[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR702.161]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
  CHAPTER VI--EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 702--ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 702.161  Liens against assets of insurance carriers and employers.

    Where payments have been made from the special fund pursuant to 
section 18(b) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 918(b) and Sec. 704.145(f) the 
Secretary of Labor shall, for the benefit of the fund, be subrogated to 
all the rights of the person receiving such payments. The Secretary may 
institute proceedings under either section 18 or 21(d) of the Act, 33 
U.S.C. 918 or 921(d), or both, to recover the amount expended by the 
fund or so much as in the judgement of the Secretary is possible, or the 
Secretary may settle or compromise any such claim.

[50 FR 395, Jan. 3, 1985]