[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 111 (Friday, June 7, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29023-29024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14204]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 1
RIN 2900-AI25
Investigation Regulations
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
regulations by removing the investigation provisions set forth at 38
CFR 1.450 through 1.455. These provisions are obsolete. The
investigation authorities under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 3), have superseded these provisions.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 7, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Vallowe, Office of Inspector
General (50C), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 565-8623.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule consists of nonsubstantive
changes and, therefore, is not subject to the notice comment and
effective date provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553.
The Secretary hereby certifies that this final rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
as they are defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-
612. This final rule merely consists of nonsubstantive changes.
There is no Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for the
programs affected by this regulation.
List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 1
Administrative practice and procedures, Archives and records,
Cemeteries, Claims, Courts, Flags, Freedom of information, Government
contracts, Government employees, Government property, Infants and
children, Inventions and patents, Investigations, Parking, Penalties,
Postal Service, Privacy, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Seals and insignia, Security measures, Wages.
Approved: May 30, 1996.
Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 38 CFR part 1 is amended
as follows:
PART 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless otherwise noted.
Secs. 1.450 through 1.455 [Removed]
2. Sections 1.450 through 1.455 and the undesignated heading
``Investigation'' are removed.
[FR Doc. 96-14204 Filed 6-6-96; 8:45 am]
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