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Donovan, 697 F.2d 376, 381!382 (CADC), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1119 (1983). A deputy commissioner's claim determination could be challenged in federal district court in an injunctive action against the deputy commissioner. 33  Jv U.S.C. 921(b) (1970 ed.); see Parker v. Motor Boat  JN Sales, Inc., 314 U.S. 244, 245 (1941). As a defending party in district courts, the deputy commissioner could appeal adverse rulings to the courts of appeals pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1291, even when no other party sought  J appeal. See Henderson v. Glens Falls Indemnity Co., 134 F.2d 320, 322 (CA5 1943) ( There are numerous cases in which the deputy commissioner has appealed as^""#   J the sole party, and his right to appeal has never been  J questioned.) (citing, inter alia, Parker, supra).  The 1972 LHWCA amendments shifted the deputy commissioners' adjudicatory authority to Department of Labor administrative law judges (ALJs). Although district directors"as deputy commissioners are now  J called; uBx ԍ FTN    XgEpXFr  ddf < 20 CFR 701.301(a)(7), 702.105 (1994). FTN  f  XgEpXFr  ff "are empowered to investigate LHWCA claims and attempt to resolve them informally, they must order a hearing before an ALJ upon a party's request. 33 U.S.C. 919. The 1972 amendments also replaced district court injunctive actions with appeals to the newly created Benefits Review Board. Just as the deputy commissioners were parties before district courts prior to 1972, the Director"as the Secretary's delegate"is a party before the Benefits Review Board under the current scheme. 20 CFR 801.2(a)(10) (1994). Either the Director or another party may invoke Board review of an ALJ's decision. 33 U.S.C. 921(b)(3); 20CFR 801.102, 801.2(a)(10) (1994). As before the amendments, further review is available in the courts of appeals. 33 U.S.C. 921(c).  The Court holds that the LHWCA, as amended in 1972, does not entitle the Director to appeal Benefits Review Board decisions to the courts of appeals. Congress surely decided to transfer adjudicative functions from the deputy commissioners to ALJs, and from the district courts to the Benefits Review Board. But there is scant reason to believe that Congress consciously decided to strip the Act's administrator of authority that official once had to seek judicial review of claim determinations adverse to the administrator's position. In amending the LHWCA in 1972, Congress did not expressly address the standing of the Secretary of Labor or his delegate to petition for judicial review. CongressG"   did use the standard phrase person adversely affected or aggrieved to describe proper petitioners to the courts of appeals. See 33 U.S.C. 921(c). But it is doubtful that Congress comprehended the full impact of that phrase: Not only does it qualify employers and injured workers to seek judicial review but, as interpreted, it ordinarily disqualifies agencies acting in a governmental  J capacity from petitioning for court review. uBP ԍ FTN    XFrXFr ddf < The lawpresentation role OWCP's Director seeks to play might  uB be compared with the role of an advocate general or minist/re public in civil law proceedings. See generally M. Glendon, M. Gordon, & C. Osakwe, Comparative Legal Traditions 344 (2d ed. 1994); R. David, French Law 59 (1972).  9H1 d d7II؃  2  Congress' 1978 revision of the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA) reveals the judicial review design Congress ordered when it consciously attended to this matter. The 1978 BLBA amendments were adopted, in part, to keep adjudication of BLBA claims under the same procedural regime as the one Congress devised for LHWCA claims. In the 1978 BLBA prescriptions, Congress expressly provided for the party status of the OWCP Director. See 30 U.S.C. 932(k) ( The Secretary [of Labor] shall be a party in any proceeding relative to a claim for [black lung] benefits.).  Congress enacted the BLBA in 1969 to afford compensation to coal miners and their survivors for death or disability caused by pneumoconiosis (black lung disease).  J See Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co., 428 U.S. 1, 8 (1976). The BLBA generally adopts the claims adjudication scheme of the LHWCA. 30 U.S.C. 932(a). Congress amended the BLBA in 1978 to clarify that the  J^ BLBA continuously incorporates LHWCA claim adjudication procedures. See 7(a)(1), 92 Stat. 98 (amending BLBA to incorporate LHWCA as it may be amended#"   from time to time); S. Rep. No. 95!209, p. 18 (1977) (BLBA amendment makes clear that any and all amendments to the [LHWCA] are incorporated by the BLBA, including the 1972 amendments relating to the use of Administrative Law Judges in claims adjudication).  