---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 702.802"
title: "20"
number: "702.802"
heading: "Applicability of this subpart."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/702.802"
---

# §702.802. Applicability of this subpart.

- (a) This subpart applies to all compensation and death benefits paid under the Act as a result of injuries or deaths occurring on or after May 21, 2018 with the following exceptions:
  - (1) Amounts payable under an approved settlement (see [33 U.S.C. 908(i)](/usc/33/908.md?p=i));
  - (2) Amounts paid for an employee's death to the Special Fund (see [33 U.S.C. 944(c)(1)](/usc/33/944.md?p=c-1));
  - (3) Any payments for medical expenses (see [33 U.S.C. 907](/usc/33/907.md)); and
  - (4) Any other lump sum payment of compensation or death benefits, including aggregate death benefits paid when a survivor remarries (see [33 U.S.C. 909(b)](/usc/33/909.md?p=b)) or aggregate compensation paid under a commutation (see [33 U.S.C. 909(g)](/usc/33/909.md?p=g)).
- (b) The rules in this subpart governing minimum disability compensation and death benefits do not apply to claims arising under the Defense Base Act, [42 U.S.C. 1651](/usc/42/1651.md) (see [42 U.S.C. 1652(a)](/usc/42/1652.md?p=a); [20 CFR 704.103](/cfr/20/704.103.md)).

## 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.