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20 CFR § 704.301 - Administration; compensation districts.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s704.301"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 704.301 - Administration; compensation districts."
title_number: 20
title_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: false
currency: "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"
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# 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.