[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
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[CITE: 10CFR14.41]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 14_ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS UNDER FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT--Table of 
Contents
 
                Subpart C_Commission Action and Authority
 
Sec. 14.41  Payment of approved claims.

    (a) The NRC shall pay any award, compromise, or settlement in an 
amount of $2,500 or less made under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. 2672 out 
of the appropriations available to it. The NRC shall obtain payment of 
any award, compromise, or settlement in excess of $2,500 from the 
Department of the Treasury by forwarding Standard Form 1145 to the 
Payment Branch, Claims Group, General Accounting Office. If an award, 
compromise, or settlement is in excess of $25,000, Standard Form 1145 
must be accompanied by evidence that the award, compromise, or 
settlement has been approved by the Attorney General or the Attorney 
General's designee. When the use of Standard Form 1145 is required, it 
must be executed by the claimant or it must be accompanied by either a 
claims settlement agreement or a Standard Form 95 executed by the 
claimant.
    (b) If a claimant is represented by an attorney, the voucher for 
payment must designate both the claimant and his or her attorney as 
payees, and the check must be delivered to the attorney whose address 
appears on the voucher.