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20 CFR § 61.302 - Time limitations for filing a claim for detention benefits.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s61.302"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 61.302 - Time limitations for filing a claim for detention benefits."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "61.302"
section_name: "Time limitations for filing a claim for detention benefits."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "COMPENSATION FOR INJURY, DISABILITY, DEATH, OR ENEMY DETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS WITH THE UNITED STATES"
part_number: "61"
part_name: "CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE WAR HAZARDS COMPENSATION ACT, AS AMENDED"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "1950 Reorg. Plan No. 19, sec. 1, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 1010, 64 Stat. 1271; 5 U.S.C. 8145, 8149; 42 U.S.C. 1704, 1706; Secretary's Order 7-87, 52 FR 48466; Employment Standards Order 78-1, 43 FR 51469."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 3679, Feb. 8, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "61"
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# 61.302 Time limitations for filing a claim for detention benefits.

The time limitation provisions found in the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 8101 *et seq.*) apply to the filing of claims for detention benefits. The Office may waive the time limitations if it finds that circumstances beyond the claimant's control prevented the filing of a timely claim.