2019 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle B - Army
Part IV - Service, Supply, and Procurement
Chapter 781 - Military Claims
Sec. 7803 - Admiralty claims by United States
10 U.S.C. § 7803 (2019) | |||||||||
§7803. Admiralty claims by United States | |||||||||
(a) Under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army may settle, or compromise, and receive payment of a claim by the United States for damage to property under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army or property for which the Department has assumed an obligation to respond for damage, if— (1) the claim is— (A) of a kind that is within the admiralty jurisdiction of a district court of the United States; or (B) for damage caused by a vessel or floating object; and (2) the amount to be received by the United States is not more than $500,000. (b) In exchange for payment of an amount found to be due the United States under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army may execute a release of the claim on behalf of the United States. Amounts received under this section shall be covered into the Treasury. (c) In any case where the amount to be received by the United States is not more than $100,000, the Secretary of the Army may delegate his authority under subsections (a) and (b) to any person in the Department of the Army designated by him. |
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 271, §4803; Pub. L. 89–67, July 7, 1965, 79 Stat. 212; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, §1633, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1608; renumbered §7803, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.) |
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In subsection (a), the words "consider, ascertain, adjust, determine" are omitted as covered by the word "settle", as defined in section 4801 of this title. The words "receive payment" are substituted for 10:1862 (2d sentence, less last 32 words). The words "of a kind that is within the admiralty jurisdiction" are substituted for the words "cognizable in admiralty". Clause (2) is substituted for 10:1862 (last proviso of last sentence). 10:1862 (1st proviso of last sentence) is omitted as unnecessary, since other applicable claims laws are restated in this title. The words "by contract or otherwise" are omitted as surplusage. In subsection (b), the words "of the United States as miscellaneous receipts" and "to deliver" are omitted as surplusage. AMENDMENTS2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4803 of this title as this section. 1989—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–189 substituted "$100,000" for "$10,000". 1965—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89–67 substituted "$10,000" for "$1,000". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. |
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United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES | |||||||||
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Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle B - Army PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT CHAPTER 781 - MILITARY CLAIMS Sec. 7803 - Admiralty claims by United States |
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section 7803 | |||||||||
2019 | |||||||||
January 24, 2020 | |||||||||
Yes | |||||||||
standard | |||||||||
65 Stat. 572 79 Stat. 212 103 Stat. 1608 132 Stat. 1839 |
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Public Law 89-67, Public Law 101-189, Public Law 115-232 |