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CFR	Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 20

Employees' Benefits

Chapter I

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor

Part 10

Claims for Compensation Under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, As Amended

Subpart H

Special Provisions

• Section Number: 10.705
• Section Name: When must an employee or other FECA beneficiary take action against a third party?

    (a) If an injury or death for which benefits are payable under the 
FECA is caused, wholly or partially, by someone other than a Federal 
employee acting within the scope of his or her employment, the claimant 
can be required to take action against that third party.
    (b) The Office of the Solicitor of Labor (SOL) is hereby delegated 
authority to administer the subrogation aspects of certain FECA claims 
for OWCP. Either OWCP or SOL can require a FECA beneficiary to assign 
his or her claim for damages to the United States or to prosecute the 
claim in his or her own name.