---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 702.801"
title: "20"
number: "702.801"
heading: "Scope and intent of this subpart."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/702.801"
---

# §702.801. Scope and intent of this subpart.

- (a) This subpart implements the Act's provisions that affect the maximum and minimum rates of compensation and death benefits payable to employees and survivors. These statutory provisions include sections [6(b)](/cfr/20/6.md?p=b) and [(c)](/cfr/20/6.md?p=c), and [9(e)](/cfr/20/9.md?p=e). 33 U.S.C. [906(b)](/usc/33/906.md?p=b), [(c)](/usc/33/906.md?p=c); 909(e). It is intended that these statutory provisions be construed as provided in this subpart.
- (b) These regulations implement [section 6(c)](/cfr/20/6.md?p=c), [33 U.S.C. 906(c)](/usc/33/906.md?p=c), based on the following concepts:
  - (1) An employee is “newly awarded compensation” when he or she first becomes disabled due to an injury;
  - (2) A survivor is “newly awarded compensation” on the date the employee died; and
  - (3) An employee or survivor is “currently receiving compensation” when compensation for permanent total disability or death benefits is payable, regardless of when payment is actually made.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 83 FR 17290, Apr. 19, 2018 unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.; 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.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted.