- allies
means any nation with which the United States is engaged in a common military effort or with which the United States has entered into a common defensive military alliance;
- applicant for membership
includes a student enrolled, during a semester or other enrollment term, in a course which is part of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instruction at an educational institution.
- Attorney General
includes any person to whom the Attorney General has delegated any function pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
- child
means one who at the time of the death of the employee is under 18 years of age or over that age and incapable of self-support, and includes stepchildren, adopted children, and posthumous children, but does not include married children;
- compensation
includes the money allowance payable to an employee or his dependents and any other benefits paid for from the Employees’ Compensation Fund, but this does not in any way reduce the amount of the monthly compensation payable for disability or death;
- contingency operation
has the meaning given to that term in section 1482a(c) of title 10, United States Code.
- dependent
means— Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of this subsection, compensation payable for a child that would otherwise end because the child has reached 18 years of age shall continue if he is a student as defined by section 8101 of this title at the time he reaches 18 years of age for so long as he continues to be such a student or until he marries.
- employee
means— but does not include—
- employee in fire protection activities
means an employee employed as a firefighter (including a wildland firefighter), paramedic, emergency medical technician, rescue worker, ambulance personnel, or hazardous material worker who—
- grandchild
means one who at the time of the death of the employee is under 18 years of age or over that age and incapable of self-support;
- hostile force or individual
means a nation, a subject of a foreign nation, or an individual serving a foreign nation—
- injury
includes, in addition to injury by accident, a disease proximately caused by the employment, and damage to or destruction of medical braces, artificial limbs, and other prosthetic devices which shall be replaced or repaired, and such time lost while such device or appliance is being replaced or repaired;
- medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies
includes services and supplies by podiatrists, dentists, clinical psychologists, optometrists, chiropractors, osteopathic practitioners and hospitals within the scope of their practice as defined by State law.
- monthly pay
means the monthly pay at the time of injury, or the monthly pay at the time disability begins, or the monthly pay at the time compensable disability recurs, if the recurrence begins more than 6 months after the injured employee resumes regular full-time employment with the United States, whichever is greater, except when otherwise determined under section 8113 of this title with respect to any period;
- organ
means a part of the body that performs a special function, and for purposes of this subchapter excludes the brain, heart, and back;
- overtime pay
means pay for hours of service in excess of a statutory or other basic workweek or other basic unit of worktime, as observed by the employing establishment;
- parent
includes stepparents and parents by adoption;
- performance of duty
means only active service, and travel to and from that service, rendered in performance or support of operational missions of the Civil Air Patrol under direction of the Department of the Air Force and under written authorization by competent authority covering a specific assignment and prescribing a time limit for the assignment;
- physician
includes surgeons, podiatrists, dentists, clinical psychologists, optometrists, chiropractors, and osteopathic practitioners within the scope of their practice as defined by State law.
- price index
means the Consumer Price Index (all items—United States city average) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics;
- rule
has the meaning given the term in section 804.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Labor.
- Secretary of Labor
includes any person to whom the Secretary of Labor has delegated any function pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
- student
means an individual under 23 years of age who has not completed 4 years of education beyond the high school level and who is regularly pursuing a full-time course of study or training at an institution which is— Such an individual is deemed not to have ceased to be a student during an interim between school years if the interim is not more than 4 months and if he shows to the satisfaction of the Secretary that he has a bona fide intention of continuing to pursue a full-time course of study or training during the semester or other enrollment period immediately after the interim or during periods of reasonable duration during which, in the judgment of the Secretary, he is prevented by factors beyond his control from pursuing his education.
- United States medical officers and hospitals
includes medical officers and hospitals of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Department of Veterans Affairs, and United States Public Health Service, and any other medical officer or hospital designated as a United States medical officer or hospital by the Secretary of Labor.
- volunteer
means—
- war activities
includes activities directly relating to military operations;
- war-risk hazard
means a hazard arising during a war in which the United States is engaged;
- widow
means the wife living with or dependent for support on the decedent at the time of his death, or living apart for reasonable cause or because of his desertion;
- widower
means the husband living with or dependent for support on the decedent at the time of her death, or living apart for reasonable cause or because of her desertion;
- year
means a period of 12 calendar months, or the equivalent thereof as specified by regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.