---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch12/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Compensation, Reimbursement, Etc., by Secretary of Labor"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch12-schI"
sections_count: 6
---

# Subchapter I — Compensation, Reimbursement, Etc., by Secretary of Labor

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

## Sections

- [§1701. Compensation for injury or death resulting from war-risk hazard](/usc/42/1701.md)
- [§1702. Application of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act](/usc/42/1702.md)
- [§1703. “Contractor with the United States” defined](/usc/42/1703.md)
- [§1704. Reimbursement](/usc/42/1704.md)
- [§1705. Receipt of workmen’s compensation benefits](/usc/42/1705.md)
- [§1706. Administration](/usc/42/1706.md)