5 U.S.C. § 8111 Additional Compensation For Services of Attendants Or Vocational Rehabilitation

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-21 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/13/2023)

(a) The Secretary of Labor may pay an employee who has been awarded compensation an additional sum of not more than $1,500 a month, as the Secretary considers necessary, when the Secretary finds that the service of an attendant is necessary constantly because the employee is totally blind, or has lost the use of both hands or both feet, or is paralyzed and unable to walk, or because of other disability resulting from the injury making him so helpless as to require constant attendance.

(b) The Secretary may pay an individual undergoing vocational rehabilitation under section 8104 of this title additional compensation necessary for his maintenance, but not to exceed $200 a month.

Cite as 5 U.S.C. § 8111

Source: Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 539; Pub. L. 90-83, §1(54), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 210; Pub. L. 93-416, §7, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1145; Pub. L. 101-534, §2, Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2352.

current through 8/1/2023

<TABLE> <TR><TD colspan="3">HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1966 ACT</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Derivation</TD> <TD>U.S. Code</TD> <TD>Revised Statutes and <para>Statutes at Large</para> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD/> <TD> <codecitation statecd="US" datatype="S" title="5">5 U.S.C. <codesec>756<subdiv>(b)</subdiv></codesec></codecitation>.</TD> <TD>Oct. 14, 1949, ch. 691, §105 "Sec. 6(b)", 63 Stat. 858.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> <TD/> <TD>Sept. 13, 1960, Pub. L. 86-767, §101 (less last 13 words), 74 Stat. 906.</TD> </TR> </TABLE>

In subsection (a), the words "In addition to the monthly compensation otherwise specified in sections 751-756, 757-871, 783-791, and 793 of this title" are omitted as surplusage.