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81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.- CH. 691-OCT. 14 , 1949
BASIC BENEFIT FOR TOTAL DISABILITY
SEC. 102. Section 3 of the Federal Employees' Compensation
Act, as amended (5 U. S . C ., 1946 edition, sec. 753), is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"SEC. 3. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, if the
disability is total the United States shall pay to the disabled employee
during such disability a monthly monetary compensation equal to
6623 per centum of his monthly pay, which shall be known as his
basic compensation for total disability.
"(b) Loss, or loss of use, of both hands, or both arms, or both feet,
or both legs, or both eyes or the sight thereof, shall, prima facie,
constitute permanent total disability."
BASIC BENEFIT FOR PARTIAL DISABILITY
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39 Stat. 743 .
SEC. 103. (a) Section 4 of the Federal Employees' Compensation
Act, as amended (5 U. S . C., 1946 edition, sec. 754), is further amended 3 t t
to read as follows:
"SEC. 4. (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, if the
disability is partial the United States shall pay to the disabled
employee during such disability a monthly monetary compensation
equal to 66% per centum of the difference between his monthly pay
and his monthly wage-earning capacity after the beginning of such
partial disability, which shall be known as his basic compensation
for partial disability.
"(2) The Administrator may require a partially disabled employee Affdaitor
to make an affidavit or other report, in such manner and at such times
as the Administrator may specify as to his earnings, whether from
employment or self-employment. In such affidavit or other report
the employee shall include the value of housing, board, lodging, and
other advantages which are part of his remuneration for employment
or are earnings in self-employment and which can be estimated in
money. If such individual, when required, fails to make such affi- pForeiturgh
davit or other report, or if in such affidavit or report the employee
knowingly omits or understates any part of such earnings or remu-
neration, he shall forfeit his right to compensation with respect to
any period for which such report was required to be made, and such
compensation, if already paid, shall be recovered by deducting the
amount thereof from the compensation payable to him or otherwise
recovered in accordance with section 38, unless such recovery is waived
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"(b) If a partially disabled employee refuses to seek suitable work ,ork t.
or refuses or neglects to work after suitable work is offered to, pro-
cured by, or secured for him, he shall not be entitled to any
compensation."
(b) Section 39 of such Act (5 U. S . C., 1946 edition, sec. 789), is 39B t t
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amended by inserting, after "affidavit" the words "or report".
SCHEDULED DISABILITIES
SEC. 104. Section 5 of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act,
as amended (5 U. S . C ., 1946 edition, sec. 755), is amended to read 39taS74
as follows:
"SEC. 5 . (a) In any case of permanent disability which involves solely
the loss, or loss of use, of a member or function of the body, or involves
disfigurement, as provided in the following schedule, basic compensa-
tion for such disability shall, in addition to compensation for any
temporary total or temporary partial disability, be payable to the
disabled employee for the period specified in such schedule at the rate
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