C.F.R. » Title 20 » CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › SUBCHAPTER A—LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT AND RELATED STATUTES › PART 701—GENERAL; ADMINISTERING AGENCY; DEFINITIONS AND USE OF TERMS

20 C.F.R. § 701.101

Scope of this subchapter and subchapter B

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(a) This subchapter contains the regulations governing the administration of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., except activities, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 941, assigned to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. It also contains the regulations governing the administration of the direct extensions of the LHWCA: the Defense Base Act (DBA), 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.; the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 43 U.S.C. 1331; and the Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act (NFIA), 5 U.S.C. 8171 et seq.

(b) The regulations in this subchapter also apply to claims filed under the District of Columbia Workmen's Compensation Act (DCCA), 36 D.C. Code 501 et seq. That law applies to all claims for injuries or deaths based on employment events that occurred prior to July 26, 1982, the effective date of the District of Columbia Workers' Compensation Act, as amended (D.C. Code 32-1501 et seq.).

(c) The regulations governing the administration of the Black Lung Benefits Program are in subchapter B of this chapter.

[70 FR 43232, July 26, 2005]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1984–2025 · leading case: Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., 514 U.S. 122 (1995).
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Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., 514 U.S. 122 (1995). · cites it 2× “…effective date of the District of Columbia Workers' Compensation Act [36 D. C. Code Ann. § 36-301 et seq. (1981)]." 20 CFR § 701.101 (b) (1994).”
Railco Multi-Constr. Co. v. Gardner, 564 A.2d 1167 (D.C. 1989). “4281, 20 C.F.R. § 701.101 (b) (1987), which they claim reflects “the fundamental nature and operation of the LHWCA and the 1928 Act.”
Doris M. Calder v. Max D. Crall & Sgt. Terry L. Earl, 726 F.2d 598 (9th Cir. 1984). “20 C.F.R. § 701.101 . These regulations delineate claims procedures, administrative adjudication procedures for contested claims, medical procedures and insurance authorization procedures.”
Carswell v. E. Pihl & Sons, 999 F.3d 18 (1st Cir. 2021). “" See also 20 C.F.R. § 701.101 (a) (making § 702.333 applicable to the DBA).”
Railco Multi-Constr. Co. v. Robert Gardner & Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, U.S. Dep't of Labor, 902 F.2d 71 (D.C. Cir. 1990). “at 11 (quoting 20 C.F.R. § 701.101 (b) (1986)) (emphasis added by Board).”
Nat'l Metal & Steel Corp. v. Reich, 858 F. Supp. 62 (D. Maryland 1994). “Nowhere in the agency regulations, codified *66 at 20 C.F.R. §§ 701.101 , et seq., does any reference exist to the precise definition of “self-insurer,” and whether the obligation to pay assessments to finance the Special Fund endures despite the termination of an employer’s…”
Shea, S & M Ball Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 929 F.2d 736 (D.C. Cir. 1991). “2 (citing 20 C.F.R. § 701.101 (b)). . For example, because the 1979 Act narrowed the subject matter jurisdiction of the D.”
Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc. v. Albert Jackson (11th Cir. 2025). “§ 919 ; 20 C.F.R. §§ 701.101 , 701.201, 702.301–702.”
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