[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR211.17]

[Page 189]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                 DEFENSE
 
PART 211_REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN CONNECTION WITH 
 
Sec.  211.17  Authority of Division Engineers, Corps of Engineers to settle 

claims.

    (a) Authority has been delegated to Division Engineers, within the 
geographical limits of their respective jurisdictions, to approve or 
disapprove, in amounts not exceeding $1,000, any claim within the 
purview of the act of July 3, 1943, as amended. Insofar as real estate 
claims are concerned this delegation of authority applies only to claims 
for damages incident to the use and occupancy of real property by the 
Department of the Army or the Army.
    (b) Division Engineers have no authority to settle and make payment 
of claims for damages in excess of $1,000 or for rents or other payments 
of a contractual nature regardless of amount arising out of the use and 
occupation of real estate under an agreement, express or implied, or 
otherwise.