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B-115234 1 (1981-02-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjyu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO / United States General Accounting Office Office of Washington, DC 20548 General Counsel In Reply Refer to: B-115234 February 24, 19b2. The Honorable William H. Webster Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Dear Mr. Webster: is is in response to a letter from your Assistant Director - Legal Counsel to our Claims Group concerning the payment of claims _under 31 U.S.C. § 224b. Briefly, you propose to pay these claims trom current operating appropriations without regard to amount. While, in the circumstances outlined below, we will not question the use of current appropriations, it seems clear that there is no authority to make payments in excess of $500 in any one case. In pertinent part, 31 U.S.C. § 224b provides as follows: The Attorney General of the United States may consider, adjust, and determine any claim accruing after January 1, 1934, on account of damages to any person or damages to or loss of privately owned prop- erty, caused by the Director, any Assistant Director, inspector, or special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice acting within the scope of his employment, and such amount as may be found due to any claimant, not exceeding $500 in any one case, shall be certified to Congress as a legal claim for payment out of appropriations that may be made by Congress therefor, together with a brief statement of the character of each claim, the amount claimed, and the amount allowed: * * * And provided further, That acceptance by any claimant of the amount determined to be due him under the pro- visions of this section shall be deemed to be in full and final settlement of such claim against the Government of the United States. (Emphasis added.) Last year, the Attorney General delegated settlement authority under this provision to the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, who in turn delegated it to the Bureau's Legal Counsel. I :LS

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