32 CFR § 281.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s281.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 281.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "281.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
part_number: "281"
part_name: "SETTLING PERSONNEL AND GENERAL CLAIMS AND PROCESSING ADVANCE DECISION REQUESTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "10 U.S.C. 2575, 2771, 4712, 9712; 24 U.S.C. 420; 31 U.S.C. 3529, 3702; 32 U.S.C. 714; 37 U.S.C. 554."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 57426, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "281"
---


# 281.1 Purpose.

This part establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for settling personnel and general claims (under 31 U.S.C. 3702; 10 U.S.C. 2575, 2771, 4712, and 9712; 24 U.S.C. 420; 37 U.S.C. 554, and 32 U.S.C. 714) and for processing requests for an advance decision under 31 U.S.C. 3529.