COVERAGE OF CONTRACT PERSONNEL UNDER WAR RISK HAZARDS ACT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00597A000100040055-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 13, 2004
• Sequence Number: 55
• Content Type: REGULATION

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COVERAGE-OF CONTRACT PERSONNEL
UNDER WAR RISK HAZARDS ACT
War _R~ sards , Act
(chapte la ofl~?' USCA (1701-1717)
1. Thisr,Aot provided benefits to U. S. contractors
which proxlinately resulted during time of 'war from
"war-risk hazards" as defined in the Act. The
Act exprL ed 'on .1 July 1954.
2. The law covered certain, specified categories
including "persons engaged by the U.S. . under a
contract for,personil services outside the U. S.
or in Haw , IME., puRToMco or the Virgin
Islands". A 1953 amend lent excluded coverage of
(a) aliens and (b) personnel who resided in an-
area and were not in residence solely by virtue
of the employment unless they incurred an injury"
or death while in-the'-course of their employment.
U. S. citizens who resided in an area only be-
cause of their employment were entitled to'bene
fits in the event of injury or death due to a
war hazard whether'or'not such persons were actu-
ally engaged in employment, i.e., no performance
of duty standard was required.
3. The Department of Labor was responsible for
the administration of the program, and benefits
were provided in general conformance to those
which are"' granted employees under the Fnployeest
Compensation Act, subject to-certain stipulations
in the law `and Bureau; regulations. One special
provision under: the law extended a payment of full.
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Proposed Legislation
1. In lieu of the 1 July 1954 termination date, the law
would. apply during any war in which the U. S. becomes in-
volved.
2. The proposed coverage of persons engaged by contract
for personal services would be changed fran those utilized
"toutside the continental U. S. or Hawaii., A,Iaska, Puerto
Rico or Virgin Islands" to those utilized "outside the
continental U. S. or in Alaska or the Canal Zone".
3. The proposed legislation would include coverage of
aliens as well as U. S. citizens who solely reside in an
area. because of their employment, and the overage would
provide an entitlement without regard to a "performance
of duty" standard. In effect, then, the' summary exclu-
sion of all aliens would be removed and non-indigenous
foreign nationals., as well as U. S. citizens, would be
entitled to benefits in the event of injury or detection
during war-time., without regard to whether or not the
action occurred in the performance of work. Natives and
U. S. personnel who already resided in an area of em-
ployment before contracting with the U. S. for their
services or who were not in an area solely for employment
reasons would be entitled to benefits only if the "per-
formance of duty" concept was applicable in the specific;
instance of their injury or detention.
 War Risk Hazards -Nat
(Chapter 12 ofA2. IJSCA (1701-1717) Proposed legislation
salary or wages in case a person became missing
as the result of detention by a belligerent
power. Such benefits were not payable if the
individual concerned was otherwise entitled to
disability or death benefits.
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