[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR61.100]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS'COMPENSATION PROGRAMS,DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 61--CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE WAR HAZARDS COMPENSATION ACT, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Reimbursement of Carriers
 
Sec. 61.100  General reimbursement provisions.


    (a) The Office shall reimburse any carrier that pays benefits under 
the Defense Base Act or other applicable workers' compensation law due 
to the injury, disability or death of any person specified in 
Sec. 61.1(a), if the injury or death for which the benefits are paid 
arose from a war-risk hazard. The amount to be reimbursed includes 
disability and death payments, funeral and burial expenses, medical 
expenses, and the reasonable and necessary claims expense incurred in 
processing the request.
    (b) The Office shall not provide reimbursement in any case in which 
an additional premium for war-risk hazard was charged, or in which the 
carrier

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has been reimbursed, paid, or compensated for the loss for which 
reimbursement is requested.
    (c) Reimbursement under this section with respect to benefits shall 
be limited to the amounts which will discharge the liability of the 
carrier under the applicable workers' compensation law.