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:   For Federal Register citations 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