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 56 STAT.] 77TH OONG. , 2D SESS.-CHt. 668 -DEC. 2, 1942 LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION AC( SEC. 102. (a) In the administration of the provisions of such Act of September 7, 1916, as amended, with respect to cases coming within the purview of section 101 of this title, the 'scale of compensation benefits and the provisions for determining the amount of compen- sation and the payment thereof as provided in sections 8 and 9 of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, approved March 4, 1927 (44 Stat. 1424), as amended, so far as the provisions of said sections can be applied under the terms and conditions set forth therein, shall be payable in lieu of the benefits, except medical bene- fits, provided under such Act of September 7, 1916, as amended: Provided, That the total compensation payable under this title for injury or death shall in no event exceed the sum of $7,500, exclusive of medical costs and funeral and burial expenses. (b) For the purpose of computing compensation with respect to cases coming within the purview of section 101 of this title, the pro- visions of sections 6 and 10 of such Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, shall be applicable: Pro- vided, 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 such Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Com- pensation Act, as amended, shall not apply in computing compensation under this title. DEFINITION SEC. 103. As used in this title, the term "contractor with the United States" includes any subcontractor or subordinate subcon- tractor with respect to the contract of such contractor. REIMBURSEMENT SEC. 104. (a) Where any employer or his insurance carrier or compensation fund pays or is required to pay benefits- (1) to any person or fund on account of injury or death of any person coming within the purview of this title or the Act of August 16, 1941 (Public Law Numbered 208, Seventy-seventh Congress), as amended, if such injury or death arose from a war-risk hazard, which are payable under any workmen's com- pensation law of the United States or of any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, or other jurisdiction; or (2) to any person by reason of any agreement outstanding on the date of enactment of this Act made in accordance with a contract between the United States and any contractor there- with to pay benefits with respect to the death of any employee of such contractor occurring under circumstances not entitling such person to benefits under any workmen's compensation law or to pay benefits with respect to the failure of the United States or its contractor to furnish transportation upon the completion of the employment of any employee of such contractor to his home or to the place where he was employed; or (3) to any person by reason of an agreement approved or authorized by the United States under which a contractor with the United States has agreed to pay workmen's compensation benefits or benefits in the nature of workmen's compensation bene- fits to an injured employee or his dependents on account of detention by the enemy or on account of injury or death arising from a war-risk hazard; such employer, carrier, or fund shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all benefits so paid or payable, including funeral and burial expenses, 1031 Administrative pro. visions. 39 Stat. 742. 5U.S.C., ch.15. Ante, p. 725. 44 Stat. 1427, 1429. 33U.S.C.§908, 909. Proviso. Total compensa- tion. 44 Stat. 1426, 1431. 33 U. S. C. §§906, 910. Proviso. 44 Stat. 1430 . 33U.S.C.§909(e) "Contractor with the United States. " Reimbursement to employers, etc., for certain payments. Under designated laws. 55 Stat. 622. 42 1U.S. C., Supp. 1, I lIis5-lliM. lost, jp. 1035. Under outstanding agreements. Under agreements approved or author- ized by U.S.

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