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 254 5 USC 756.

5 USC 760.

Student eligibility provisions.

PUBLIC LAW 89-488-JULY 4, 1966

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(b) Section 6(a)(2)(C) of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, compensation payable for a child which would otherwise be terminated because such child has reached the age of 18 shall be continued if he or she is a student (as defined in section 10 (M) of this Act) at the time he or she reaches the age of 18 for so long as the child continues to be such a student or until he or she marries." (c) Section 10 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: " (M) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be considered a student while he is regularly pursuing a full-time course of study or training at an institution which is— "(i) a school or college or university operated or directly supported by the United States, or by any State or local government or political subdivision thereof, or " (ii) a school or college or university which has been accredited by a State or by a State-recognized or nationally recognized accrediting agency or body, or "(iii) a school or college or university not so accredited but whose credits are accepted, on transfer, by not less than three institutions which are so accredited, for credit on the same basis as if transferred from an institution so accredited, or "(iv) an additional type of educational or training institution as defined by the Secretary; but not after he reaches the age of twenty-three or has completed four years of education beyond the high school level, except that, where his twenty-third birthday occurs during a semester or other enrollment period, he shall continue to be considered a student until the end of such semester or other enrollment period. A child shall not be deemed to have ceased to be a student during any interim between school years if the interim does not exceed four months and if he shows to the satisfaction of the Secretary that he has a bona fide intention of continuing to pursue a full-time course of education or training during the semester or other enrollment period immediately following the interim or during periods of reasonable duration during which, in the judgment of the Secretary, he is prevented by factors beyond his control from pursuing his education. LUMP-SUM COMPENSATION UPON REMARRIAGE

39 Stat. 746. 5 USC 764.

SEC. 8. Section 14 of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act is amended by inserting " (a) " after "SEC. 14." and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) Upon remarriage, a widow or dependent widower, entitled to compensation under section 10, shall be paid a lump sum equal to twenty-four times the monthly compensation payment (excluding any compensation on account of another person) to which he was entitled immediately prior to the remarriage." TIME FOR CLAIMS

5 USC 770.

SEC. 9. Section 20 of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act is amended by inserting " (a) " after "SEC. 20.", by striking out of the second sentence "due to radiation or other causes", and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) The time limitations in subsection (a) shall not begin to run against a minor until he reaches the age of twenty-one or has had a legal representative appointed, and shall not run against an incompe-

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