§ 1702. Application of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
(a)
In the administration of the provisions of subchapter
I of chapter
81 of title
5 with respect to cases coming within the purview of section
1701 of this title, the scale of compensation benefits and the provisions for determining the amount of compensation and the payment thereof as provided in sections
908 and
909 of title
33, so far as the provisions of said sections can be applied under the terms and conditions set forth therein shall be payable in lieu of the benefits, except medical benefits, provided under subchapter
I of chapter
81 of title
5: Provided, That the total compensation payable under this subchapter for injury or death shall in no event exceed the limitations upon compensation as fixed in section
914
(m) [1] of title
33 as such section may from time to time be amended except that the total compensation shall not be less than that provided for in the original enactment of this chapter.
(b)
For the purpose of computing compensation with respect to cases coming within the purview of section
1701 of this title, the provisions of sections
906 and
910 of title
33 shall be applicable: Provided, That the minimum limit on weekly compensation for disability, established by section
906
(b) of title
33, and the minimum limit on the average weekly wages on which death benefits are to be computed, established by section
909
(e) of title
33, shall not apply in computing compensation under this subchapter.
[1] See References in Text note below.