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PUBLIC LAW 90-291-APR. 19, 1968

" (A) for the commission of a crime against the United States, or " (B) who at that time was sought by a law enforcement authority of the United States for the commission of a crime against the United States, or " (C) who at that time was sought as a material witness in a criminal proceeding instituted by the United States; or " (2) a hiw enforcement officer and to have been engaged on that occasion in protecting or guarding a person held for the commission of a crime against the United States or as a material witness in connection with such a crime; or " (3) a law enforcement officer and to have been engaged on that occasion in the lawful prevention of, or lawful attempt to prevent, the commission of a crime against the United States; and to have been on that occasion not an employee as defined in section 8101(1), and to have sustained on that occasion a personal injury for 81^513^*19"^' which the United States would be required under subchapter I of this chapter to pay compensation if he had been on that occasion such an ^^^^usc sioiemployee engaged in the performance of his duty. No person otherwise 8150. eligible to receive a benefit under this subchapter because of the disability or death of an eligible officer shall be barred from the receipt of such benefit because the person apprehended or attempted to be apprehended by such officer was then sought for the commission of a crime against a sovereignty other than the United States. "§ 8192. Benefits " (a) BENEFITS IK EVENT OF I N J U R Y. — The Secretary of Labor shall furnish to any eligible officer the benefits to which he would have been entitled under subchapter I of this chapter if, on the occasion giving rise to his eligibility, he had been an employee as defined in section 8101(1) engaged in the performance of his duty, reduced or adjusted as the Secretary of Labor in his discretion may deem appropriate to reflect comparable benefits, if any, received by the officer (or which he would have been entitled to receive but for this subchapter) by virtue of his actual employment on that occasion. When an enforcement officer has contributed to a disability compensation fund, the reduction of Federal benefits provided for in this subsection is to be limited to the amount of the State or local government benefits which bears the same proportion to the full amount of such benefits as the cost or contribution paid by the State or local government bears to the cost of disability coverage for the individual officer. " (b) BENEFITS I N EVENT OF DEATH.—The Secretary of Labor shall pay to any survivor of an eligible officer the difference, as determined by the Secretary in his discretion, between the benefits to which that survivor would be entitled if the officer had been an employee as defined in section 8101(1) engaged in the performance of his duty on the occasion giving rise to his eligibility^, and the comparable benefits, if any, received by the survivor (or which that survivor would have been entitled to receive but for this subchapter) by virtue of the officer's actual employment on that occasion. When an enforcement officer has contributed to a survivor's benefit fund, the reduction of Federal benefits provided for in this subsection is to be limited to the amount of the State or local government benefits which bears the same proportion to the full amount of such benefits as the cost or contribution paid by the State or local government bears to the cost of survivors benefits coverage for the individual officer. "§8193. Administration " (a) DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—For the purpose

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