[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR89.15]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 89_IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FEDERAL CLAIMS COLLECTION ACT--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  89.15  Regulations, reports, and supporting documentation.

    (a) Each officer to whom authority is delegated under Sec.  89.5 may 
promulgate regulations for the exercise of that authority within his or 
her organization. These regulations shall be revised, as necessary, to 
conform to any amendments to this part.
    (b) Each officer to whom authority is delegated under Sec.  89.5 
shall furnish the following information to the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration:
    (1) A copy of each redelegation of that authority.
    (2) A semiannual report listing those claims compromised or with 
respect to which collection action has been suspended or terminated, 
specifying the name of the debtors, the amount of the claim, the nature 
of the claim, the type of action taken, and the general basis for the 
action taken.
    (3) A copy of any implementing regulations governing the exercise of 
the authority delegated under Sec.  89.5, and any amendments to those 
regulations.
    (c) Each officer or employee to whom the Secretary's authority has 
been delegated or redelegated, before exercising such authority, shall 
acquire sufficient documentation to demonstrate that the action taken is 
in the best interests of the United States. This documentation will be 
retained with and treated as part of the file concerning the debt.
    (d) The failure of any officer or employee to comply with this 
section does not limit or impair his or her exercise of authority.