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[CITE: 42USC1706]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
CHAPTER 12--COMPENSATION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR DETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OF 
          CONTRACTORS WITH UNITED STATES OUTSIDE UNITED STATES
 
 SUBCHAPTER I--COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT, ETC., BY SECRETARY OF LABOR
 
Sec. 1706. Administration


(a) Rules and regulations

    The provisions of this subchapter shall be administered by the 
Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary is authorized to make rules and 
regulations for the administration thereof and to contract with 
insurance carriers for the use of the service facilities of such 
carriers for the purpose of facilitating administration.

(b) Agreements and working arrangements with other agencies, etc.

    In administering the provisions of this subchapter the Secretary may 
enter into agreements or cooperative working arrangements with other 
agencies of the United States or of any State (including the District of 
Columbia, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) or 
political subdivision thereof, and with other public agencies and 
private persons, agencies, or institutions, within and outside the 
United States, to utilize their services and facilities and to 
compensate them for such use. The Secretary may delegate to any officer 
or employee, or to any agency, of the United States or of any State, or 
of any political subdivision thereof, or Territory or possession of the 
United States, such of his powers and duties as he finds necessary for 
carrying out the purposes of this subchapter.

(c) Waiver of notice of injury and filing of claims

    The Secretary, in his discretion, may waive the limitation 
provisions of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5 with respect to 
notice of injury and filing of claims under this subchapter, whenever 
the Secretary shall find that, because of circumstances beyond the 
control of an injured person or his beneficiary, compliance with such 
provisions could not have been accomplished within the time therein 
specified.

(Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668, title I, Sec. 106, 56 Stat. 1033.)

                          Codification

    In subsec. (c), ``subchapter I of chapter I of title 5'' substituted 
for reference to Act of September 7, 1916, as amended, known as the 
Federal Employees' Compensation Act, on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, 
Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which 
enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Secretary of Labor'' and ``Secretary'' substituted for ``Federal 
Security Administrator'' and ``Administrator'', respectively, in text, 
pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 19 of 1950, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 
F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1271, which transferred functions of Federal 
Security Administrator to Secretary of Labor.
    Previously, ``Federal Security Administrator'' and ``Administrator'' 
substituted for ``United States Employees' Compensation Commission'' and 
``Commission'' pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1946, Sec. 3, eff. July 
16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7873, 60 Stat. 1095, which abolished United States 
Employees' Compensation Commission and transferred its functions to 
Federal Security Administrator.


               Admission of Alaska and Hawaii to Statehood

    Alaska was admitted into the Union on Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of 
Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, and Hawaii was 
admitted into the Union on Aug. 21, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3309, 
Aug. 21, 1959, 24 F.R. 6868, 73 Stat. c74. For Alaska Statehood Law, see 
Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as a note preceding 
section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. For Hawaii 
Statehood Law, see Pub. L. 86-3, Mar. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 4, set out as a 
note preceding section 491 of Title 48.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1701 of this title.
