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42 U.S.C. § 1653 — Compensation districts; judicial proceedings
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**(a)** The Secretary of Labor is authorized to extend compensation districts established under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, approved March 4, 1927 (44 Stat. 1424) [[33 U.S.C. 901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or to establish new compensation districts, to include any area to which this chapter applies; and to assign to each such district one or more deputy commissioners, as the Secretary may deem necessary.
**(b)** Judicial proceedings provided under sections 18 and 21 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act [[33 U.S.C. 918](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section918&num=0&edition=prelim), 921] in respect to a compensation order made pursuant to this chapter shall be instituted in the United States district court of the judicial district wherein is located the office of the deputy commissioner whose compensation order is involved if his office is located in a judicial district, and if not so located, such judicial proceedings shall be instituted in the judicial district nearest the base at which the injury or death occurs.
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**(a)** The Secretary of Labor is authorized to extend compensation districts established under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, approved March 4, 1927 (44 Stat. 1424) [[33 U.S.C. 901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or to establish new compensation districts, to include any area to which this chapter applies; and to assign to each such district one or more deputy commissioners, as the Secretary may deem necessary.
**(b)** Judicial proceedings provided under sections 18 and 21 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act [[33 U.S.C. 918](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section918&num=0&edition=prelim), 921] in respect to a compensation order made pursuant to this chapter shall be instituted in the United States district court of the judicial district wherein is located the office of the deputy commissioner whose compensation order is involved if his office is located in a judicial district, and if not so located, such judicial proceedings shall be instituted in the judicial district nearest the base at which the injury or death occurs.
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This chapter may be cited as “Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.”
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**(a)** In case of default by the employer in the payment of compensation due under any award of compensation for a period of thirty days after the compensation is due and payable, the person to whom such compensation is payable may, within one year after such default, make application to the deputy commissioner making the compensation order or 11 So in original. Probably should be “for”. a supplementary order declaring the amount of the default. After investigation, notice, and hearing, as provided in [section 919 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section919&num=0&edition=prelim), the deputy commissioner shall make a supplementary order, declaring the amount of the default, which shall be filed in the same manner as the compensation order. In case the payment in default is an installment of the award, the deputy commissioner may, in his discretion, declare the whole of the award as the amount in default. The applicant may file a certified copy of such supplementary order with the clerk of the Federal district court for the judicial district in which the employer has his principal place of business or maintains an office, or for the judicial district in which the injury occurred. In case such principal place of business or office or place where the injury occurred is in the District of Columbia, a copy of such supplementary order may be filed with the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Such supplementary order of the deputy commissioner shall be final, and the court shall, upon the filing of the copy, enter judgment for the amount declared in default by the supplementary order if such supplementary order is in accordance with law. Review of the judgment so entered may be had as in civ
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 901
(c) Privacy protection
In preparing and submitting a report under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that
no individual involved in an alleged sexual as-
sault can be identified by the contents of the re-
port.
(Pub. L. 114–328, div. C, title XXXV, § 3548, for-
merly § 3546, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2804; renum-
bered § 3548, Pub. L. 116–259, title V, § 504(b)(1),
Dec. 23, 2020, 134 Stat. 1180.)
§ 894f. Sexual assault defined
In this subchapter, the term ‘‘sexual assault’’
shall have the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 12291(a) of title 34.
(Pub. L. 114–328, div. C, title XXXV, § 3549, for-
merly § 3547, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2805; renum-
bered § 3549, Pub. L. 116–259, title V, § 504(b)(1),
Dec. 23, 2020, 134 Stat. 1180.)
CHAPTER 18—LONGSHORE AND HARBOR
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
Sec.
901.
Short title.
902.
Definitions.
903.
Coverage.
904.
Liability for compensation.
905.
Exclusiveness of liability.
906.
Compensation.
907.
Medical services and supplies.
908.
Compensation for disability.
909.
Compensation for death.
910.
Determination of pay.
911.
Guardian for minor or incompetent.
912.
Notice of injury or death.
913.
Filing of claims.
914.
Payment of compensation.
915.
Invalid agreements.
916.
Assignment and exemption from claims of
creditors.
917.
Lien against compensation.
918.
Collection of defaulted payments; special
fund.
919.
Procedure in respect of claims.
920.
Presumptions.
921.
Review of compensation orders.
921a.
Appearance of attorneys for Secretary, dep-
uty commissioner, or Board.
922.
Modification of awards.
923.
Procedure before deputy commissioner or
Board.
924.
Witnesses.
925.
Witness fees.
926.
Costs in proceedings bro
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 917
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘for’’.
fits shall be exempt from all claims of creditors
and from levy, execution, and attachment or
other remedy for recovery or collection of a
debt, which exemption may not be waived.
(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 16, 44 Stat. 1434.)
§ 917. Lien against compensation
Where a trust fund which complies with sec-
tion 186(c) of title 29 established pursuant to a
collective-bargaining agreement in effect be-
tween an employer and an employee covered
under this chapter has paid disability benefits to
an employee which the employee is legally obli-
gated to repay by reason of his entitlement to
compensation under this chapter or under a set-
tlement, the Secretary shall authorize a lien on
such compensation in favor of the trust fund for
the amount of such payments.
(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 17, 44 Stat. 1434; June 25,
1938, ch. 685, § 8, 52 Stat. 1167; Pub. L. 92–576,
§ 20(b), Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1264; Pub. L. 95–598,
title III, § 324, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2679; Pub. L.
98–426, § 14, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1649.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1984—Pub. L. 98–426 struck out ‘‘(b)’’ before ‘‘Where a
trust fund which complies’’, substituted ‘‘covered under
this chapter’’ for ‘‘entitled to compensation under this
chapter’’, and substituted ‘‘this chapter or under a set-
tlement, the Secretary shall authorize’’ for ‘‘this chap-
ter, the Secretary may authorize’’.
1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–598 repealed provision for
lien of person entitled to compensation without limit
of amount against assets of carrier or employer and for
preference and priority in distribution of assets of such
carrier or employer, or both upon insolvency, bank-
ruptcy, or reorganizat
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 1653
Employees, repealing section 801 of former Title 5, and
enacting provisions set out as notes under this section
and section 1701 of this title] is June 30, 1958. Persons
are entitled to the benefits of this Act notwithstanding
the fact that an injury, disability, or death occurred
after June 30, 1958, and before the date of enactment of
this Act [Aug. 8, 1958].’’
SHORT TITLE
Section 5 of act Aug. 16, 1941, as added by Pub. L.
85–608, title II, § 202, Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 538, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as
the ‘Defense Base Act’.’’
REPEALS
Pub. L. 87–195, pt. IV, § 701, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 463,
cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub.
L. 87–565, pt. IV, § 401, Aug. 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 263, except
insofar as section 701 affected this section.
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of certain functions insofar as they per-
tain to Air Force, and to extent that they were not pre-
viously transferred to Secretary of the Air Force and
Department of the Air Force from Secretary of the
Army and Department of the Army, see Secretary of
Defense Transfer Order No. 40 [App. A(74)], July 22, 1949.
§ 1652. Computation of benefits; application to
aliens and nonnationals
(a) The minimum limit on weekly compensa-
tion for disability, established by section 906(b)
of title 33, and the minimum limit on the aver-
age weekly wages on which death benefits are to
be computed, established by section 909(e) of
title 33, shall not apply in computing compensa-
tion and death benefits under this chapter.
(b) Compensation for permanent total or per-
manent partial disability under section 908(c)(21)
of title 33, or for death under this chapter to
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