5 U.S.C. § 8135
Sections in this chapter
- § 8101
- § 8102
- § 8102a
- § 8103
- § 8104
- § 8105
- § 8106
- § 8107
- § 8108
- § 8109
- § 8110
- § 8111
- § 8112
- § 8113
- § 8114
- § 8115
- § 8116
- § 8117
- § 8118
- § 8119
- § 8120
- § 8121
- § 8122
- § 8123
- § 8124
- § 8125
- § 8126
- § 8127
- § 8128
- § 8129
- § 8130
- § 8131
- § 8132
- § 8133
- § 8134
- § 8135
- § 8136
- § 8137
- § 8138
- § 8139
- § 8140
- § 8141
- § 8142
- § 8143
- § 8143a
- § 8143b
- § 8144
- § 8145
- § 8146
- § 8146a
- § 8147
- § 8148
- § 8149
- § 8150
- § 8151
- § 8152
- § 8171
- § 8172
- § 8173
- § 8191
- § 8192
- § 8193
§ 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.
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