10 U.S.C. § 9803 — Admiralty claims by United States
submitted 70 years ago by ch. 1041 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 202 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of the Air Force may settle and collect certain United States claims for damage to Air Force property, under the Secretary of Defense’s direction, when the amount is no more than $500,000. The Secretary may release the claim after payment and may delegate smaller claims.
(a) Under the Secretary of Defense’s direction, the Secretary of the Air Force may settle* or compromise and receive payment of a United States claim for damage to property under the Air Force Department’s jurisdiction, or property for which the Department has accepted responsibility for damage, if (1) the claim is (A) of a kind within a United States district court’s admiralty jurisdiction or (B) for damage caused by a vessel or floating object, and (2) the amount to be received is no more than $500,000.
(b) In return for payment of the amount found due, the Secretary may release the claim for the United States. Amounts received must be covered into the Treasury.
(c) If the amount to be received is no more than $100,000, the Secretary may delegate the authority in subsections (a) and (b) to a designated person in the Department of the Air Force.
Under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force 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 Air Force or property for which the Department has assumed an obligation to respond for damage, if—
the claim is—
of a kind that is within the admiralty jurisdiction of a district court of the United States; or
for damage caused by a vessel or floating object; and
the amount to be received by the United States is not more than $500,000.
In exchange for payment of an amount found to be due the United States under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force may execute a release of the claim on behalf of the United States. Amounts received under this section shall be covered into the Treasury.
In any case where the amount to be received by the United States is not more than $100,000, the Secretary of the Air Force may delegate his authority under subsections (a) and (b) to any person in the Department of the Air Force designated by him.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 592; 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.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
- 1965Amended · Pub. L. 89-67 · 79 Stat. 212
- 1989Amended · Pub. L. 101-189 · 103 Stat. 1608
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.
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