5 U.S.C. § 5570 — Compensation for disability or death

submitted 40 years ago by Pub. L. 99-399 to r/title-5-GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATION-AND-EMPLOYEES · 341 words · no verdicts yet

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The President may establish compensation for disability or death caused by hostile action and related to an employee’s or family member’s relationship with the Government. Other United States-funded payments for the same disability or death generally reduce this compensation.

(a) “Employee” means (A) a Civil Service individual or (B) an individual providing similar personal service to the United States, other than a uniformed-services member. “Family member” of an employee means (A) any dependent or (B) anyone else in the employee’s family or household. This section does not define “Civil Service,” “dependent,” “uniformed services,” “family,” or “household.” (b) The President must issue regulations under which an agency head may pay compensation for an employee’s or family member’s disability or death if the President determines hostile action caused it and it resulted from the individual’s relationship with the Government. (c) Compensation must be reduced by amounts payable to the same individual under another program funded wholly or partly by the United States for the same disability or death, excluding section 5569(d); it cannot be reduced below zero. (d) The President’s determination is conclusive and not judicially reviewable. (e) Compensation may include advance or reimbursed medical or health expenses related to the disability or death, to the extent not covered under section 5569(c), except because of paragraph (2) of that subsection. (f) This applies to disability or death from an injury after January 21, 1981. (g) Benefits and payments come from funds available for salaries and expenses of the relevant agency.

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(a)

For the purpose of this section—

(1)

“employee” means—

(A)

any individual in the Civil Service; and

(B)

any individual rendering personal service to the United States similar to the service of an individual in the Civil Service (other than as a member of the uniformed services); and

(2)

“family member”, as used with respect to an employee, means—

(A)

any dependent of such employee; and

(B)

any individual (other than a dependent under subparagraph (A)) who is a member of the employee’s family or household.

(b)

The President shall prescribe regulations under which an agency head may pay compensation for the disability or death of an employee or a family member of an employee if, as determined by the President, the disability or death was caused by hostile action and was a result of the individual’s relationship with the Government.

(c)

Any compensation otherwise payable to an individual under this section in connection with any disability or death shall be reduced by any amounts payable to such individual under any other program funded in whole or in part by the United States (excluding any amount payable under section 5569(d) of this title) in connection with such disability or death, except that nothing in this subsection shall result in the reduction of any amount below zero.

(d)

A determination by the President under subsection (b) shall be conclusive and shall not be subject to judicial review.

(e)

Compensation under this section may include payment (whether by advancement or reimbursement) for any medical or health expenses relating to the death or disability involved to the extent that such expenses are not covered under subsection (c) of section 5569 of this title (other than because of paragraph (2) of such subsection).

(f)

This section applies with respect to any disability or death resulting from an injury which occurs after January 21, 1981.

(g)

Any benefit or payment pursuant to this section shall be paid out of funds available for salaries and expenses of the relevant agency of the United States.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 99–399, title VIII, § 803(a), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 882.)

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1986Enacted · Pub. L. 99-399 · 100 Stat. 882

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