The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) as amended (5 U.S.C.
8101 et seq.) provides for the payment of workers' compensation benefits
to civilian officers and employees of all
branches of the Government of the United States. The regulations in this
part describe the rules for filing, processing, and paying claims for
benefits under the FECA. Proceedings under the FECA are non-adversarial
in nature.
(a) The FECA has been amended and extended a number of times to
provide workers' compensation benefits to volunteers in the Civil Air
Patrol (5 U.S.C. 8141), members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps
(5 U.S.C. 8140), Peace Corps Volunteers (5 U.S.C. 8142), Job Corps
enrollees and Volunteers in Service to America (5 U.S.C. 8143), members
of the National Teachers Corps (5 U.S.C. 8143a), certain student
employees (5 U.S.C. 5351 and 8144), certain law enforcement officers not
employed by the United States (5 U.S.C. 8191-8193), and various other
classes of persons who provide or have provided services to the
Government of the United States.
(b) The FECA provides for payment of several types of benefits,
including compensation for wage loss, schedule awards, medical and
related benefits, and vocational rehabilitation services for conditions
resulting from injuries sustained in performance of duty while in
service to the United States.
(c) The FECA also provides for payment of monetary compensation to
specified survivors of an employee whose death resulted from a work-
related injury and for payment of certain burial expenses subject to the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8134.
(d) All types of benefits and conditions of eligibility listed in
this section are subject to the provisions of the FECA and of this part.
This section shall not be construed to modify or enlarge upon the
provisions of the FECA.
