42 USC § 1654 - Persons excluded from benefits

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s1654"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 1654 - Persons excluded from benefits"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1654"
section_name: "Persons excluded from benefits"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "COMPENSATION FOR DISABILITY OR DEATH TO PERSONS EMPLOYED AT MILITARY, AIR, AND NAVAL BASES OUTSIDE UNITED STATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 16, 1941, ch. 357, § 4, 55 Stat. 623.)"
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# § 1654. Persons excluded from benefits

This chapter shall not apply in respect to the injury or death of (1) an employee subject to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5; (2) an employee engaged in agriculture, domestic service, or any employment that is casual and not in the usual course of the trade, business, or profession of the employer; and (3) a master or member of a crew of any vessel.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 16, 1941, ch. 357, § 4, 55 Stat. 623.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

“Subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5” substituted for reference to act  (), known as the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.