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44 CFR § 295.7 - Authority to settle or compromise claims.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t44/s295.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "44 CFR § 295.7 - Authority to settle or compromise claims."
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "295.7"
section_name: "Authority to settle or compromise claims."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "FIRE ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "295"
part_name: "CERRO GRANDE FIRE ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 106-246, 114 Stat. 511, 584; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 43 FR 41493, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12127, 44 FR 19367, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 376; E.O. 12148, 44 FR 43239, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 412."
regulatory_source: "66 FR 15959, Mar. 21, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "295"
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# 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 § 295.35.