[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 44CFR295.7]



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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

                                SECURITY

 

PART 295_CERRO GRANDE FIRE ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 295.7  Authority to settle or compromise claims.



    Notwithstanding any other provision of these regulations, the 

Director of OCGFC may extend an offer to settle or compromise a claim or 

any portion of a claim, which if accepted by the Claimant will be 

binding on the Claimant and on the United States, except that the United 

States may recover funds improperly paid to a Claimant due to fraud or 

misrepresentation on the part of the Claimant or the Claimant's 

representative, a material mistake on our part or the Claimant's failure 

to cooperate in an audit as required by Sec. 295.35.