20 CFR 725.218
§ 725.218 Conditions of entitlement; child.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 725.218, § 725.218 Conditions of entitlement; child, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/82120
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(a) An individual is entitled to benefits where he or she meets the required standards of relationship and dependency under this subpart (see § 725.220 and § 725.221) and is the child of a deceased miner who:
(1) Is determined to have died due to pneumoconiosis; or
(2) Filed a claim for benefits on or after January 1, 1982, which results or resulted in a final award of benefits, and the surviving child filed a claim for benefits after January 1, 2005 which was pending on or after March 23, 2010.
(b) A child is not entitled to benefits for any month for which a miner, or the surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse of a miner, establishes entitlement to benefits.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.