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[CITE: 42USC1711]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
CHAPTER 12--COMPENSATION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR DETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OF 
          CONTRACTORS WITH UNITED STATES OUTSIDE UNITED STATES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER II--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1711. Definitions

    When used in this chapter--
    (a) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Labor.
    (b) The term ``war-risk hazard'' means any hazard arising during a 
war in which the United States is engaged; during an armed conflict in 
which the United States is engaged, whether or not war has been 
declared; or during a war or armed conflict between military forces of 
any origin, occurring within any country in which a person covered by 
this chapter is serving; from--
        (1) the discharge of any missile (including liquids and gas) or 
    the use of any weapon, explosive, or other noxious thing by a 
    hostile force or person or in combating an attack or an imagined 
    attack by a hostile force or person; or
        (2) action of a hostile force or person, including rebellion or 
    insurrection against the United States or any of its Allies; or
        (3) the discharge or explosion of munitions intended for use in 
    connection with a war or armed conflict with a hostile force or 
    person as defined herein (except with respect to employees of a 
    manufacturer, processor, or transporter of munitions during the 
    manufacture, processing, or transporting thereof, or while stored on 
    the premises of the manufacturer, processor, or transporter); or
        (4) the collision of vessels in convoy or the operation of 
    vessels or aircraft without running lights or without other 
    customary peacetime aids to navigation; or
        (5) the operation of vessels or aircraft in a zone of 
    hostilities or engaged in war activities.

    (c) The term ``hostile force or person'' means any nation, any 
subject of a foreign nation, or any other person serving a foreign 
nation (1) engaged in a war against the United States or any of its 
allies, (2) engaged in armed conflict, whether or not war has been 
declared, against the United States or any of its allies, or (3) engaged 
in a war or armed conflict between military forces of any origin in any 
country in which a person covered by this chapter is serving.
    (d) The term ``allies'' means any nation with which the United 
States is engaged in a common military effort or with which the United 
States has entered into a common defensive military alliance.
    (e) The term ``war activities'' includes activities directly 
relating to military operations.
    (f) the \1\ term ``continental United States'' means the States and 
the District of Columbia.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
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(Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668, title II, Sec. 201, 56 Stat. 1033; 1946 Reorg. 
Plan No. 2, Sec. 3, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7873, 60 Stat. 1095; 
1950 Reorg. Plan No. 19, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 
Stat. 1271; June 30, 1953, ch. 176 Sec. 1, 67 Stat. 134; June 30, 1954, 
ch. 431, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 336; June 30, 1955, ch. 257, Sec. 1, 69 Stat. 
241; July 9, 1956, ch. 537, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 519; Pub. L. 85-70, June 
29, 1957, 71 Stat. 242; Pub. L. 85-608, title I, Secs. 103, 104, Aug. 8, 
1958, 72 Stat. 537; Pub. L. 86-70, Sec. 42(c), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 
151.)

                          Codification

    In the original of act Dec. 2, 1942, Sec. 201, the opening clause 
read ``When used in this Act (except when used in title III)--''. Title 
III of such Act amended section 1651 of this title which is not in this 
chapter. Therefore, because of the use of the restrictive term ``this 
chapter'', in this section, the words in parenthesis ``except when used 
in title III'' were omitted as unnecessary. This chapter comprises the 
remainder of such Act.


                               Amendments

    1959--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 86-70 added subsec. (f).
    1958--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85-608, Sec. 103(a), struck out 
provisions which defined ``war-risk hazard'' to mean hazards arising 
after Dec. 6, 1941, and prior to July 1, 1958, and inserted provisions 
redefining term to include hazards arising during a war or an armed 
conflict in which the United States is engaged, and hazards arising 
during a war or armed conflict between military forces of any origin, 
occurring within any country in which a person covered by this chapter 
is serving.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 85-608, Sec. 104, substituted ``a hostile 
force or person'' for ``an enemy'' in two places.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 85-608, Sec. 104, substituted ``a hostile 
force or person'' for ``the enemy''.
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 85-608, Sec. 103(b), substituted ``a war or 
armed conflict with a hostile force or person as defined herein'' for 
``the national war effort'', and excepted employees of transporters of 
munitions during the transportation thereof or while the munitions are 
stored on the premises of the transporter.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85-608, Sec. 103(c), substituted provisions 
defining ``hostile force or person'' for provisions which defined 
``enemy'' to mean any nation, government, or force engaged in armed 
conflict with the Armed Forces of the United States or of any of its 
allies.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 85-608, Sec. 103(d), substituted provisions 
redefining ``allies'' to mean any nation with which the United States is 
engaged in a common military effort or with which the United States has 
entered into a common defensive military alliance for provisions which 
defined the term as meaning any nation, government, or force 
participating with the United States in any armed conflict.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 85-608, Sec. 103(e), substituted definition of 
``war activities'' for provisions defining ``national war effort'' and 
``war effort''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 85-608, Sec. 103(f), repealed subsec. (f) which 
defined ``war activities'', now covered by subsec. (e) of this section.
    1957--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85-70 substituted ``July 1, 1958'' for 
``July 1, 1957''.
    1956--Subsec. (b). Act July 9, 1956, substituted ``July 1, 1957'' 
for ``July 1, 1956''.
    1955--Subsec. (b). Act June 30, 1955, substituted ``July 1, 1956'' 
for ``July 1, 1955''.
    1954--Subsec. (b). Act June 30, 1954, substituted ``July 1, 1955'' 
for ``July 1, 1954''.
    1953--Subsec. (b). Act June 30, 1953, Sec. 1(a), substituted ``July 
1, 1954'' for ``the end of the present war''.
    Subsecs. (c) to (f). Act June 30, 1953, Sec. 1(b), added subsecs. 
(c) to (f).


                    Effective Date of 1959 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 86-70 effective June 25, 1959, see section 
47(g) of Pub. L. 86-70, set out as a note under section 1651 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1958 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 85-608 effective June 30, 1958, see section 402 
of Pub. L. 85-608, set out as a note under section 1651 of this title.

                          Transfer of Functions

    `` `Secretary' means the Secretary of Labor'' substituted for `` 
`Administrator' means the Federal Security Administrator'' in subsec. 
(a), pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 19 of 1950, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 
15 F.R. 2178, 64 Stat. 1271, which transferred functions of Federal 
Security Administrator to Secretary of Labor.
    Previously, `` `Administrator' means the Federal Security 
Administrator'' substituted for `` `Commission' means the United States 
Employees' Compensation Commission'' pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 
1946, Sec. 3, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7873, 60 Stat. 1095, which 
abolished United States Employees' Compensation Commission and 
transferred its functions to Federal Security Administrator.
