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[CITE: 5USC8173]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
               CHAPTER 81--COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES
 
   SUBCHAPTER II--EMPLOYEES OF NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES
 
Sec. 8173. Liability under this subchapter exclusive

    The liability of the United States or of a nonappropriated fund 
instrumentality described by section 2105(c) of this title, with respect 
to the disability or death resulting from injury, as defined by section 
2(2) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 
902(2)), of an employee referred to by sections 8171 and 8172 of this 
title, shall be determined as provided by this subchapter. This 
liability is exclusive and instead of all other liability of the United 
States or the instrumentality to the employee, his legal representative, 
spouse, dependents, next of kin, and any other person otherwise entitled 
to recover damages from the United States or the instrumentality because 
of the disability or death in a direct judicial proceeding, in a civil 
action, or in admiralty, or by an administrative or judicial proceeding 
under a workmen's compensation statute or under a Federal tort liability 
statute.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 556; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, 
title X, Sec. 1070(d)(8)(B), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2859; Pub. L. 104-
106, div. A, title XV, Sec. 1505(b)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 514.)

                      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. 150k-1(c).           July 18, 1958, Pub.
                                                    L. 85-538, Sec.  1
                                                    ``Sec. 2(c)'', 72
                                                    Stat. 397.
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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

    1996--Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``(33 U.S.C. 902(2))'' for ``(33 
U.S.C. 2(2))''.
    1994--Pub. L. 103-337 substituted ``section 2(2) of the Longshore 
and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 2(2))'' for ``section 
902(2) of title 33''.
