[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 213 (Friday, November 1, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 56448-56449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28038]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 2

RIN 2900-AI17


Delegations of Authority; Nonsubstantive Miscellaneous Changes

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
regulations on delegation of authority to authorize Directors of 
Department of Veterans Affairs property and facilities under the charge 
and control of the Department of Veterans Affairs to appoint police 
officers with power to enforce Federal laws and Department of Veterans 
Affairs regulations, to investigate violations of those laws and to 
arrest for crimes committed on Department of Veterans Affairs property

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to the full extent provided by Department policies and procedures.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherwin Lynch, Headquarters Health 
Administration Service (161A4), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420; (202) 273-8312. (This is not 
a toll free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule consists of a delegation of 
authority and, therefore, is not subject to the notice and comment and 
effective date provisions of 5 U. S.C. 553.
    The Secretary hereby certifies that this rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entitles 
as they are defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-
612. This rule merely consists of a delegation of authority.

    There is no Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 2

    Authority delegations (Government agencies).

    Approved: June 14, 1996.
Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

    For the reasons set forth above, 38 CFR part 2 is amended as set 
forth below:

PART 2--DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY

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

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 302; 38 U.S.C. 501; 44 U.S.C. 3702.

    2. In Sec. 2.6, paragraph (a)(8) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 2.6  Secretary's delegations of authority to certain officials (38 
U.S.C. 512.)

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    (a) * * *
    (8) To authorize Directors of Department of Veterans Affairs 
property and facilities under the charge and control of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs to appoint police officers with the power to 
enforce Federal laws and Department of Veterans Affairs regulations, to 
investigate violations of those laws and to arrest for crimes committed 
on Department of Veterans Affairs property to the full extent provided 
by Department policies and procedures.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501 and 512.)
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[FR Doc. 96-28038 Filed 10-31-96; 8:45 am]
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