Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 772 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 772 : US Code - Notes

(Aug. 19, 1950, ch. 761, Sec. 2, 64 Stat. 466; 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(b), Nov. 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 520;
Pub. L. 98-557, Sec. 15(b)(2), 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 provisions which exempted from
coverage of this section widows of employees whose positions were
classified in one of grades of professional and scientific service
of Classification Act of 1923, or a comparable grade of
Classification Act of 1949, or who performed duties of a position
comparable to a position so classified after enactment of law
requiring 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
Amendment by Pub. L. 90-167 effective for any period subsequent
to the first day of the first month following Nov. 29, 1967, see
section 2 of Pub. L. 90-167, set out as a note under section 771 of
this title.
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
Amendment effective Apr. 1, 1958, see section 2 of Pub. L. 85-
351, set out as a note under section 771 of this title.
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
For 1975 increase in widows benefits under this section and
section 771 of this title, and effective date of such increase, see
Pub. L. 94-170, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1022, set out as a note
under section 771 of this title.