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20 CFR § 61.307 - Transportation of recovered bodies of missing persons.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s61.307"
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title: "20 CFR § 61.307 - Transportation of recovered bodies of missing persons."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "61.307"
section_name: "Transportation of recovered bodies of missing persons."
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"
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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."
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# 61.307 Transportation of recovered bodies of missing persons.

If an employee dies while in detention and the body is later recovered, the Office may provide the cost of transporting the body to the home of the deceased or to any place designated by the employee's next of kin, near relative, or legal representative.