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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1652. Computation of benefits; application to aliens and nonnationals
(a) The minimum limit on weekly compensation for disability,
established by section 906(b) of title 33, and the minimum limit on
the average weekly wages on which death benefits are to be
computed, established by section 909(e) of title 33, shall not
apply in computing compensation and death benefits under this
chapter.
(b) Compensation for permanent total or permanent partial
disability under section 908(c)(21) of title 33, or for death under
this chapter to aliens and nonnationals of the United States not
residents of the United States or Canada shall be in the same
amount as provided for residents, except that dependents in any
foreign country shall be limited to surviving wife and child or
children, or if there be no surviving wife or child or children, to
surviving father or mother whom the employee has supported, either
wholly or in part, for the period of one year immediately prior to
the date of the injury, and except that the Secretary of Labor may,
at his option or upon the application of the insurance carrier
shall, commute all future installments of compensation to be paid
to such aliens or nonnationals of the United States by paying or
causing to be paid to them one-half of the commuted amount of such
future installments of compensation as determined by the Secretary.
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