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[CITE: 5USC8146]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
               CHAPTER 81--COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 8146. Administration for the Panama Canal Commission and 
        The Alaska Railroad
        
    (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.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 553; Pub. L. 96-70, title III, 
Sec. 3302(e)(9), Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 498.)

                      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. 793 (1st 3 pars.,    Sept. 7, 1916, ch.
                      less 2d sentence of 2d        458, Sec.  42 (less
                      par.).                        2d sentence of 2d
                                                    par.), 39 Stat. 750.
                                                   Apr. 6, 1938, ch. 79
                                                    ``Sec. 42 (less 2d
                                                    sentence of 2d
                                                    par.)'', 52 Stat.
                                                    200.
                                                   Aug. 30, 1964, Pub.
                                                    L. 88-508, 78 Stat.
                                                    666.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``in which cases the words `Secretary' 
and `his' wherever they appear in sections 751-756, 757-781, 783-791, 
and 793 of this title shall, so far as necessary to give effect to such 
transfer, be read, `Governor of the Canal Zone' or `the general manager 
of The Alaska Railroad', as the case may be, and `his' '' are omitted as 
surplusage.
    In subsection (b), the words ``the Employees' Compensation Fund'' 
are substituted for ``appropriation for the work of the Secretary'' in 
view of former section 771, which is carried into section 8123, which 
provides that all such expenses shall be paid from the Fund.
    In subsections (b) and (c), the words ``Canal Zone Government'', 
``Panama Canal Company'', and ``Governor of the Canal Zone'' are 
substituted for ``Panama Canal'', ``Panama Railroad Company'', and 
``Governor of the Panama Canal'', respectively, on authority of the Act 
of Sept. 26, 1950, ch. 1049, Sec. 2, 64 Stat. 1038.
    In subsection (e), the words ``of other employees to whom this 
subchapter applies'' are substituted for ``of other employees of the 
Federal Government'' for clarity and in view of the provisions of 
section 8149. The words ``Employees' Compensation Appeals Board'' are 
substituted for ``Appeals Board'' to reflect the full title of the Board
    Administration of this subchapter was transferred to the Secretary 
of Labor by section 1 of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 19, 64 Stat. 1271 (see 
section 8145).
    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

    1979--Pub. L. 96-70, Sec. 3302(e)(9)(A), substituted ``Panama Canal 
Commission'' for ``Canal Zone'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 96-70, Sec. 3302(e)(9)(B), substituted 
``Panama Canal Commission are concerned to the Commission'' for ``Canal 
Zone Government and of the Panama Canal Company are concerned to the 
Governor of the Canal Zone''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-70, Sec. 3302(e)(9)(C)-(E), substituted 
``Panama Canal Commission'' for ``Canal Zone Government'' in two places 
and ``Panama Canal Commission'' for ``Governor of the Canal Zone'' and 
struck out ``or from funds from the Panama Canal Company'' after ``The 
Alaska Railroad''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-70, Sec. 3302(e)(9)(F), substituted ``Panama 
Canal Commission'' for ``Governor of the Canal Zone'' and ``employee of 
the Panama Canal Commission'' for ``employee of the Canal Zone 
Government or the Panama Canal Company''.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96-70, Sec. 3302(e)(9)(G), substituted ``Panama 
Canal Commission'' for ``Canal Zone Government and of the Panama Canal 
Company''.


                    Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-70 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 3304 
of Pub. L. 96-70, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3601 
of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8149 of this title.
