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[CITE: 10USC9804]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                      CHAPTER 951--MILITARY CLAIMS
 
Sec. 9804. Salvage claims by United States

    (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may settle, or compromise, and 
receive payment of a claim by the United States for salvage services 
performed by the Department of the Air Force. Amounts received under 
this section shall be covered into the Treasury.
    (b) In any case where the amount to be received by the United States 
is not more than $10,000, the Secretary of the Air Force may delegate 
his authority under subsection (a) to any person designated by him.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 592; Pub. L. 92-417, Sec. 1(8), Aug. 
29, 1972, 86 Stat. 655.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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9804..................................  10:1863.                             Oc
t. 20, 1951, ch. 524, Sec.  3, 65
                                                                              S
tat. 573.
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    The words ``under this section'' are substituted for the words ``for 
salvage services rendered''. The words ``consider, ascertain, adjust, 
determine'' are omitted as covered by the word ``settle'', as defined in 
section 9801 of this title. The words ``and receive payment of'' are 
inserted for clarity and to conform to section 9803 of this title. The 
words ``as miscellaneous receipts'' are omitted as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1972--Pub. L. 92-417 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
and in subsec. (a) as so designated, eliminated the requirement that the 
Secretary of the Air Force discharge his functions under the direction 
of the Secretary of Defense, and added subsec. (b).
