2001—Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 107–107 amended heading and text of subsec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:

“(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, if a covered employee dies before the effective date specified in subsection (f) of this section, whether or not the death is a result of that employee’s occupational illness, a survivor of that employee may, on behalf of that survivor and any other survivors of that employee, receive the compensation provided for under this section.

“(2) The right to receive compensation under this section shall be afforded to survivors in the same order of precedence as that set forth in section 8109 of title 5.”

Amendment by Puspan. L. 107–107 effective July 1, 2001, see section 3151(a)(4)(D) of Puspan. L. 107–107, set out as a note under section 7384l of this title.