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[CITE: 10USC9802]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                      CHAPTER 951--MILITARY CLAIMS
 
Sec. 9802. Admiralty claims against the United States

    (a) The Secretary of the Air Force 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 Air Force or by other property under the 
    jurisdiction of the Department of the Air Force;
        (2) compensation for towage and salvage service, including 
    contract salvage, rendered to a vessel of, or in the service of, the 
    Department of the Air Force or to other property under the 
    jurisdiction of the Department of the Air Force; or
        (3) damage caused by a maritime tort committed by any agent or 
    employee of the Department of the Air Force or by property under the 
    jurisdiction of the Department of the Air Force.

    (b) If a claim under subsection (a) is settled or compromised for 
$500,000 or less, the Secretary of the Air Force 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 Air Force may delegate his authority 
under subsection (a) to any person in the Department of the Air Force 
designated by him.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 592; Pub. L. 89-67, July 7, 1965, 79 
Stat. 212; Pub. L. 92-417, Sec. 1(6), Aug. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 655; 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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9802(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.
9802(b)...............................  10:1866 (as applicable to 10:1861).    
1), 65 Stat. 572, 573.
9802(c)...............................
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    In subsection (a), the words ``consider, ascertain, adjust, 
determine, compromise'' are omitted as covered by the word ``settle'', 
as defined in section 9801 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 Air Force 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 Air Force'', in par. (2), 
inserted ``or to other property under the jurisdiction of the Department 
of the Air Force'', 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 9806 of this title.
