PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 691-OCT. 14, 1949
Reports.
39 Stat. 742.
5U. S. C. §§751-793.
Ante, p. 854 et seq.
"United States. "
the heads of the various departments and agencies are authorized
and directed to develop, support, and foster organized safety pro-
motion, and the President may also establish by Executive order a
safety council composed of representatives of Government depart-
ments and agencies to serve as an advisory body to the Administrator
in furtherance of the safety program carried out by the Administrator
pursuant to this section, and the President may undertake such other
measures as he may deem proper to prevent injuries and accidents to
persons covered by this Act. Departments and other agencies of the
United States shall keep such records of injuries and accidents to
persons covered by this Act, whether or not resulting in loss of time
or the payment or furnishing of benefits, and make such statistical or
other reports and upon such forms as the Administrator may by
regulation prescribe."
TITLE III-TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND EFFECTIVE
DATE
EXTENSION OF TIME LIMITATIONS
SEC. 301. (a) Where an individual with respect to whose disability
or death compensation is claimed under the Federal Employees' Com-
pensation Act, as amended, was injured or died outside the United
States on or after December 7, 1941, and before August 11, 1946, the
time limitations of such Act with respect to the giving of notice of
injury and the filing of a claim for compensation shall not begin to
run until the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) As used in this subsection, the term "United States" includes
only the States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and
the Canal Zone.
COMPROMISE SETTLEMENTS-PRIVATE ACTS
SEC. 302. The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to author-
ize the payment of any compensation under the Federal Employees'
39 Stt.c751-793. Compensation Act in any case where, pursuant to private relief legis-
Ante, p. 854 etsae.
lation, a beneficiary of such legislation has accepted payment of a
grant in satisfaction of the liability of the United States (or its cor-
poration, agency, or other instrumentality) in such case, or where such
liability has been compromised and settled, or other satisfaction
received, as the result of any action sounding in tort or under maritime
6U.St.6C. 764.
law, or where a lump sum has been received under section 14 of the
Federal Employees' Compensation Act and the lump-sum award is
not modified or set aside for other reasons.
Ante, pp. 854, 861.
Ate, p. 854 .
Ante, pp. 855, 858,
859.
EFFECTIVE OPERATION
SEC. 303. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section or in
this Act, titles I and II of this Act shall take effect on the date of
enactment of this Act and be applicable to any injury or death occur-
ring before or after such date.
(b) The amendments made by section 101 of this Act to sections
2 and 8 of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act shall not apply
to any period of disability commencing before the enactment of this
Act.
(c) The amendments made by sections 102, 103, 105, and 106 of
this Act to sections 3, 4 (a), 6, 10, and 39 of the Federal Employees'
Compensation Act shall be applicable to cases of injury or death oc-
curring before enactment of this Act only with respect to any period
beginning on or after the first day of the first calendar month follow-
ing the enactment of this Act.
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