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[81 STAT. 210]
PUBLIC LAW 90-000—MMMM. DD, 1968
[81 STAT. 210]

210 80 Stat. 536.

Ante, p. 209.

80 Stat. 544.

PUBLIC LAW 90-83-SEPT. 11, 1967

[81 STAT.

(50) Section 8107(a), (b) is amended to read: " (a) If there is permanent disability involving the loss of use of a member or fmiction of the body or involving disfigurement, the employee is entitled to basic compensation for the disability, as provided by the schedule in subsection (c) of this section, at the rate of 66% percent of his monthly pay. The basic compensation is— "(1) payable regardless of whether the cause of the disability originates in a part of the body other than that member; "(2) payable regardless of whether the disability also involves another impairment of the body; and "(3) in addition to compensation for temporary total or temporary partial disability. "(b) With respect to any period after payments under subsection (a) of this section have ended, an employee is entitled to compensation as provided by— " ( 1 ^ section 8105 of this title if the disability is total; or "(2) section 8106 of this title if the disability is partial." (51) Section 8108 is amended by striking out of the last sentence "for the purposes of disabilities specified by section 8107(b) of this title,". (52) Section 8109(a)(1) is amended by striking out ", including a disability compensable under the schedule in section 8107(c) of this title because of section 8107(b) of this title". (53) Section 8110 is amended— (A) by inserting the following new sentence flush at the end of subsection (a): "Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of this subsection, compensation payable for a child that would otherwise end because the child has reached 18 years of age shall continue if he is g studeut as defined by section 8101 of this title at the time he ^ reaches 18 years of age for so long as he continues to be such a student or until he marries."; (B) by striking out "including compensation payable under the schedule in section 8107(c) by virtue of section 8107(b) of this title" in subsection (b)(1); and (C) by striking out the last sentence of subsection (b). (54) Section 8111(a) is amended by striking out "$125" and inserting "$300" in place thereof. (55) Section 8112 is amended by striking out "may not exceed $525 a month, and in case of total disability may not be less than $180 a month" and inserting "may not be more than 75 percent of the monthly pay of the maximum rate of basic pay for GS-15, and in case of total disability may not be less than 75 percent of the monthly pay of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-2". (56) Section 8116(a) is amended by inserting in the last sentence after "subchapter III of chapter 83 of this title" the following: ", or another retirement system for employees of the Government,". (57) Section 8122 is amended— (A) by striking out "due to radiation or other cause" in subsection (b); and (B) by inserting the following new subsection after subsection " (d) The time limitations in subsections (a) - (c) of this section do not— "(1) begin to run against a minor until he reaches 21 years of age or has had a legal representative appointed; or "(2) run against an incompetent individual while he is incompetent and has no duly appointed legal representative." (58) Section 8124 is amended— (A) by inserting the designation " (a) " before "The", at the beginning thereof;