§ 772. — Death of employee due to nonserviceconnected causes after 15 years' service; amount of payment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC772]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 16--LIGHTHOUSES
Sec. 772. Death of employee due to non-service-connected causes
after 15 years' service; amount of payment
Where--
(1) any employee of the Lighthouse Service has died or shall
hereafter die from non-service-connected causes after fifteen or
more years of employment in such service, and
(2) the surviving spouse of the employee has not since
remarried,
the surviving spouse, so long as the surviving spouse does not marry,
shall be paid $100 per month by the Secretary of Transportation.
(Aug. 19, 1950, ch. 761, Sec. 2, 64 Stat. 466; Pub. L. 85-351, Sec. 1,
Mar. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966,
80 Stat. 938; Pub. L. 90-163, Sec. 1, Nov. 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 518; Pub.
L. 90-167, Sec. 1(b), Nov. 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 98-557,
Sec. 15(b)(2), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2866.)
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-557 substituted references to surviving spouse for
references to widow.
1967--Pub. L. 90-167 struck out provisions which exempted from
coverage of this section widows of employees whose positions were
classified in one of grades of professional and scientific service of
Classification Act of 1923, or a comparable grade of Classification Act
of 1949, or who performed duties of a position comparable to a position
so classified after enactment of law requiring classification of such
positions.
Pub. L. 90-163 substituted ``$100 per month'' for ``$75 per month''.
1958--Pub. L. 85-351 substituted ``$75 per month'' for ``$50 per
month''.
Effective Date of 1967 Amendments
Amendment by Pub. L. 90-167 effective for any period subsequent to
the first day of the first month following Nov. 29, 1967, see section 2
of Pub. L. 90-167, set out as a note under section 771 of this title.
Section 1 of Pub. L. 90-163 provided that the amendment made by that
section is effective on the first day of the month following Nov. 29,
1967.
Effective Date of 1958 Amendment
Amendment effective Apr. 1, 1958, see section 2 of Pub. L. 85-351,
set out as a note under section 771 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
Bureau of Lighthouses, of which Lighthouse Service was a part,
transferred and consolidated with Coast Guard under Secretary of the
Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4
F.R. 2731, 33 Stat. 1432, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees. Functions of Secretary of the Treasury
relating to Coast Guard transferred to Secretary of Transportation by
section 6(b)(1) of Pub. L. 89-670. See section 108 of Title 49,
Transportation.
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the
Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of
Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d),
552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of
Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified,
set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Increase in Widows Benefits and Effective Date of Increase
For 1975 increase in widows benefits under this section and section
771 of this title, and effective date of such increase, see Pub. L. 94-
170, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1022, set out as a note under section 771
of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 773, 774, 775, 776 of this
title.
