[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 24, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17082-17083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08252]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

32 CFR Part 726

[Docket ID: USN-2019-HQ-0004]
RIN 0703-AB16


Payments of Amounts Due Mentally Incompetent Members of the Naval 
Service

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule removes the Department of the Navy (DON) 
regulation concerning Payments of Amounts Due Mentally Incompetent 
Members of the Naval Service. Removal is appropriate because the 
regulation does not affect how the public engages the DON regarding 
these payments and does not place obligations on the public. The 
Department of Defense, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) issue internal instructions that establish 
requirements for competency boards, the process for determining mental 
incompetence, and the process and requirements for making payments 
within the parameters established by many controlling statutes. These 
internal instructions do not require publication in the Code of Federal 
Regulations.

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DATES: This rule is effective on April 24, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR Meredith Werner at 703-614-7408.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 603 of Title 37, United States Code, 
requires the Service Secretaries to prescribe regulations to carry out 
Chapter 11 of Title 37, United States Code: Payments to Mentally 
Incompetent Persons. The Department of Defense publishes the process 
and requirements for making payments in Chapter 33 of Volume 7A and 
Chapter 16 of Volume 7B of the Financial Management Regulation (DoD 
7000.14-R, available at https://comptroller .defense.gov/Portals/45/
documents/fmr/Volume_07b.pdf), of March 2018; BUMED publishes 
requirements for competency boards in Chapter 18 of the Manual of the 
Medical Department (MANMED) (NAVMED P-117, available at https://www.med.navy.mil/directives/Documents/NAVMED%20P-117%20%28MANMED%29/MMDChapter18.pdf), of January 10, 2005; and the Secretary of the Navy 
(SECNAV) publishes the process for determining mental competency 
(SECNAV Instruction 1850.4E, available at https://www.secnav.navy.mil/mra/CORB/Documents/SECNAVINST-1850-4E.PDF), of April 30, 2002.
    32 CFR part 726 was last updated on October 29, 2008.
    It has been determined that publication of this CFR part for public 
comment is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to the public 
interest since it is based upon removing internal content, and the 
ultimate statutory authority governing the payments of amounts due 
mentally incompetent members of the Naval service remains in effect in 
Chapter 11 of Title 37, United States Code.
    This rule is not significant under Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, 
``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' Therefore, E.O. 13771, ``Reducing 
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs'' does not apply.

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 726

    Administrative practice and procedure, Military personnel, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Trusts and trustees.

PART 726--[REMOVED]

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Accordingly, by the authority of 5 U.S.C. 301, 32 CFR part 726 is 
removed.

    Dated: April 19, 2019.
Meredith Steingold Werner,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-08252 Filed 4-23-19; 8:45 am]
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