[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2026)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01608]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Parts 14 and 36

[Docket No. VA-2024-VACO-0023]
RIN 2900-AS05


Legal Services, General Counsel, and Miscellaneous Claims

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is withdrawing the 
proposed rule published in the Federal Register on November 7, 2024 (89 
FR 88192) and proposed amendments to its regulations governing Legal 
Services, the Office of General Counsel, and Miscellaneous Claims. VA 
is withdrawing this proposed rule because of ongoing assessments of 
agency needs, priorities, and objectives.

DATES: The proposed rule published at 89 FR 88192 on November 7, 2024, 
is withdrawn as of January 27, 2026.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action is available at 
www.regulations.gov/docket/VA-2024-VACO-0023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Weiner, Acting Executive 
Director, Management, Planning, and Analysis, Office of General 
Counsel, (202) 461-4995.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a document published in the Federal 
Register on November 7, 2024, VA proposed amendments to its regulations 
in 38 CFR part 14 to reflect nomenclature changes regarding employees 
and groups within the Office of General Counsel and to make other 
changes intended to further clarify and explain various functions and 
procedures within the Office of General Counsel. VA also proposed to 
remove Sec.  36.4321 as a result of proposed revisions to Sec.  
14.515(e). VA anticipated incorporating comments into a final 
rulemaking which would amend its legal services regulations.
    VA is withdrawing the proposed rule because of ongoing assessments 
of agency needs, priorities, and objectives. VA appreciates the public 
comments submitted and continues to consider the best means of 
addressing some or all of the issues covered in the proposed rule. If, 
in the future, VA decides it is appropriate to issue regulations on 
this topic, VA will do so through a new notice of proposed rulemaking, 
subject to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 
U.S.C. 551, et seq.

Signing Authority

    Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this 
document on January 22, 2026 and authorized the undersigned to sign and 
submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for 
publication electronically as an official document of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs.

Nicole R. Cherry,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2026-01608 Filed 1-26-26; 8:45 am]
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