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5 U.S.C. § 8111 — Additional compensation for services of attendants or vocational rehabilitation
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**(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8104&num=0&edition=prelim) additional compensation necessary for his maintenance, but not to exceed $200 a month.
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**(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8104&num=0&edition=prelim) additional compensation necessary for his maintenance, but not to exceed $200 a month.
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For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) “employee” means—
(A) a civil officer or employee in any branch of the Government of the United States, including an officer or employee of an instrumentality wholly owned by the United States;
(B) an individual rendering personal service to the United States similar to the service of a civil officer or employee of the United States, without pay or for nominal pay, when a statute authorizes the acceptance or use of the service, or authorizes payment of travel or other expenses of the individual;
(C) an individual, other than an independent contractor or an individual employed by an independent contractor, employed on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin in operations conducted under a statute relating to tribal timber and logging operations on that reservation;
(D) an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia;
(E) an individual appointed to a position on the office staff of a former President under section 1(b) of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838);
(F) an individual selected pursuant to chapter 121 of title 28, and serving as a petit or grand juror; and
(G) an individual who is a System member of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System during a period of appointment into Federal service pursuant to section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act;
but does not include—
(i) a commissioned officer of the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service;
(ii) a commissioned officer of the Reserve Corps 11 See Change of Name note below. of the Public Health Service on active duty;
(iii) a commissioned officer of the Environmental Science Services Administration; or
(iv) a member of the Metropolitan Police or the Fire D
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**(a)** The Secretary of Labor may direct a permanently disabled individual whose disability is compensable under this subchapter to undergo vocational rehabilitation. The Secretary shall provide for furnishing the vocational rehabilitation services. In providing for these services, the Secretary, insofar as practicable, shall use the services or facilities of State agencies and corresponding agencies which cooperate with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in carrying out the purposes of chapter 4 of title 29, except to the extent that the Secretary of Labor provides for furnishing these services under [section 8103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8103&num=0&edition=prelim). The cost of providing these services to individuals undergoing vocational rehabilitation under this section shall be paid from the Employees’ Compensation Fund. However, in reimbursing a State or corresponding agency under an arrangement pursuant to this section the cost to the agency reimbursable in full under [section 32(b)(1) of title 29](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section32/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim) is excluded.
**(b)** Notwithstanding section 8106, individuals directed to undergo vocational rehabilitation by the Secretary shall, while undergoing such rehabilitation, receive compensation at the rate provided in sections 8105 and 8110 of this title, less the amount of any earnings received from remunerative employment, other than employment undertaken pursuant to such rehabilitation.
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**(a)** The United States shall furnish to an employee who is injured while in the performance of duty, the services, appliances, and supplies prescribed or recommended by a qualified physician, which the Secretary of Labor considers likely to cure, give relief, reduce the degree or the period of disability, or aid in lessening the amount of the monthly compensation. These services, appliances, and supplies shall be furnished—
(1) whether or not disability has arisen;
(2) notwithstanding that the employee has accepted or is entitled to receive benefits under subchapter III of chapter 83 of this title or another retirement system for employees of the Government; and
(3) by or on the order of United States medical officers and hospitals, or, at the employee’s option, by or on the order of physicians and hospitals designated or approved by the Secretary.
The employee may initially select a physician to provide medical services, appliances, and supplies, in accordance with such regulations and instructions as the Secretary considers necessary, and may be furnished necessary and reasonable transportation and expenses incident to the securing of such services, appliances, and supplies. These expenses, when authorized or approved by the Secretary, shall be paid from the Employees’ Compensation Fund.
**(b)** The Secretary, under such limitations or conditions as he considers necessary, may authorize the employing agencies to provide for the initial furnishing of medical and other benefits under this section. The Secretary may certify vouchers for these expenses out of the Employees’ Compensation Fund when the immediate superior of the employee certifies that the expense was incurred in respect to an injury which was accepted by the employing agency as probably compensable u
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**(a)** Except as provided by [section 8138 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8138&num=0&edition=prelim), the monthly rate of compensation for disability, including augmented compensation under [section 8110 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8110&num=0&edition=prelim) but not including additional compensation under [section 8111 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8111&num=0&edition=prelim), may not be more than 75 percent of the monthly pay of the maximum rate of basic pay for GS–15, and in case of total disability may not be less than 75 percent of the monthly pay of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS–2 or the amount of the monthly pay of the employee, whichever is less.
**(b)** The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to any employee whose disability is a result of an assault which occurs during an assassination or attempted assassination of a Federal official described under section 351(a) or 1751(a) of title 18, and was sustained in the performance of duty.
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 8111
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
1966 ACT
Derivation
U.S. Code
Revised Statutes and
Statutes at Large
..................
5 U.S.C. 755(d).
Oct. 14, 1949, ch. 691, § 104
‘‘Sec. 5(d)’’, 63 Stat. 857.
The references in former section 755(d) to definitions
in former section 760(B), (H) are omitted as unnecessary
as the definitions are included in section 8101 for the
entire subchapter.
Standard changes are made to conform with the defi-
nitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined
in the preface to the report.
1967 ACT
Section of
title 5
Source (U.S.Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
8109(a)(1) ...
5 App.: 755(d)(1).
July 4, 1966, Pub. L. 89–488,
§ 2(d), 80 Stat. 252.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
PERSONNEL NOT AFFECTED BY 1967 INCREASE
Increases authorized under amendment by Pub. L.
90–83 not applicable to specified personnel, see section
7 of Pub. L. 90–83, set out as a note under section 8103
of this title.
§ 8110. Augmented compensation for dependents
(a) For the purpose of this section, ‘‘depend-
ent’’ means—
(1) a wife, if—
(A) she is a member of the same household
as the employee;
(B) she is receiving regular contributions
from the employee for her support; or
(C) the employee has been ordered by a
court to contribute to her support;
(2) a husband, if—
(A) he is a member of the same household
as the employee; or
(B) he is receiving regular contributions
from the employee for his support; or
(C) the employee has been ordered by a
court to contribute to his support;
(3) an unmarried child, while living with the
employee or receiving regular contributions
from the employee toward his support, and
who is—
(A) under 18 years of age; or
(B) over 18 year
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