[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 and 7385s-10; 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: 70 FR 33604, June 8, 2005, 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.