(a) Under section 3 of the HAVANA Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-46), codified in 22 U.S.C. 2680b(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 January 1, 2016. The authority to provide such payments is at the sole discretion of the USAID Administrator or their designee.

(b) These regulations are issued in accordance with 22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(4) and apply to former covered employees of the United States Agency for International Development and their covered dependents.