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5 U.S.C. § 5570 — Compensation for disability or death
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) “employee” means—
(A) any individual in the Civil Service; and
(B) any individual rendering personal service to the United States similar to the service of an individual in the Civil Service (other than as a member of the uniformed services); and
(2) “family member”, as used with respect to an employee, means—
(A) any dependent of such employee; and
(B) any individual (other than a dependent under subparagraph (A)) who is a member of the employee’s family or household.
**(b)** The President shall prescribe regulations under which an agency head may pay compensation for the disability or death of an employee or a family member of an employee if, as determined by the President, the disability or death was caused by hostile action and was a result of the individual’s relationship with the Government.
**(c)** Any compensation otherwise payable to an individual under this section in connection with any disability or death shall be reduced by any amounts payable to such individual under any other program funded in whole or in part by the United States (excluding any amount payable under [section 5569(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5569/d&num=0&edition=prelim)) in connection with such disability or death, except that nothing in this subsection shall result in the reduction of any amount below zero.
**(d)** A determination by the President under subsection (b) shall be conclusive and shall not be subject to judicial review.
**(e)** Compensation under this section may include payment (whether by advancement or reimbursement) for any medical or health expenses relating to the death or disability involved to the extent that such expenses are not covered unde
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) “employee” means—
(A) any individual in the Civil Service; and
(B) any individual rendering personal service to the United States similar to the service of an individual in the Civil Service (other than as a member of the uniformed services); and
(2) “family member”, as used with respect to an employee, means—
(A) any dependent of such employee; and
(B) any individual (other than a dependent under subparagraph (A)) who is a member of the employee’s family or household.
**(b)** The President shall prescribe regulations under which an agency head may pay compensation for the disability or death of an employee or a family member of an employee if, as determined by the President, the disability or death was caused by hostile action and was a result of the individual’s relationship with the Government.
**(c)** Any compensation otherwise payable to an individual under this section in connection with any disability or death shall be reduced by any amounts payable to such individual under any other program funded in whole or in part by the United States (excluding any amount payable under [section 5569(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5569/d&num=0&edition=prelim)) in connection with such disability or death, except that nothing in this subsection shall result in the reduction of any amount below zero.
**(d)** A determination by the President under subsection (b) shall be conclusive and shall not be subject to judicial review.
**(e)** Compensation under this section may include payment (whether by advancement or reimbursement) for any medical or health expenses relating to the death or disability involved to the extent that such expenses are not covered under subsection (c) of [section 5569 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5569&num=0&edition=prelim) (other than because of paragraph (2) of such subsection).
**(f)** This section applies with respect to any disability or death resulting from an injury which occurs after January 21, 1981.
**(g)** Any benefit or payment pursuant to this section shall be paid out of funds available for salaries and expenses of the relevant agency of the United States.
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**(a)** For the purpose of this title, “employee”, except as otherwise provided by this section or when specifically modified, means an officer and an individual who is—
(1) appointed in the civil service by one of the following acting in an official capacity—
(A) the President;
(B) a Member or Members of Congress, or the Congress;
(C) a member of a uniformed service;
(D) an individual who is an employee under this section;
(E) the head of a Government controlled corporation; or
(F) an adjutant general designated by the Secretary concerned under [section 709(c) of title 32](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title32-section709/c&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) engaged in the performance of a Federal function under authority of law or an Executive act; and
(3) subject to the supervision of an individual named by paragraph (1) of this subsection while engaged in the performance of the duties of his position.
**(b)** An individual who is employed at the United States Naval Academy in the midshipmen’s laundry, the midshipmen’s tailor shop, the midshipmen’s cobbler and barber shops, and the midshipmen’s store, except an individual employed by the Academy dairy (if any), and whose employment in such a position began before October 1, 1996, and has been uninterrupted in such a position since that date is deemed an employee.
**(c)** An employee paid from nonappropriated funds of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Navy Ships Stores Program, Navy exchanges, Marine Corps exchanges, Coast Guard exchanges, and other instrumentalities of the United States under the jurisdiction of the armed forces conducted for the comfort, pleasure, contentment, and mental and physical improvement of personnel of the armed forces is deemed not an emp
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For the purpose of this title, “Executive agency” means an Executive department, a Government corporation, and an independent establishment.
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) “captive” means any individual in a captive status commencing while such individual is—
(A) in the Civil Service, or
(B) a citizen, national, or resident alien of the United States rendering personal service to the United States similar to the service of an individual in the Civil Service (other than as a member of the uniformed services);
(2) “captive status” means a missing status which, as determined by the President, arises because of a hostile action and is a result of the individual’s relationship with the Government;
(3) “missing status”—
(A) in the case of an employee, has the meaning provided under [section 5561(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5561/5&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) in the case of an individual other than an employee, has a similar meaning; and
(4) “family member”, as used with respect to a person, means—
(A) any dependent of such person; and
(B) any individual (other than a dependent under subparagraph (A)) who is a member of such person’s family or household.
**(b)**
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a savings fund to which the head of an agency may allot all or any portion of the pay and allowances of any captive to the extent that such pay and allowances are not subject to an allotment under [section 5563 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5563&num=0&edition=prelim) or any other provision of law.
(2) Amounts so allotted to the savings fund shall bear interest at a rate which, for any calendar quarter, shall be equal to the average rate paid on United States Treasury bills with 3-month maturities issued during the preceding calendar quarter. Suc
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 5570
V (§ 3991 et seq.), respectively, of chapter 50 of Title 50.
Sections 104, 105, 106, 501, 510, and 702 of the Act are
classified to sections 3914, 3915, 3917, 3991, 4000, and 4022,
respectively, of Title 50. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2003—Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 108–189, § 2(b)(2)(A), which
directed
substitution
of
‘‘provided
by
the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, including the benefits
provided by section 702 of such Act but excluding the
benefits provided by sections 104, 105, and 106, title IV,
and title V (other than sections 501 and 510) of such
Act’’ for ‘‘ ‘provided by the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil
Relief Act of 1940’ and all that follows through ‘of such
Act’ ’’ was executed by making the substitution for
‘‘provided by the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act
of 1940, including the benefits provided by section 701 of
such Act but excluding the benefits provided by sec-
tions 104, 105, 106, 400 through 408, 501 through 512, and
514 of such Act’’ to reflect the probable intent of Con-
gress.
Subsec. (e)(2)(A). Pub. L. 108–189, § 2(b)(2)(B), sub-
stituted ‘‘servicemember’’ for ‘‘person in the military
service’’.
1991—Subsec. (f)(3)(A). Pub. L. 102–83 substituted
‘‘section 3524 of title 38’’ for ‘‘section 1724 of title 38’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE OF 1986 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 99–399, title VIII, § 801, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat.
879, provided that: ‘‘This title [enacting this section,
section 5570 of this title, sections 1051, 1095, and 2181 to
2185 of Title 10, Armed Forces, and sections 559 and 1013
of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Serv-
ices, amending section 6325 of this t
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