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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1653. Compensation districts; judicial proceedings
(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 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, 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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