[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR295.7]

[Page 531]
 
              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.