---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 912.1"
title: "39"
number: "912.1"
heading: "Claims responsibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/912.1"
---

# §912.1. Claims responsibility.


The General Counsel is responsible for settlement of claims made against the U.S. Postal Service under the Federal Tort Claims Act and [39 U.S.C. 2603](/usc/39/2603.md), with authority to redelegate the functions to General Counsel staff members and other Postal Service employees.


## Notes

### Amendments

[36 FR 12448, June 30, 1971]

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2671-2680; 28 CFR 14.1 through 14.11; 39 U.S.C. 409.

### Amendments

[36 FR 12448, June 30, 1971]