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[CITE: 10USC4803]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                      CHAPTER 451--MILITARY CLAIMS
 
Sec. 4803. 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.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 271; Pub. L. 89-67, July 7, 1965, 79 
Stat. 212; 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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4803(a)...............................  10:1862 (1st sentence; 2d sentence,  Oc
t. 20, 1951, ch. 524, Secs.  2
                                         less last 32 words; and provisos     (
less last 32 words of 2d
                                         of last sentence).                   s
entence), 6 (less applicability
                                        10:1862 (3d sentence; and last        t
o Sec.  1), 65 Stat. 572, 573.
4803(b)...............................   sentence, less provisos).
4803(c)...............................  10:1866 less applicability to
                                         10:1861).
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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.


                               Amendments

    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''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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