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[CITE: 10USC4802]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                      CHAPTER 451--MILITARY CLAIMS
 
Sec. 4802. Admiralty claims against the United States

    (a) The Secretary of the Army may settle or compromise an admiralty 
claim against the United States for--
        (1) damage caused by a vessel of, or in the service of, the 
    Department of the Army or by other property under the jurisdiction 
    of the Department of the Army;
        (2) compensation for towage and salvage service, including 
    contract salvage, rendered to a vessel of, or in the service of, the 
    Department of the Army or to other property under the jurisdiction 
    of the Department of the Army; or
        (3) damage caused by a maritime tort committed by any agent or 
    employee of the Department of the Army or by property under the 
    jurisdiction of the Department of the Army.

    (b) If a claim under subsection (a) is settled or compromised for 
$500,000 or less, the Secretary of the Army may pay it. If it is settled 
or compromised for more than $500,000, he shall certify it to Congress.
    (c) In any case where the amount to be paid is not more than 
$100,000, the Secretary of the Army may delegate his authority under 
subsection (a) to any person in the Department of the Army designated by 
him.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 271; Pub. L. 89-67, July 7, 1965, 79 
Stat. 212; Pub. L. 92-417, Sec. 1(1), Aug. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 654; Pub. 
L. 101-189, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1633, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 
1608.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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4802(a)...............................  10:1861 (less 35 words before 1st    Oc
t. 20, 1951, ch. 524, Secs.  1
                                         proviso, and less last proviso).     (
less 35 words before 1st
                                        10:1861 (last proviso).               p
roviso), 6 (as applicable to Sec.
4802(b)...............................  10:1866 (as applicable to 10:1861).    
1), 65 Stat. 572, 573.
4802(c)...............................
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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. 10:1861 (1st proviso) is omitted as 
unnecessary, since other applicable claims laws are restated in this 
title. 10:1861 (2d proviso) is omitted as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1989--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-189 substituted ``$100,000'' for 
``$10,000''.
    1972--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-417 substituted ``Admiralty claims 
against the United States'' for ``Damage by United States vessels, 
towage and salvage of United States vessels'' in section catchline, in 
text preceding par. (1), struck out requirement that the Secretary of 
the Army discharge his functions under the direction of the Secretary of 
Defense, in par. (1) inserted ``or by other property under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Army,'' in par. (2) inserted ``or 
to other property under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army; 
or,'' and added par. (3).
    1965--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89-67 substituted ``$10,000'' for 
``$1,000''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 4806 of this title.
