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[CITE: 10USC2738]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                      CHAPTER 163--MILITARY CLAIMS
 
Sec. 2738. Property loss: reimbursement of members for certain 
        losses of household effects caused by hostile action
        
    (a) Authority To Reimburse.--The Secretary concerned may reimburse a 
member of the armed forces in an amount not more than $100,000 for a 
loss described in subsection (b).
    (b) Covered Losses.--This section applies with respect to a loss of 
household effects sustained during a move made incident to a change of 
permanent station when, as determined by the Secretary, the loss was 
caused by a hostile action incident to war or a warlike action by a 
military force.
    (c) Limitation.--The Secretary may provide reimbursement under this 
section for a loss described in subsection (b) only to the extent that 
the loss is not reimbursed under insurance or under the authority of 
another provision of law.
    (d) Applicability of Other Authorities and Requirements.--
Subsections (b), (d), (e), (f), and (g) of section 2733 of this title 
shall apply to a request for a reimbursement under this section as if 
the request were a claim against the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title V, Sec. 557(a), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 
Stat. 2775.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 557(c) of Pub. L. 103-337 provided that:
    ``(1) Section 2738 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a), applies with respect to losses incurred after June 30, 
1990.
    ``(2) In the case of a loss incurred after June 30, 1990, and before 
the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 1994], a request for 
reimbursement shall be filed with the Secretary of the military 
department concerned not later than two years after such date of 
enactment.''
