Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

Title 20 - Employees' Benefits last revised: Oct 27, 2026
§ 61.307 - Transportation of recovered bodies of missing persons.

If an employee dies while in detention and the body is later recovered, the Office may provide the cost of transporting the body to the home of the deceased or to any place designated by the employee's next of kin, near relative, or legal representative.

authority: 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 19, sec. 1, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 1010, 64 Stat. 1271; 5 U.S.C. 8145,8149; 42 U.S.C. 1704,1706; Secretary's Order 7-87, 52 FR 48466; Employment Standards Order 78-1, 43 FR 51469
source: 53 FR 3679, Feb. 8, 1988, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 20 CFR 61.307