Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 771 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 771 : US Code - Notes

(Aug. 19, 1950, ch. 761, Sec. 1, 64 Stat. 465; Pub. L. 85-351, Sec.
1, Mar. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct.
15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938; Pub. L. 90-163, Sec. 1, Nov. 29, 1967, 81
Stat. 518; Pub. L. 90-167, Sec. 1(a), Nov. 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 520;
Pub. L. 98-557, Sec. 15(b)(1), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2866.)
AMENDMENTS
1984 - Pub. L. 98-557 substituted references to surviving spouse
for references to widow.
1967 - Pub. L. 90-167 struck out provision which exempted from
coverage of this section widows of employees whose positions were
classified in one of the grades of the professional and scientific
service of the Classification Act of 1923, or a comparable grade of
the Classification Act of 1949, or who performed duties of a
position comparable to a position so classified after the enactment
of law requiring the classification of such positions.
Pub. L. 90-163 substituted "$100 per month" for "$75 per month".
1958 - Pub. L. 85-351 substituted "$75 per month" for "$50 per
month".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1967 AMENDMENTS
Section 2 of Pub. L. 90-167 provided that: "No payment shall be
made by reason of the amendments made by this section [amending
this section and section 772 of this title] for any period prior to
the first day of the first month following the month in which this
Act is enacted [Nov. 29, 1967]."
Section 1 of Pub. L. 90-163 provided that the amendment made by
that section is effective on the first day of the month following
Nov. 29, 1967.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1958 AMENDMENT
Section 2 of Pub. L. 85-351 provided that: "The amendments made
by this Act [amending this section and section 772 of this title]
shall take effect on the first day of the first month which begins
after the date of the enactment of this Act [Mar. 28, 1958]."
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 6 of act Aug. 19, 1950, provided that: "No payment shall
be made under this Act [enacting this section and sections 772 to
775 of this title] for any period prior to the first day of the
first month following the month in which this Act is enacted."
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Bureau of Lighthouses, of which Lighthouse Service was a part,
transferred and consolidated with Coast Guard under Secretary of
the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1,
1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 33 Stat. 1432, set out in the Appendix to Title
5, Government Organization and Employees. Functions of Secretary of
the Treasury relating to Coast Guard transferred to Secretary of
Transportation by section 6(b)(1) of Pub. L. 89-670. See section
108 of Title 49, Transportation.
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
section 542 of Title 6.
INCREASE IN WIDOWS BENEFITS AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF INCREASE
Pub. L. 94-170, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1022, provided: "That the
benefits payable under section 1 or section 2 of the Act of August
19, 1950 (64 Stat. 465, 466), as amended (33 U.S.C. 771, 772)
shall, effective on the first day of the calendar month following
enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 1975], be increased by $26 per
month.
"Sec. 2. The increases under this Act shall apply to benefits
which commence before, on, or after the date of enactment of this
Act [Dec. 23, 1975], but no increase in benefits shall be paid for
any period prior to the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 23,
1975], or the date on which the eligibility for benefits commences,
whichever is later."
COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO WIDOW'S ANNUITY
Section 2 of Pub. L. 90-163 provided that: "Each annuity payable
under the Act entitled 'An Act to provide benefits for widows of
certain persons who were retired or are eligible for retirement
under section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize aids to
navigation and for other works in the Lighthouse Service, and for
other purposes", approved June 20, 1918, as amended', approved
August 19, 1950 (33 U.S.C. 771-775), and each annuity payable under
section 6 of the Act entitled 'An Act to authorize aids to
navigation and for other works in the Lighthouse Service, and for
other purposes', approved June 20, 1918 (33 U.S.C. 763), shall be
increased by the same percentage, adjusted to the nearest dollar,
and on the same effective date, as each increase hereafter allowed
under the cost-of-living annuity adjustment provisions of section
8340(b) of title 5, United States Code."