PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 691-OCT. 14 , 1949
instrumentality, on account of such injury or death, in any direct
judicial proceedings in a civil action or in admiralty, or by proceed-
ings, whether administrative or judicial, under any other workmen's
Nonapplicability.
compensation law or under any Federal tort liability statute: Pro-
vided, however, That this subsection shall not apply to a master or
a member of the crew of any vessel."
SEC. 202. (a) Section 9 of the Federal Employees' Compensation
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Act, as amended (5 U. S. C., 1946 edition, sec. 759), is amended by
inserting before the first sentence thereof the designation "(a)" and
by adding at the end of such section a new subsection reading as
follows:
Vooato- rehabili-
"(b) The Administrator may direct any permanently disabled
individual whose disability is compensable under this Act to undergo
vocational rehabilitation and shall make provision for furnishing
vocational rehabilitation services in such cases. In providing for
such services, the Administrator shall, insofar as practicable, utilize
the services or facilities of State agencies (or corresponding agencies
in Territories or possessions) cooperating with him in carrying out
40 stat. 617; 41 Stat. the purposes of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, except
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31-44 . to the extent that the Administrator provides for furnishing such
Payment for erv- services under subsection (a) of this section. The cost of providing
such services to individuals undergoing vocational rehabilitation pur-
suant to such direction shall be paid from the employees' compen-
sation fund, except that in reimbursing any State agency (or
corresponding agency of a Territory or possession) under any
arrangement pursuant to this subsection there shall be excluded any
cost to such agency reimbursable in full under section 3 (a) (4) of
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33 (a) the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended."
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(b) Section 9 of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as so
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a
759.
amended, is further amended by inserting immediately before the last
iti medical, etc. sentence of subsection (a) of such section the following: "The Admin-
istrator may, under such limitations or conditions as he shall deem
necessary, authorize employing establishments of the United States
to provide for the initial furnishing of medical and other benefits
under this section, and the Administrator may certify for payment
out of the Employees' Compensation Fund vouchers for expenses
thus incurred for such benefits, upon certification by the person
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required by section 24 to make reports of injury that the expense was
incurred in respect to injury which was accepted by the employing
establishment as probably compensable under this Act. The form
and content of such certification shall be prescribed by the
Administrator."
COMPUTATION OF PAY
SEC. 203. Section 12 of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act
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(5 U. S . C ., 1946 edition, sec. 762) is amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 12. (a) In computing monetary compensation for disability
or death upon the basis of monthly pay, such pay shall be determined
in accordance with the provisions of this section.
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and
"(b) The value of subsistence and quarters, and of any other form
of remuneration in kind for services if its value can be estimated
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in money shall be included as part of the pay. Overtime pay, or
additional pay or allowance authorized outside the United States
because of differential in cost of living or other special circumstance,
or bonus or premium pay for extraordinary service (including amounts
paid as bonus for particularly hazardous service in time of war)
" Ovctime
shall not be taken into account. The term 'overtime pay', as used in
this subsection, means pay for hours of service in excess of those of a
statutory or other basic workweek, or other basic unit of work time,
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