dies from a cause other than the injury before the end of the period specified by the schedule;
the compensation specified by the schedule that is unpaid at his death, whether or not accrued or due at his death, shall be paid—
(A)
under an award made before or after the death;
(B)
for the period specified by the schedule;
(C)
to and for the benefit of the persons then in being within the classes and proportions and on the conditions specified by this section; and
(D)
in the following order of precedence:
(i)
If there is no child, to the widow or widower.
(ii)
If there are both a widow or widower and a child or children, one-half to the widow or widower and one-half to the child or children.
(iii)
If there is no widow or widower, to the child or children.
(iv)
section 8133(a)(5) of this title If there is no survivor in the above classes, to the parent or parents wholly or partly dependent for support on the decedent, or to other wholly dependent relatives listed by , or to both in proportions provided by regulation.
(v)
section 8134 of this titlesection 8134 of this title If there is no survivor in the above classes and no burial allowance is payable under , an amount not exceeding that which would be expendable under if applicable shall be paid to reimburse a person equitably entitled thereto to the extent and in the proportion that he has paid the burial expenses, but a compensated insurer or other person obligated by law or contract to pay the burial expenses or a State or political subdivision or entity is deemed not equitably entitled.
(b)
section 8107(a) of this titlesection 8110 of this title Payments under subsection (a) of this section, except for an amount payable for a period preceding the death of the individual, are at the basic rate of compensation for permanent disability specified by even if at the time of death the individual was entitled to the augmented rate specified by .
(c)
A surviving beneficiary under subsection (a) of this section, except one under subsection (a)(D)(v), does not have a vested right to payment and must be alive to receive payment.
(d)
section 8133 of this title A beneficiary under subsection (a) of this section, except one under subsection (a)(D)(v), ceases to be entitled to payment on the happening of an event which would terminate his right to compensation for death under . When that entitlement ceases, compensation remaining unpaid under subsection (a) of this section is payable to the surviving beneficiary in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.
The references in former section 755(d) to definitions in former section 760(B), (H) are omitted as unnecessary as the definitions are included in section 8101 for the entire subchapter.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.