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PUBLIC LAW 89-488-JULY 4, 1966

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Public Law 89July 4, 1966 [H.R. 10721]

Federal Employe e s ' Compensation Act Amendments of 1966.

AN ACT To amend the Federal Eimployees' Compensation Act to improve its benefits, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be cited as the "Federal Employees' Compensation Act Amendments of 1966". SCHEDULED DISABILITIES

63 Stat. 855; 74 Stat. 907. 5 USC 755.

5 USC 756.

SEC. 2. (a) Section 5(a) of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act is amended by striking out everything preceding clause (1), and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "SEC. 5. (a) In any case of permanent disability which involves the loss, or loss of use, of a member or function of the body or involves disfigurement, basic compensation for such disability shall be payable to the disabled employee, as provided in the following schedule, at the rate of 66% per centum of his monthly pay. Such compensat ion shall be payable regardless of whether the cause of the disability originates in a part of the body other than such member, and regardJess of whether the disability also involves another impairment of the body. Such compensation shall be in addition to compensation for any temporary total or temporary partial disability. The schedule referred to in the first sentence is as follows:". (b) Section 5(b) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(b) With respect to any period after payments under subsection (a) have terminated, compensation shall be paid as provided in section 8 if the disability is total, or as provided in subsection (a) of section -t if the disability is partial." (c) The second sentence of section 5(c) of such Act is amended by striking out "for the purposes of disabilities specified in subsection (b),"(d) Paragraph (1) of section 5(d) of such Act is amended by striking out " (including any disability compensable under the schedule to subsection (a) by virtue of subsection (b)) ". (e) Section 6(a)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out "(including compensation payable under the schedule to section 5(a) by virtue of section 5(b)) ". INCREASES I N MAXIMUM A N D MINIMUM L I M I T S OF C O M P E N S A T I O N

79 Stat. n i l. 5 USC 1113.

5 USC 760.

SEC. 3. (a) Section 6(a)(1) of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act is amended by striking out everything after "wage-earning capacity" and inserting in lieu thereof a period. (b) Section 6(c) of such Act is amended by striking out "shall not be more than $525 per month and in cases of total disability shall not be less than $180 per month," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "shall not oe more than 75 per centum of the monthly pay of the highest rate of basic compensation provided for grade 15 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, and in cases of total disability shall not be less than 75 per centum of the monthly pay of the lowest rate of basic compensation provided for grade 2 by such General Schedule,". (c) Section 10(K) of such Act is amended to read as follows: " (K) I n computing compensation under this section, the monthly pay shall be considered to be not less than the lowest rate of basic compensation provided for grade 2 by the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, but the total monthly compensation shall

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