20 CFR § 801.102 - Review authority.

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title: "20 CFR § 801.102 - Review authority."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "801.102"
section_name: "Review authority."
chapter_name: "BENEFITS REVIEW BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "801"
part_name: "ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE BOARD"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901  33 U.S.C. 901 ; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary of Labor's Order 38-72, 38 FR 90, January 3, 1973."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 27290, July 20, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 801.102 Review authority.

(a) The Board is authorized, as provided in 33 U.S.C. 921(b), as amended, to hear and determine appeals raising a substantial question of law or fact taken by any party in interest from decisions or orders with respect to claims for compensation or benefits arising under the following Acts, as amended and extended:

(1) The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. 901 *et seq.;*

(2) The Defense Base Act (DBA), 42 U.S.C. 1651 *et seq.;*

(3) The District of Columbia Workmen's Compensation Act (DCWCA), 36 D.C. Code 501 *et seq.* (1973);

(4) The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 43 U.S.C. 1331 *et seq.;*

(5) The Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act (NFIA), 5 U.S.C. 8171 *et seq.;*

(6) Title IV, section 415 and part C of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Public Law 95-164, 91 Stat. 1290 (formerly the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, hereinafter, FCMHSA, of 1969) as amended by the Black Lung Benefits Reform Act of 1977, Public Law 92-239, 92 Stat. 95, the Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1977, Public Law 95-227, 92 Stat. 11, and the Black Lung Benefits Amendments of 1981, Public Law 97-119, 95 Stat. 1643 (30 U.S.C. 901 *et seq.*).