[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR14.664]

[Page 594]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 14_LEGAL SERVICES, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec.  14.664  Scope of authority and effective date.

    Pub. L. 88-558 (78 Stat. 767), approved August 31, 1964, as amended, 
authorizes the Secretary or the Secretary's designee to settle and pay a 
claim for not more than $40,000 made by a civilian officer or employee 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs for damage to, or loss of personal 
property incident to such person's service. Authority is delegated by 
Sec.  2.6(e)(5) of this chapter to the General Counsel, Deputy General 
Counsel, Assistant General Counsel (Professional Staff Group III), and 
the Deputy Assistant General Counsel, of said staff group and the 
Regional Counsel and those acting for them to settle and pay such claims 
on behalf of the Secretary, and such settlement shall be final and 
conclusive.

(Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3721(b))

[42 FR 41421, Aug. 17, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 47005, Nov. 30, 1984; 
55 FR 48841, Nov. 23, 1990]