80 STAT. ]
PUBLIC LAW 89-488-JULy 4, 1966
253
not exceed (1) the monthly pay computed as provided in section 12, or (2) 75 per centum of the monthly pay of the highest rate of basic compensation provided for grade 15 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949." INCREASE I N
COMPENSATION
FOR CERTAIN P E R S O N S; ALLOWANCES ATTENDANTS
FOR
SEC. 4. (a) Section 6(b)(1) of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act is amended by striking out "$125" and inserting in lieu thereof "$300". (b) The second proviso of the first section of the Act of February 15, 1934 (5 U.S.C. 796), is amended— (1) by striking out "$150" in clause (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "$300"; and (2) by striking out "$150" in clause (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "$450".
^ ^^^ '^^^•
E L I G I B I L I T Y OF RETIREES FOR S C H E D U L E AWARDS A N D MEDICAL SERVICES, ETC.
S E C 5. (a) The first sentence of section 7(a) of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act is amended by inserting after "Civil Service Retirement Act" the following: ", or any other Federal Act or program providing retirement benefits for employees,". (b) The first sentence of section 9(a) of such Act is amended by inserting after "Civil Service Retirement Act" the following: "or any other Federal Act or program providing retirement benefits for employees".
5 USC 757.
^ ^^^ '^^'^•
REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
SEC. 6. Section 9 of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c) Upon the application of any employee or former employee in receipt of compensation under this Act to the United States Civil Service Commission, said Commission shall enter his name on each appropriate register or employment list, or both, maintained by the Commission, for certification for appointment to any vacant position for which he is physically and otherwise qualified, in accordance with regulations of the Commission. Employees or former employees with career or career-conditional status shall be entitled to the same priority in certification which the Commission accords a career or career-conditional employee who has been involuntarily displaced from his position through no fault of his own. For the purpose of this subsection, 'employee' means an employee as defined by section 40(b)(1) of this Act, but does not include an individual who, pursuant to any other Act, is deemed an employee for the purpose of this Act."
"Employee. ^ use 790.
C O N T I N U A T I O N OF B E N E F I T S ON ACCOUNT OF SURVIVING C H I L D R E N A T T E N D I N G SCHOOL
SEC. 7. (a) Paragraph (G) of section 10 of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, compensation payable to or for a child, a brother or sister, or a grandchild which would otherwise be terminated because such child, brother or sister, or grandchild has reached the age of eighteen shall be continued if he is a student (as defined in paragraph (M)) at the time he reaches the age of eighteen for so long as he continues to be such a student or until he marries." 65-300 0-67—19
s use 760.
�
