payable as, when added to the total percentages payable to the widow, widower, children, and dependent parents, will not exceed a total of [75 percent] 662/3 percent (except as provided in subsection (g)).
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(e) In computing compensation under this section, the monthly pay is deemed not less than the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-2. However, the total monthly compensation may not exceed—
(1) the monthly pay computed under section 8114 of this title (5 USCS § 8146a), except for increases authorized by section 8146a of this title (5 USCS § 8146a); or
(2) [75 percent] 662/3 percent (except as provided in subsection (g)) of the monthly pay of the maximum rate of basic pay for GS-15. (f) ***
(g) If the death occurred before the date of enactment of the Workers‘ Compensation Reform Act of 2012, subsections (a) and (e) shall be applied by substituting ‗75 percent‘ for ‗662/3 percent‘ each place it appears.
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§ 8134. Funeral expenses; transportation of body (a) If death results from an injury sustained in the performance of duty, the United States shall pay, to the personal representative of the deceased or otherwise, funeral and burial expenses not to exceed [$800] $6,000, in the discretion of the Secretary of Labor. The maximum amount of compensation under this subsection shall be increased on March 1 of each year by the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor to represent the percent change in the price index published for December of the preceding year over the price index published for the December of the year prior to the preceding year, adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent. (b)***
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§ 8139. Employees of the District of Columbia Compensation awarded under this subchapter to an employee of the government of the District of Columbia shall be paid in the manner provided by statute for the payment of the general expenses of the government of the District of Columbia.
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§ 8141. Civil Air Patrol volunteers (a) *** (b) In administering this subchapter (5 USCS §§ 8101 et seq.) for a member of the Civil Air Patrol covered by this section—
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(2) the percentages applicable to payments under section 8133 of this title (5 USCS § 8133) are—