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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

[80 STAT.

Compensation paid under this subsection is instead of all other compensation from the United States for the same injury or death, and a payment made under this subsection is deemed compensation under this subchapter and is satisfaction of all liability of the United States in respect to the particular injury or death. (c) The Secretary may delegate to an employee or agency of the United States, with such limitations and right of review as he considers advisable, authority to process, adjudicate, commute by lumpsum award, compromise, and pay a claim or class of claims for compensation, and to provide other benefits, locally, under this section, in accordance with such regulations and instructions as the Secretary considers necessary. For this purpose, the Secretary may provide or transfer funds, including reimbursement of amounts paid under this subchapter. (d) The Secretary may waive the application of this subchapter in whole or in part and for such period or periods as he may fix if he finds that— (1) conditions prevent the establishment of facilities for processing and adjudicating claims under this section; or (2) claimants under this section are alien enemies. (e) The Secretary may applv this section retrospectively with adjustment of compensation and oenefits as he considers necessary and proper. § 8138. Minimum limit modification for noncitizens and aliens (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, the minimum limit on monthly compensation for disability under section 8112 of this title and the minimum limit on monthly pay on which death compensation is computed under section 8133 of this title do not apply in the case of a noncitizen employee, or a class or classes of noncitizen employees, who sustain injury outside the continental United States. The Secretary of Labor may establish a minimum monthly pay on which death compensation is computed in the case of a class or classes of such noncitizen employees. (b) The President may remove or modify the minimum limit on monthly compensation for disability under section 8112 of this title and the minimum limit on monthly pay on which death compensation is computed under section 8133 of this title in the case of an alien employee, or a class or classes of alien employees, of the Canal Zone Government or the Panama Canal Company. § 8139. Employees of the District of Columbia Compensation awarded to an employee of the government of the District of Columbia shall be paid in the manner provided by statute for the payment of the general expenses of the government of the District of Columbia. § 8140. Members of the Reserve Officers* Training Corps (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, this subchapter applies to a member of, or applicant for membership in, the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the Army, Navy, or Air Force who suffers disability or death from an injury incurred in line of duty— (1) while engaged in a flight or in flight instruction under chapter 103 of title 10; or (2) while performing authorized travel to or from, or while attending, field training or a practice cruise under chapter 103 of title 10.

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