to each such district one or more deputy commissioners, as the Commission may deem necessary. (b) Judicial proceedings provided under sections 18 and 21 of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act in respect to a compensation order made pursuant to this Act shall be instituted in the United States district court of the judicial district wherein is located the office of the deputy commissioner whose compensation order is involved if his office is located in a judicial district, and if not so located, such judicial proceedings shall be instituted in the judicial district nearest the base at which the injury or death occurs. SEC. 4. This Act shall not apply in respect to the injury or death of (1) an employee subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suf- fering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916 (39 Stat. 742), as amended; (2) an employee engaged in agriculture, domestic service, or any employment that is casual and not in the usual course of the trade, business, or profession of the employer; and (3) a master or member of a crew of any vessel. Approved, August 16, 1941. [C.HAPTER 358] [CHAPTER 358JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the representation of the Government and people of the United States in the observance of the two hundredth anniversary of the coming of Doctor Henry Melchior Muhlenberg to the American colonies. Whereas Muhlenberg College will hold celebrations during the year 1942 commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of the arrival in the American colonies of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America; and 623 Computation of benefits. 44 Stat. 1426, 1430 . 33U.S.C.§g906 (b), 909 (e). Aliens and non- nationals. 44 Stat. 1428 . 33U. S.C. }908. Commutaticn. Compensation dis- tricts, extension, etc. 44Stat. 1442. 33 U. S .C.§ 939 (b). Judicial review of compensation orders. 44 Stat. 1434, 1436. 33U.S.C.§918, 921. Nonappllcablllty of provisions. 5U.8.C. h. 15. August 16, 1941 [S. J. Res. 40] [Public Law 209] Two hundredth an- niversary of arrival of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.

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