Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 906 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 906 : US Code - Notes

(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, Sec. 6, 44 Stat. 1426; June 24, 1948, ch.
623, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 602; July 26, 1956, ch. 735, Sec. 1, 70 Stat.
654; Pub. L. 87-87, Sec. 1, July 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 203; Pub. L. 92-
576, Secs. 4, 5(a), Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1252; Pub. L. 98-426,
Sec. 6, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1641.)
AMENDMENTS
1984 - Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 98-426, Sec. 6(a), substituted
provisions setting a maximum compensation for disability on death
of 200 per centum of the applicable national average weekly wage as
determined by the Secretary for former provisions which had set out
a schedule of progressive percentages of 125 per centum or $167,
whichever is greater, during the period ending September 30, 1973,
150 per centum during the period beginning October 1, 1973, and
ending September 30, 1974, 175 per centum during the period
beginning October 1, 1974, and ending September 30, 1975, and 200
per centum beginning October 1, 1975.
Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 98-426, Sec. 6(b), redesignated
subsec. (d) as (c) and substituted "under subsection (b)(3) of this
section" for "under this subsection". Former subsec. (c), which had
directed that the maximum rate of compensation for a
nonappropriated fund instrumentality employee be equal to 66 2/3
per centum of the maximum rate of basic pay established for a
Federal employee in grade GS-12 by section 5332 of title 5 and the
minimum rate of compensation for such an employee be equal to 66
2/3 per centum of the minimum rate of basic pay established for a
Federal employee in grade GS-2 by such section, was struck out.
1972 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-576, Sec. 4, substituted "fourteen
days" for "twenty-eight days".
Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 92-576, Sec. 5(a) added subsecs. (b)
to (d) and struck out former subsec. (b) compensation for
disability provisions which prescribed a $70 per week limit, a $18
per week minimum for total disability, and provided that if the
employee's average weekly wages, as computed under section 910 of
this title, were less than $18 per week he should receive as
compensation for total disability his average weekly wages.
1961 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-87 increased limitation on
compensation for disability from "$54" to "$70" per week.
1956 - Subsec. (a). Act July 26, 1956, substituted "three days"
for "seven days" and "twenty-eight days" for "forty-nine days".
Subsec. (b). Act July 26, 1956, substituted "$54" for "$35", and
"$18" for "$12" in two places.
1948 - Subsec. (b). Act June 24, 1948, increased maximum weekly
compensation from $25 to $35 and the minimum from $9 to $12 in two
places.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by section 6(a) of Pub. L. 98-426 applicable with
respect to any death after Sept. 28, 1984, and amendment by section
6(b) of Pub. L. 98-426 applicable with respect to any injury,
disability, or death after Sept. 28, 1984, see section 28(d), (f)
of Pub. L. 98-426, set out as a note under section 901 of this
title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 92-576 effective 30 days after Oct. 27,
1972, see section 22 of Pub. L. 92-576, set out as a note under
section 902 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1961 AMENDMENT
Section 4 of Pub. L. 87-87 provided that: "The amendments made by
the foregoing provisions of this Act [amending this section and
sections 909 and 914 of this title] shall become effective as to
injuries or death sustained on or after the date of enactment [July
14, 1961]."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1956 AMENDMENT
Section 9 of act July 26, 1956, provided that: "The amendments
made by the first section and sections 2, 4, and 5 of this Act
[amending this section and sections 908, 909, and 914 of this
title] shall be applicable only with respect to injuries and death
occurring on or after the date of enactment of this Act [July 26,
1956] notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of December 2,
1942, as amended (42 U.S.C. sec. 1701 et seq.)."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1948 AMENDMENT
Section 6 of act June 24, 1948, provided that: "The provisions of
this Act [amending this section and sections 908, 909, 910, and 914
of this title] shall be applicable only to injuries or deaths
occurring on or after the effective date hereof [June 24, 1948]."