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[CITE: 5USC8112]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
               CHAPTER 81--COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 8112. Maximum and minimum monthly payments

    (a) Except as provided by section 8138 of this title, the monthly 
rate of compensation for disability, including augmented compensation 
under section 8110 of this title but not including additional 
compensation under section 8111 of this title, may not be more than 75 
percent of the monthly pay of the maximum rate of basic pay for GS-15, 
and in case of total disability may not be less than 75 percent of the 
monthly pay of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-2 or the amount of 
the monthly pay of the employee, whichever is less.
    (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to any employee 
whose disability is a result of an assault which occurs during an 
assassination or attempted assassination of a Federal official described 
under section 351(a) or 1751(a) of title 18, and was sustained in the 
performance of duty.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 540; Pub. L. 90-83, Sec. 1(55), 
Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 210; Pub. L. 100-566, Sec. 5, Oct. 31, 1988, 
102 Stat. 2845.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
                                1966 Act
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 756(c).              Oct. 14, 1949, ch.
                                                    691, Sec.  105
                                                    ``Sec. 6(c)'', 63
                                                    Stat. 859.
                     ............................  Sept. 13, 1960, Pub.
                                                    L. 86-767, Sec.  101
                                                    (last 13 words), 74
                                                    Stat. 906.
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    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

                                1967 Act
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                                                    Source (Statutes at
 Section of title 5        Source (U.S.Code)               Large)
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8112...............  5 App.: 756(c).               July 4, 1966, Pub. L.
                                                    89-488, Sec.  3(b),
                                                    80 Stat. 252.
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    The words ``maximum rate of basic pay for GS-15'' and ``minimum rate 
of basic pay for GS-2'' are substituted for ``highest rate of basic 
compensation provided for grade 15 of the General Schedule of the 
Classification Act of 1949'' and ``lowest rate of basic compensation 
provided for grade 2 by such General Schedule'', respectively, for 
consistency of style within title 5 and to reflect the codification of 
the Classification Act of 1949 in title 5.


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-566 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsec. (b).


                 Personnel Not Affected by 1967 Increase

    Increases authorized under amendment by section 1(55) of Pub. L. 90-
83 not applicable to specified personnel, see section 7 of Pub. L. 90-
83, set out as a note under section 8103 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8138 of this title; title 18 
section 1921.
