---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 135.1"
title: "22"
number: "135.1"
heading: "Authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/135.1"
---

# §135.1. Authority.

- (a) **Under section 3 of the HAVANA Act of 2021 (Pub.** L. 117-46), codified in [22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)](/usc/22/2680b.md?p=i), the Secretary of State or other agency heads may provide a payment for a qualifying injury to the brain to a covered employee or covered dependent, who incurred a qualifying injury to the brain on or after September 11, 2001. The authority to provide such payments is at the sole discretion of the Secretary or their designee.
- (b) These regulations are issued in accordance with [22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(4)](/usc/22/2680b.md?p=i-4) and also apply to former covered employees of the Department of State and their covered dependents.
- (c) For current employees of the Department of State (hereinafter, “the Department”), applicable procedures are located in the Foreign Affairs Manual (3 FAM 3660 and its subchapters).

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 38984, June 30, 2022, as amended at 91 FR 12510, Mar. 16, 2026]

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 22 U.S.C. 2680b.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 38984, June 30, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 38984, June 30, 2022, as amended at 91 FR 12510, Mar. 16, 2026]