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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

value of all future payments of compensation computed at 4 percent true discount compounded annually if— (1) the monthly payment to the beneficiary is less than $5 a month; (2) the beneficiary is or is about to become a nonresident of the United States; or (3) the Secretary of Labor determines that it is for the best interest of the beneficiary. The probability of the death of the beneficiary before the expiration of the period during which he is entitled to compensation shall be determined according to the American Experience Table of Mortality, but the limip-sum payment to a widow or widower of the deceased employee may not exceed 60 months' compensation. The probability of the happening of any other contingency affecting the amount or duration of compensation shall be disregarded. § 8136. Initial payments outside the United States If an employee is injured outside the continental United States, the Secretary of Labor may arrange and provide for initial payment of compensation and initial furnishing of other benefits under this subchapter by an employee or agent of the United States designated by the Secretary for that purpose in the locality in which the employee was employed or the injury occurred. § 8137. Compensation for noncitizens and nonresidents (a) 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 iijjury, he may provide for payment of compensation on a basis reasonably in accord with prevailing local payments in similar cases by— (1) 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 (2) 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— (A) modify or limit the maximum monthly and total aggregate payments for injury, death, and medical or other benefits; (B) modify or limit the percentages of the wage of the employee payable as compensation for the injury or death; and (C) 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. (b) In a case under this section, the Secretary or his designee may— (1) 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 (2) 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.

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