In the context of assuring automatic application of LHWCA procedures to black lung claims, see H.R. Conf. Rep. No. 95!864, pp. 22!23 (1978), Congress added to the BLBA the provision for the Secretary of Labor's party status in any proceeding relative to a claim for [black lung] benefits. See 7(k), 92 Stat. 99. According to the Report of the Senate Committee on Human Resources: BQ C   , , (  Some question has arisen as to whether the adjudication procedures applicable to black lung claims incorporating various sections of the amended [LHWCA] confe[r] standing upon the Secretary of Labor or his designee to appear, present evidence, file appeals or respond to appeals filed with respect  JK to the litigation and appeal of claims. In establishing the [LHWCA] procedures it was the intent of this Committee to afford the Secretary the right to advance his views in the formal claims litigation context whether or not the Secretary had a direct finan J cial interest in the outcome of the case. The Secretary's interest as the officer charged with the responsibility for carrying forth the intent of Congress with respect to the [BLBA] should be deemed sufficient to confer standing on the Secretary or such designee of the Secretary who has the responsibility for the enforcement of the [BLBA], to actively participate in the adjudication of claims before the Administrative Law Judge, Benefits Review Board, and appropriate United States Courts. S. Rep. No.  J 95!209, supra, at 21!22 (emphasis added). 1BQ d   ( , , /"  ԌEven if this passage cannot force an uncommon reading of the LHWCA words person adversely affected or  J aggrieved, see ante, at 8, it strongly indicates that Congress considered vital to sound administration of the Act the administrator's access to court review.  The Director has been a party before this Court in  J nine argued cases involving the LHWCA.& uBx ԍ FTN    XFrXFr ddf < Director, OWCP v. Greenwich Collieries, 512 U.S. ___ (1994);  uB/ Bath Iron Works Corp. v. Director, OWCP, 506 U.S. ___ (1993);  uB Estate of Cowart v. Nicklos Drilling Co., 505 U.S. ___ (1992);  uB MorrisonKnudsen Construction Co. v. Director, OWCP, 461 U.S.  uBT 624 (1983); Director, OWCP v. Perini North River Associates, 459  uB U.S. 297 (1983); U.S. Industries/Federal Sheet Metal, Inc. v.  uB Director, OWCP, 455 U.S. 608 (1982); Potomac Electric Power Co.  uBy v. Director, OWCP, 449 U.S. 268 (1980); Director, OWCP v. Ras uB0 mussen, 440 U.S. 29 (1979); Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v.  uB Caputo, 432 U.S. 249 (1977). In two of  J these cases,8% uBv ԍ FTN    XFrXFr ddf < MorrisonKnudsen Construction Co., supra; Rasmussen, supra. In neither of these cases did the Board's ruling affect the 944 special  uB fund. See ante, at 6, n. 3.8 the Director was a petitioner in the court of appeals. As this string of cases indicates, the impact  J of the 1972 amendments on the Director's statutory standing generally escaped this Court's attention just as it apparently slipped from Congress' grasp.  9H1 d dy7III؃  \ 2  In addition to the BLBA, four other Federal Acts incorporate the LHWCA's claim adjudication procedures. See Defense Base Act, 42 U.S.C. 1651; District of Columbia Workmen's Compensation Act, 36 D. 2 C. Code  J Ann. 501 (1973);  uB ԍ FTN    XFrXFr ddf < This law applies to all claims for injuries or deaths based on employment events that occurred prior to July 2[4], 1982, the effective date of the District of Columbia Workers' Compensation Act [36  uB D.  2 C. Code Ann. 36!301 et seq. (1981)]. 20 CFR 701.101(b) (1994). Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1333(b); Employees of Nonappropriatedn"   Fund Instrumentalities Statute, 5 U.S.C. 8171. Claims under the LHWCA, the BLBA, and these other Acts are handled by the same administrative actors: the OWCP Director, district directors, ALJs, and the Benefits Review Board. Because the same procedures generally apply in the administration of these benefits programs, common issues arise under the several programs.  J See, e.g., Director, OWCP v. Greenwich Collieries, 512 U.S. ___, ___ (1994) (slip op., at 14) (invalidating true doubt burden of persuasion rule that Department of Labor ALJs applied in both LHWCA and BLBA claim adjudications).  Under the Court's holding, the Director can appeal the Benefits Review Board's resolution of a BLBA claim, butnot the Board's resolution of an identical issue presented in a claim under the LHWCA or the other four Acts. I concur in the Court's judgment despite the disharmony it establishes and my conviction that Congress did not intend to put the administration of the BLBA and the LHWCA out of sync. Correcting a scrivener's error is within this Court's competence, see,  J e.g., United States Nat. Bank of Ore. v. Independent Ins.  J Agents of America, Inc., 508 U.S. ___ (1993), but only Congress can correct larger oversights of the kind presented by the OWCP Director's petition.