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(a) The President, from time to time, may transfer the administration of
this subchapter--
(1) so far as employees of the Panama Canal Commission are concerned to
the Commission; and
(2) so far as employees of the Alaska Railroad are concerned to the
general manager of The Alaska Railroad.
(b) When administration is transferred under subsection (a) of this
section, the expenses incident to physical examinations which are payable
under section 8123 of this title shall be paid from appropriations for the
Panama Canal Commission or for the Alaska Railroad, as the case may be,
instead of from the Employees' Compensation Fund. The President may
authorize the Panama Canal Commission and the general manager of The
Alaska Railroad to pay the compensation provided by this subchapter,
including medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies under
section 8103 of this title and the transportation and burial expenses
under sections 8103 and 8134 of this title, from appropriations for the
Panama Canal Commission and for The Alaska Railroad, and these
appropriations shall be reimbursed for the payments by transfer of funds
from the Employees' Compensation Fund.
(c) The President may authorize the Panama Canal Commission to waive, at
its discretion, the making of the claim required by section 8121 of this
title in the case of compensation to an employee of the Panama Canal
Commission for temporary disability, either total or partial.
(d) When administration is transferred under subsection (a) of this
section to the general manager of The Alaska Railroad, the Secretary of
Labor is not divested of jurisdiction and a claimant is entitled to appeal
from the decision of the general manager of The Alaska Railroad to the
Secretary of Labor. The Secretary on receipt of an appeal shall, or on his
own motion may, review the decision of the general manager of The Alaska
Railroad, and in accordance with the facts found on review may proceed
under section 8128 of this title. The Secretary shall provide the form and
manner of taking an appeal.
(e) The same right of appeal exists with respect to claims filed by
employees of the Panama Canal Commission or their dependents in case of
death, as is provided with respect to the claims of other employees to
whom this subchapter applies, under section 8149 of this title. The
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board referred to by section 8149 of this
title has jurisdiction, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary,
over appeals relating to claims of the employees or their dependents.
(a) Compensation payable on account of disability or death which
occurred more than one year before March 1 of each year shall be annually
increased on that date by the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor
to represent the percent change in the price index published for December
of the preceding year over the price index published for the December of
the year prior to the preceding year, adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of
1 percent.
(b) The regular periodic compensation payments after adjustment under
this section shall be fixed at the nearest dollar. However, the regular
periodic compensation after adjustment shall reflect an increase of at
least $1.
(c) This section shall be applicable to persons excluded by section 15
of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act Amendments of 1966 (Public Law
89-488) under the following statutes: Act of February 15, 1934 (48 Stat.
351); Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 2035); Act of April 8, 1935 (49 Stat.
115); Act of July 25, 1942 (56 Stat. 710); Public Law 84-955 (August 3,
1956); Public Law 77-784 (December 2, 1942); Public Law 84-879 (August 1,
1956); Public Law 80-896 (July 3, 1948); Act of September 8, 1959 (73
Stat. 469). Benefit payments to these persons shall initially be increased
by the total percentage of the increases in the price index from the base
month of July 1966, to the next most recent base month following the
effective date of this subsection.
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