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[CITE: 10USC7621]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                           CHAPTER 653--CLAIMS
 
Sec. 7621. Definitions

    (a) In this chapter ``vessel in the naval service'' means--
        (1) any vessel of the Navy, manned by the Navy, or chartered on 
    bareboat charter to the Navy; or
        (2) when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy, 
    any vessel of the Coast Guard, manned by the Coast Guard, or 
    chartered on bareboat charter to the Coast Guard.

    (b) In this chapter ``settle'' means consider, ascertain, adjust, 
determine, and dispose of a claim, whether by full or partial allowance 
or by disallowance.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 472.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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7621..................................  46 U.S.C. 793.                       Ju
ly 3, 1944, ch. 399, Sec.  3, 58
                                                                              S
tat. 724.
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    In subsection (a) the words ``vessel in the naval service'' are 
substituted for the words ``vessels of the Navy or in the naval 
service''. The defined term is used throughout the chapter, and by 
definition includes vessels of the Navy. The words ``when the Coast 
Guard is operating as a service in the Navy'' are substituted for the 
words ``the Coast Guard when operating as a part of the Navy'' to 
conform to the terminology of 14 U.S.C. 3.
    Subsection (b) is inserted for clarity, and is based on the source 
laws for this revised chapter.
