PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The President can let the Panama Canal Commission run the rules here for its workers, and can let the general manager of The Alaska Railroad run them for railroad workers. If that happens, physical exam costs covered by section 8123 will be paid from the Commission’s or Railroad’s budgets instead of the Employees’ Compensation Fund. The President can also allow those agencies to pay compensation and medical, hospital, transportation, and burial costs listed in sections 8103 and 8134 from their own budgets, and those budgets must be repaid by transferring money from the Employees’ Compensation Fund. The President may let the Panama Canal Commission skip the usual claim step in section 8121 for short-term disability pay. When the Alaska Railroad manager handles claims, the Secretary of Labor still has authority and people can appeal the manager’s decision to the Secretary. The Secretary must review appeals (or do so on their own) and act under section 8128, and will set the appeal form and process. Workers or dependents of the Panama Canal Commission have the same appeal rights for death claims as other workers under section 8149, and the Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board has jurisdiction under rules the Secretary makes.

Title 5, §8146

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(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 section 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.

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DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 793 (1st 3 pars., less 2d sentence of 2d par.).Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 458, § 42 (less 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. In subsection (a), the words “in which cases the words ‘Secretary’ and ‘his’ wherever they appear in section 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, § 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.

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1979—Pub. L. 96–70, § 3302(e)(9)(A), substituted “Panama Canal Commission” for “Canal Zone” in section catchline. Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 96–70, § 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, § 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, § 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, § 3302(e)(9)(G), substituted “Panama Canal Commission” for “Canal Zone Government and of the Panama Canal Company”.

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of 1979 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–70 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 3304 of Pub. L. 96–70, set out as an

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note under section 3601 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

§8146 Administration for the Panama Canal Commission and the Alaska Railroad

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