[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 180 (Monday, September 18, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23037]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
38 CFR Parts 1 and 2

RIN 2900-AH69


Contract Appeals Board Regulations

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document removes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
regulations concerning ``APPEALS FROM DECISIONS OF CONTRACTING 
OFFICERS.'' These regulations concerned appeals to the VA Contract 
Appeals Board (VACAB). Prior to 1978, contract disputes were resolved 
by the VACAB. However, the VACAB was ``superseded'' and ``subsumed'' by 
the VA Board of Contract Appeals (VABCA). The VACAB's functions were to 
be phased-out. The last VACAB appeal was docketed in 1986, and the 
phase-out has been completed. Hence, the VACAB regulations are no 
longer needed.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia J. Sheridan, Counsel to the 
Chairman, VA Board of Contract Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
810 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202)273-6743.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 5 U.S.C. 553 there is a basis for 
dispensing with prior notice and comment and for dispensing with a 30-
day delay of the effective date since this final rule concerns rules of 
agency organization, practice, or procedure. Additionally, under 5 
U.S.C. there is good cause for dispensing with prior notice and comment 
and for dispensing with a 30-day delay of the effective date since the 
changes made by this document should not affect anyone and, 
consequently, prior procedures are impracticable, unnecessary, and 
contrary to the public interest.
    The Secretary hereby certifies that this final rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
as they are defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-
612. This final rule should not have an impact on any individual or 
entity. Therefore, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), this final rule is 
exempt from the initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses 
requirements of Secs. 603 and 604.
    This regulatory action has been reviewed by the Office of 
Management and Budget under Executive Order 12866.
    There is no Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number.

List of Subjects

38 CFR Part 1

    Administrative practice and procedure, Archives and records, 
Cemeteries, Claims, Courts, Flags, Freedom of Information, Government 
contracts Government employees, Government property, Infants and 
children, Inventions and patents, Investigation, Parking, Penalties, 
Postal Service, Privacy Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Seals 
and insignia Security measures, Wages

38 CFR Part 2

    Authority delegations (Government agencies)

    Approved: September 7, 1995.
Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 38 CFR parts 1 and 2 are 
amended as follows:

PART 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Sections 1.955 to 1.970 issued under 38 U.S.C. 
3720(a)(4) and 5302; 5 U.S.C. 5584.


Secs. 1.770-1.776  [Removed]

    2. The heading ``APPEALS FROM DECISIONS OF CONTRACTING OFFICERS'' 
and Secs. 1.770 through 1.776 are removed.

PART 2--DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY

    3. The authority citation for part 2 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 72 Stat. 1114; 38 U.S.C. 501, unless otherwise noted.


Sec. 2.5  [Amended]

    4. In Sec. 2.5, paragraph (b) is amended by removing ``and 
Contracts Appeals Board''.


Secs. 2.62-2.65a  [Removed]

    5. Sections 2.62 through 2.65a are removed.

[FR Doc. 95-23037 Filed 9-15-95; 8:45 am]
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