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5 U.S.C. 8119: Notice of injury or death

Created in 1966 by Public Law 89-554. Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 5 U.S.C. 8122.

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1974Pub. L. 93-416

1966Pub. L. 89-554created it

5 U.S.C. 8119Notice of injury or death

(a)be given within 30 days after the injury or death;

(b)be given to the immediate superior of the employee by personal delivery or by…

(c)be in writing;

(d)state the name and address of the employee;

(e)state the year, month, day, and hour when and the particular locality where the…

(f)state the cause and nature of the injury, or, in the case of death, the…

(g)be signed by and contain the address of the individual giving the notice.

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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

1974

Pub. L. 93–416 substituted "or death" for "; failure to give" in section catchline, struck out designation of subsec. (a), redesignated cls. (1) to (7) as (a) to (g), and, as so redesignated, inserted provisions relating to notice of death and substituted "30 days" for "48 hours" in cl. (a), and st…

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