---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch12"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 12"
heading: "Compensation for Injury, Death, or Detention of Employees of Contractors with United States Outside United States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch12"
sections_count: 13
---

# Chapter 12 — Compensation for Injury, Death, or Detention of Employees of Contractors with United States Outside United States

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Compensation, Reimbursement, Etc., by Secretary of Labor](/usc/42/ch12-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Miscellaneous Provisions](/usc/42/ch12-schII.md)
