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FCC 0.231
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 0.231 Authority delegated.
(a) The Managing Director, or his designee, upon securing concurrence of the
General Counsel, is delegated authority to act upon requests for waiver,
reduction or deferment of fees, establish payment dates, and issue notices
proposing amendments or adjustments to the fee schedules established under
part 1, subpart G, of this chapter.
(b) The Managing Director, or his designee, is delegated authority to make
nonsubstantive, editorial revisions of the Commission's rules and
regulations upon approval of the bureau or staff office primarily
responsible for the particular part or section involved.
(c) [Reserved]
(d) The Managing Director, or his designee, upon securing the concurrence of
the General Counsel, is delegated authority, within the purview of the
Federal Tort Claims Act, as amended, 28 U.S.C. 2672, to grant tort claims
directed against the Commission where the amount of the claim does not
exceed $5,000. In addition thereto, the Managing Director, or his designee,
upon securing the concurrence of the General Counsel, is delegated authority
to act in the disposition of claims arising under the Military Personnel and
Civilian Employees' Claims Act, as amended, 31 U.S.C. 3701 and 3721, where
the amount of the claim does not exceed $6,500.
(e) The Managing Director is delegated authority to act as Head of the
Procurement Activity and Contracting Officer for the Commission and to
designate appropriate subordinate officials to act as Contracting Officers
for the Commission. As Head of the Procurement Activity, the Managing
Director will refer all appeals filed against final decisions regarding
procurement contracts to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals for
resolution. Appeals will be handled in accordance with the Rules of the
Board of Contract Appeals.
(f) (1) The Managing Director, or his designee, is delegated authority to
perform all administrative determinations provided for by the Debt
Collection Improvement Act of 1996, Public Laws 104–134, 110 Stat. 1321,
1358 (1996) (DCIA), including, but not limited to the provisions of Title
31, United States Code section 3711 to:
(i) Collect claims of the United States Government for money or property
arising out of the activities of, or referred to, the Federal Communications
Commission,
(ii) Compromise a claim of the Government of not more than $100,000
(excluding interest) or such higher amount as the Attorney General of the
United States may from time to time prescribe, and
(iii) Suspend or end collection action on a claim of the Government of not
more than $100,000 (excluding interest) when it appears that no person
liable on the claim has the present or prospective ability to pay a
significant amount of the claim or the cost of collecting the claim is
likely to be more than the amount recovered.
(2)(i) This delegation does not include waiver authority provided by 31
U.S.C. 3720B.
(ii) The Chief Financial Officer, or the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, is
delegated authority to perform all administrative determinations provided
for by 31 U.S.C. 3720B.
(g) The Managing Director, after consultation with the Chairman shall
establish, renew, and terminate all Federal advisory committees. He shall
also exercise all management responsibilities under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act as amended (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App.).
(h) [Reserved]
(i) The Secretary, acting under the supervision of the Managing Director,
serves as the official custodian of the Commission's documents and shall
have authority to appoint a deputy or deputies for the purposes of custody
and certification of documents located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania or other
established locations. The Secretary is delegated authority to rule on
requests for extensions of time based on operational problems associated
with the Commission's electronic comment filing system. See Sec. 1.46 of this
chapter.
(j) The Managing Director or his designee is delegated the authority, after
seeking the opinion of the General Counsel, to determine, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles for federal agencies the
organizations, programs (including funds), and accounts that are required to
be included in the financial statements of the Commission.
(k) The Managing Director, or his designee, after seeking the opinion of the
General Counsel, is delegated the authority to direct all organizations,
programs (including funds), and accounts that are required to be included in
the financial statements of the Commission to comply with all relevant and
applicable federal financial management and reporting statutes.
(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1082; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303; 18
U.S.C. 207(j); 39 U.S.C. 3220; Notice of Preliminary Guidelines issued by
the Department of Justice, 50 FR 46622 , November 8, 1985)
Cross Reference:
47 CFR part 19, subpart E.
[ 29 FR 14666 , Oct. 28, 1964]
Editorial Note: ForFederal Registercitations affecting Sec. 0.231, see the
List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of
the printed volume and on GPO Access.
Chief Engineer
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