[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
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[CITE: 20CFR1.1]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 1_PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONS UNDER THIS CHAPTER--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.1  Under what authority was the Office of Workers' Compensation 
Programs established?




Sec.
1.1 Under what authority was the Office of Workers' Compensation 
          Programs established?
1.2 What functions are assigned to OWCP?
1.3 What rules are contained in this chapter?
1.4 Where are other rules concerning OWCP functions found?
1.5 When was the former Bureau of Employees' Compensation abolished?
1.6 How were many of OWCP's current functions administered in the past?

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 8145 and 8149 (Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 
1950, 15 FR 3174, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 1004, 64 Stat. 1263); 42 
U.S.C. 7384d; Executive Order 13179, 65 FR 77487, 3 CFR, 2000 Comp., p. 
321; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 13-71, 36 FR 8155; Employment 
Standards Order No. 2-74, 39 FR 34722.

    Source: 67 FR 78885, Dec. 26, 2002, unless otherwise noted.


    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 an Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) by 
Employment Standards Order No. 2-74, 39 FR 34722. The Assistant 
Secretary subsequently designated as the head thereof a Director who, 
under the general supervision of the Assistant Secretary, administers 
the programs assigned to OWCP by the Assistant Secretary.