Presidential proclamations Reorganization plans Federal regulations that affect every American Mail order form to: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 There is enclosed $. subscription(s) to the publications checked below: FEDERAL REGISTER $45.00 domestic; $90.00 foreign ($5.00 monthly) CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS $350.00 domestic; $425.00 foreign (This book contains Parts 1 to 399) Part CHAPTER I-Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of NOTE: Other regulations issued by the Department of Labor appear in 29 CFR Subtitle A and Chapters II, IV, V and XVII and 41 CFR Chapters 29, 50 and 60. PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 1 CROSS REFERENCE: Employees' and employers' taxes under Federal Insurance Contributions Act and Excise tax on employers under Federal Unemployment Tax Act: See Internal Revenue, 26 CFR Part 31. SUBCHAPTER A ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES Part 1 10 25 Performance of functions under this chapter. SUBCHAPTER B-FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT Claims for compensation under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as amended. Compensation for disability and death of noncitizen Federal employees outside the United States. SUBCHAPTER C-[RESERVED] SUBCHAPTER D- -[RESERVED] SUBCHAPTER E- [RESERVED] SUBCHAPTER F-COMPENSATION FOR INJURY, DISABILITY, DEATH, OR ENEMY DETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS WITH THE UNITED STATES 61 62 General administrative provisions. Reimbursement of employers, insurance carriers, or compensation funds. SUBCHAPTER G-COMPENSATION FOR INJURY, DISABILITY OR DEATH OF CIVILIAN AMERICAN CITIZENS INCURRED WHILE DETAINED BY OR IN HIDING FROM THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SUBCHAPTER A-ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES 1 § 1.1 Establishment of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards, by authority vested in him by the Secretary of Labor in Secretary's Order No. 13-71, 36 FR 8755, established in the Employment Standards Administration (ESA) an Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) by Employment Standards Order No. 2-74, 39 FR 34722. The Assistant Secretary has further designated as the head thereof a Director who, under the general supervision of the Assistant Secretary, shall administer the programs assigned to that Office by the Assistant Secretary. § 1.2 Assignment of functions. By Employment Standards Order No. 2-74, 39 FR 34722, the Assistant Secretary has delegated authority and assigned responsibility to the Director, OWCP, for the Department of Labor's programs under the following statutes: (a) Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA), (5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.), except 8149 as it applies to the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board. (b) War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA), (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). (c) War Claims Act (WCA), (50 U.S.C. App. 2003). (d) Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), except 921 as it applies to the Benefits Review Board. (e) District of Columbia Workmen's Compensation Act (DCWCA) (36 D.C. Code 501 et seq.). 137 F.R. 22979, Oct. 27, 1972. (f) Defense Base Act (DBA (42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.). (g) Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) (43 U.S.C. 1331). (h) Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act (NFIA) (5 U.S.C. 8171 et seq.). (1) Title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act (FCMHSA), 83 Stat. 742, as amended by the Black Lung Beneficts Act of 1972 (BLBA) (30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.). § 1.3 Rules in this chapter. The rules in this chapter are those governing the OWCP functions under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, the War Hazards Compensation Act, and the War Claims Act. (a) The rules of the OWCP governing its functions under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and its extensions, the District of Columbia Workmen's Compensation Act, Defense Base Act, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act are set forth in Subchapter A of Chapter VI of this title. (b) The rules of the OWCP governing its functions under the Black Lung Benefits Act program are set forth in Subchapter B of Chavter VI of this title. (c) The rules and regulations of the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board are set forth in Chapter IV of this title. (d) The rules and regulations of the Benefits Review Board are set forth in Chapter VII of this title. § 1.5 Abolition of Bureau of Employees' Compensation. By Secretary of Labor's Order issued September 23, 1974, 39 FR 34723, issued concurrently with Employment Standards Order 2-74, 39 FR 34722, the Secretary revoked the prior Secretary's Order No. 18-67, 32 FR 12979, which had delegated authority and assigned responsibility for the various workers' compensation programs enumerated in § 1.2, except the Black Lung Benefits Act program not then in existence, to the Director of the former Bureau of Employees' Compensation. § 1.6 Historical background. (a) Administration of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act and the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Com |