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[CITE: 10USC2737]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                      CHAPTER 163--MILITARY CLAIMS
 
Sec. 2737. Property loss; personal injury or death: incident to 
        use of property of the United States and not cognizable under 
        other law
        
    (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, 
he or his designee may settle and pay, in an amount not more than 
$1,000, a claim against the United States, not cognizable under any 
other provision of law, for--
        (1) damage to, or loss of, property; or
        (2) personal injury or death;

caused by a civilian official or employee of a military department or 
the Coast Guard, or a member of the armed forces, incident to the use of 
a vehicle of the United States at any place, or any other property of 
the United States on a Government installation.
    (b) Under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may 
prescribe, he or his designee has the same authority as the Secretary of 
a military department with respect to a claim, not cognizable under any 
other provision of law, for--
        (1) damage to, or loss of, property; or
        (2) personal injury or death;

caused by a civilian official or employee of the Department of Defense 
not covered by subsection (a), incident to the use of a vehicle of the 
United States at any place, or any other property of the United States 
on a Government installation.
    (c) A claim may not be allowed under subsection (a) or (b) if the 
damage to, or loss of, property, or the personal injury or death was 
caused wholly or partly by a negligent or wrongful act of the claimant, 
his agent, or his employee.
    (d) A claim for personal injury or death under this section may not 
be allowed for more than the cost of reasonable medical, hospital, and 
burial expenses actually incurred, and not otherwise furnished or paid 
by the United States.
    (e) No claim may be allowed under this section unless it is 
presented in writing within two years after it accrues.
    (f) A claim may not be paid under subsection (a) or (b) unless the 
amount tendered is accepted by the claimant in full satisfaction.
    (g) No claim or any part thereof, the amount of which is legally 
recoverable by the claimant under an indemnifying law or indemnity 
contract, may be paid under this section. No subrogated claim may be 
paid under this section.
    (h) So far as practicable, regulations prescribed under this section 
shall be uniform. Regulations prescribed under this section by the 
Secretaries of the military departments must be approved by the 
Secretary of Defense.

(Added Pub. L. 87-769, Sec. 1(1)(A), Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 767, 
Sec. 2736; renumbered Sec. 2737, Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 21(a), Nov. 2, 
1966, 80 Stat. 1118.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2735 of this title.
