---identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s702.144"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "20 CFR § 702.144 - Purpose of the special fund."title_number: 20title_name: "Employees' Benefits"section_number: "702.144"section_name: "Purpose of the special fund."chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"subchapter_number: "A"subchapter_name: "LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT AND RELATED STATUTES"part_number: "702"part_name: "ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 33 U.S.C. 901 42 U.S.C. 1651 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."regulatory_source: "38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "702"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t20/s702.144
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor
Authority
5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 33 U.S.C. 901 42 U.S.C. 1651 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan N... 5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 33 U.S.C. 901 42 U.S.C. 1651 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.
# 702.144 Purpose of the special fund.This special fund was established to give effect to a congressional policy determination that, under certain circumstances, the employer of a particular employee should not be required to bear the entire burden of paying for the compensation benefits due that employee under the Act. Instead, a substantial portion of such burden should be borne by the industry generally. Section 702.145 describes this special circumstance under which the particular employer is relieved of some of his burden. Section 702.146 describes the manner and circumstances of the input into the fund.