38 CFR § 1.670 - Purpose.

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title: "38 CFR § 1.670 - Purpose."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
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# 1.670 Purpose.

The following regulations establish a system of administrative controls for all appropriations and funds available to the Department of Veterans Affairs to accomplish the following purposes:

(a) Establish an administrative subdivision of controls to restrict obligations and expenditures against each appropriation or fund to the amount of the apportionment or the reapportionment; and

(b) Fix responsibility for the control of appropriations or funds to high level officials who bear the responsibility for apportionment or reapportionment control.

(Authority: 31 U.S.C. 1514)