Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 22/10/2002

Certification and Decertification in Connection With Certain Suits Based Upon Acts or Omissions of Federal Employees and Other Persons

In cases where employees of the Federal Government are sued for money damages based on alleged torts, if the Attorney General certifies that the employees (and certain non-employees) were acting within the scope of their office or employment at the time of the incident out of which the suit arose, the suit would be deemed an action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. This proposed rule conforms Department regulations on this subject to the provisions of the Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act that expanded the tort protections for Federal employees (and certain non-employees).