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to establish the right to benefits under this Act without regard to the date of injury or death for which claim is made." INCREASE I N E X I S T I N G
AWARDS
SEC. 13. The Secretary of Labor shall determine the per centum rise in the price index on the basis of the annual average price index for calendar year 1958 and the price index for the month during which this Act is enacted. Effective on the first day of the third month which begins after the enactment of this Act, compensation payable under 63^813^854^^' ^^® Federal Employees' Compensation Act on account of disability or 5 USC 751 note. death which occurred more than one year before such first day shall be increased by the per centum rise determined under the preceding sentence adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 per centum and rounded to the nearest dollar, except that such increase shall in no case be less " P r i c e index. than $1. For purposes of this section, the term "price index" means the Consumer Price Index (all items—United States city average) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. COST-Or-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS I N 5 USC 751 note.
SEC. 14. The Federal Employees' Compensation Act is amended by redesignating section 43 as section 44, and by inserting after section 42 the following new section: "ADJUSTMENTS IN
Definitions.
TUTURE
C O M P E N S A T I O N TO REFLECT F U T U R E PRICE' INCREASES
"SEC. 43. (a) Each month after the month during which this section becomes effective, the Secretary shall determine the per centum change in the price index. Effective the first day of the third month which begins after the price index has equaled a rise of at least 3 per centum for three consecutive months over the price index for the most recent base month, compensation payable on account of disability or death which occurred more than one year before such first day shall be increased by the per centum rise in the price index (calculated on the highest level of the price index during the three consecutive months) adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 per centum. "(b) The monthly compensation, after adjustment under this section, shall be fixed at the nearest dollar, except that the monthly compensation shall, after adjustment, reflect an increase of at least $1. "(c) For purposes of this section— »^]^^ ^^iQ term 'pHce index' means the Consumer Price Index (all items—United States city average) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and "(2) the term 'base month' means the month this section becomes effective and each month thereafter which is used as a basis in calculating an increase in compensation under this section." APPLICATION TO M I L I T A R Y P E R S O N N E L
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SEC. 15. Except for benefits provided under section 7 of this Act, nothing in this or any other Act of Congress shall be construed to make the increases authorized herein applicable to military personnel or to any person or employees not within the definition of "employee" in section 40(b)(1) or (2) of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act. However, these amendments shall apply to employees of the government of the District of Columbia other than members of the Police and Fire Departments who are pensioned or pensionable under the provisions of the Policemen's and Firemen's Retirement and Disabil-
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