---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 49.1"
title: "32"
number: "49.1"
heading: "Purpose and authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/49.1"
---

# §49.1. Purpose and authority.

- (a) Under [22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)](/usc/22/2680b.md?p=i), the Secretary of Defense may provide a payment for a qualifying injury to the brain to a covered employee or covered dependent, as defined in this part, who incurred a qualifying injury to the brain on or after January 1, 2016. The authority to provide such payments is at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary's designees.
- (b) These regulations are issued in accordance with [22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(4)](/usc/22/2680b.md?p=i-4) and apply to covered employees of the Department of Defense (current and former employees) and covered dependents.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; Pub. L. 117-46, 135 STAT. 391; 22 U.S.C. 2680b.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 80394, Oct. 3, 2024, unless otherwise noted.