(a) Under section 3 of the HAVANA Act of 2021 (22 U.S.C. 2680b), the Secretary of Agriculture 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 Secretary or the Secretary's designee.

(b) The regulations in this part are issued in accordance with 22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(4) and also apply to former covered employees of the Department of Agriculture and their covered dependents.