---identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s704.301"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "20 CFR § 704.301 - Administration; compensation districts."title_number: 20title_name: "Employees' Benefits"section_number: "704.301"section_name: "Administration; compensation districts."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: "704"part_name: "SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LHWCA EXTENSIONS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; 33 U.S.C. 939; 36 D.C. Code 501 42 U.S.C. 1651 43 U.S.C. 1331; 5 U.S.C. 6171 Secretary's Order 1-89; Employment Standards Order No. 90-02."regulatory_source: "38 FR 26877, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "704"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t20/s704.301
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor
Authority
5 U.S.C. 301; Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; 33 U.S.C. 939; 36 D.C. Code 501 42 U.S.C. 1651 43 U.S.C. 1331; 5 U.S.C. 6171 Secretary's Order 1-89; Employment Standards Order N... 5 U.S.C. 301; Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; 33 U.S.C. 939; 36 D.C. Code 501 42 U.S.C. 1651 43 U.S.C. 1331; 5 U.S.C. 6171 Secretary's Order 1-89; Employment Standards Order No. 90-02.
# 704.301 Administration; compensation districts.For the purpose of administration of this Act, the compensation districts established under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act as set forth in part 702 of this subchapter shall administer this Act, and their jurisdiction for this purpose is extended, where appropriate, to include those parts of the Outer Continental Shelf adjacent to the State or States in such districts having adjacent shelf areas.