28 CFR § 0.162 - Offers which may be rejected by Assistant Attorneys General.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s0.162"
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title: "28 CFR § 0.162 - Offers which may be rejected by Assistant Attorneys General."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "0.162"
section_name: "Offers which may be rejected by Assistant Attorneys General."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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part_name: "ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, 515-519."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 423-69, 34 FR 20388, Dec. 31, 1969, unless otherwise noted."
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# 0.162 Offers which may be rejected by Assistant Attorneys General.
Each Assistant Attorney General is authorized, with respect to matters assigned to his division or office, to reject offers in compromise of any claims in behalf of the United States, or, in compromises or administrative actions to settle, against the United States, except in those cases which come under § 0.160(d)(2).
[Order No. 423-69, 34 FR 20388, Dec. 31, 1969, as amended by Order No. 445-70, 35 FR 19397, Dec. 23, 1970; Order No. 960-81, 46 FR 52352, Oct. 27, 1981; AG Order No. 3532-2015, 80 FR 30618, May 29, 2015]