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All TitlesTitle 5Part IIISubpart GChapter 81Subchapter I
§ 8135.
Lump-sum payment
(a)
The liability of the United States for compensation to a beneficiary in the case of death or of permanent total or permanent partial disability may be discharged by a lump-sum payment equal to the present value of all future payments of compensation computed at 4 percent true discount compounded annually if—
(1)
the monthly payment to the beneficiary is less than $50 a month;
(2)
the beneficiary is or is about to become a nonresident of the United States; or
(3)
the Secretary of Labor determines that it is for the best interest of the beneficiary.
(b)
On remarriage before reaching age 55 a widow or widower entitled to compensation under section 8133 of this title, shall be paid a lump sum equal to twenty-four times the monthly compensation payment (excluding compensation on account of another individual) to which he was entitled immediately before the remarriage.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 548; Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(63), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 211; Pub. L. 93–416, §§ 16(b), 19, 20, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1149; Pub. L. 101–303, § 3(2), May 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 251.)
cite as: 5 USC 8135
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