[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 20, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 20CFR61.205]



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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 C_Compensation for Injury, Disability or Death

 

Sec.  61.205  Burial expense.



    (a) When the death of a person listed in Sec.  61.1(a) results from 

an injury caused by a war-risk hazard, the Office shall pay reasonable 

burial expenses up to the amount specified in section 9 of the Longshore 

and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. If any part of the burial expense 

has been paid by any other agency of the United States, or by any person 

under obligation to discharge burial expenses, the amount so paid shall 

be deducted from the burial expense payable by the Office. Payment will 

be made directly (1) to the undertaker, (2) to the estate of the 

deceased if the estate is obligated to make payment, or (3) to any 

person who has paid such burial expenses and is entitled to such 

reimbursement.

    (b) If the employee's home is within the United States and death 

occurs away from the employee's home or outside the United States, the 

Office may pay an additional sum for transporting the remains to the 

home.