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[CITE: 5USC8117]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
               CHAPTER 81--COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 8117. Time of accrual of right

    An employee is not entitled to compensation for the first 3 days of 
temporary disability, except--
        (1) when the disability exceeds 14 days;
        (2) when the disability is followed by permanent disability; or
        (3) as provided by sections 8103 and 8104 of this title.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 543; Pub. L. 93-416, Sec. 10, 
Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1145.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 752.                 Sept. 7, 1916, ch.
                                                    458, Sec.  2, 39
                                                    Stat. 743.
                     ............................  Oct. 14, 1949, ch.
                                                    691, Sec.  101(a),
                                                    63 Stat. 854.
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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.


                               Amendments

    1974--Pub. L. 93-416 substituted ``14 days'' for ``21 days''.


                    Effective Date of 1974 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 93-416 effective Sept. 7, 1974, and applicable 
to any injury or death occurring on or after Sept. 7, 1974, see section 
28(a) of Pub. L. 93-416, set out as a note under section 8101 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8118 of this title.
