Delegations of Authority; Tort Claims and Debt Collection

This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations captioned ``DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY'' and ``LEGAL SERVICES, GENERAL COUNSEL.'' The delegation of authority to Regional Counsels to settle certain claims (Federal Medical Care Recovery Act claims, debt collection claims, and other claims) without approval from the Office of General Counsel is raised to a limit of $100,000. Further, this document updates statutory references and organizational titles, eliminates references to repealed statutes, eliminates redundant delegations of authority, corrects titles of VA forms, eliminates references to obsolete VA forms, reflects that the Baltimore Regional Counsel will have certain jurisdiction over incidents occurring in the Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, eliminates restatements of Department of Justice regulations, eliminates references to internal VA matters not required to be published in the Federal Register, and makes changes for purposes of clarification.