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The Defense Base Act (DBA) (ch. 357 of the 77th United States Congress, 55 Stat. 622, enacted August 16, 1941, codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 1651–1654) is an extension of the federal workers' compensation program that covers longshoremen and harbor workers, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act 33 U.S.C. §§ 901–950.
The World War Adjusted Compensation Act, or Bonus Act, was a United States federal law passed on May 19, 1924, that granted a life insurance policy to veterans of military service in World War I. It was based on aggressive political lobbying by new veterans organizations.
Private war risk insurance policies for aircraft were temporarily cancelled following the September 11, 2001 attacks [3] and later reinstated with substantially lower indemnities. [4] In the wake of this cancellation, the US Congress passed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act to backstop insurance policies offered to commercial airlines. [ 5 ]
On October 6, 1917, the War Risk Insurance Act of 1917 amended the insurance program to make life insurance coverage available to sailors in the United States Merchant Marine. [1] Richard Gilder Cholmeley-Jones, Director of the War Risk Bureau, eating lunch at his desk. Henry D. Lindsley served as director from December 1918 to August 1920. He ...
The War Claims Act of 1948, or Public Law 80-896 (62 Stat. 1240; 50 U.S.C.), ... The act did not authorize compensation for civilian internees held by Germany.
The Act replaced the service certificates awarded to veterans under the World War Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 with bonds issued by the Treasury Department in denominations of $50. The bonds paid interest at an annual rate of 3 percent from June 15, 1936, to June 15, 1945, higher than rates available to savings accounts.
War reparations are compensation payments made after a war by one side to the other. They are intended to cover damage or injury inflicted during a war. War reparations can take the form of hard currency, precious metals, natural resources, industrial assets, or intellectual properties. [ 1 ]
The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) was passed by Congress in 2000 and is designed to compensate individuals who worked in nuclear weapons production and as a result of occupational exposures contracted certain illnesses.