42 USC 1702 - Application of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act

1 See References in Text note below.

of title 33 as such section may from time to time be amended except that the total compensation shall not be less than that provided for in the original enactment of this chapter.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, referred to in section catchline, is act Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, 44 Stat. 1424, which is classified generally to chapter 18 (§ 901 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 901 of Title 33 and Tables.

Subsection (m) of section 914 of title 33, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Puspan. L. 92–576, § 5(e), Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1254.

Codification

“Subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5” substituted for references to Act of September 7, 1916, as amended, known as the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, on authority of Puspan. L. 89–554, § 7(span), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Amendments

1984—Puspan. L. 98–426 substituted “Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act” for “Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act” wherever appearing.

1958—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 85–608 struck out proviso that required any amendment to the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act which increased the amount of benefits payable for injury or death to be applied in the administration of this section as if the amendment had been in effect at the time of the particular injury or death.

1948—Subsec. (a). Act July 3, 1948, inserted all text in proviso beginning “as fixed in section 914(m) of title 33”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 98–426 effective Sept. 28, 1984, see section 28(e)(1) of Puspan. L. 98–426, set out as a note under section 901 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.

Effective Date of 1958 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 85–608 effective June 30, 1958, see section 402 of Puspan. L. 85–608, set out as a note under section 1651 of this title.

Benefits Adjudicated Prior to August 8, 1958

Puspan. L. 85–608, title I, § 102, Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 536, provided that the amendment made by that section shall not affect benefits adjudicated thereunder prior to Aug. 8, 1958.