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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC3761]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                        CHAPTER 51--PANAMA CANAL
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS
 
           Part 4--Claims for Injuries to Persons or Property
 
                      subpart i--general provisions
 
Sec. 3761. Settlement of claims generally


(a) Claims for injury to, or loss of, property or personal injury or 
        death arising from operation of Panama Canal

    Subject to the provisions of this part, the Commission may adjust 
and pay claims for injury to, or loss of, property or for personal 
injury or death, arising from the operation of the Panama Canal or 
related facilities and appurtenances.

(b) Limitation on amount of claims

    The Commission may pay not more than $50,000 on any claim described 
in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Source of award; release

    An award made to a claimant under this section shall be payable out 
of any moneys made available to the Commission. The acceptance by the 
claimant of the award shall be final and conclusive on the claimant, and 
shall constitute a complete release by the claimant of his claim against 
the United States and against any employee of the United States acting 
in the course of his employment who is involved in the matter giving 
rise to the claim.

(d) Action for damages on claims cognizable under this part; action 
        against officers or employees of United States for injuries 
        resulting from acts outside scope of their employment

    Except as provided in section 3776 of this title, no action for 
damages on claims cognizable under this part shall lie against the 
United States or the Commission, and no such action shall lie against 
any officer or employee of the United States. Neither this section nor 
section 3776 of this title shall preclude actions against officers or 
employees of the United States for injuries resulting from their acts 
outside the scope of their employment or not in the line of their 
duties, or from their acts committed with the intent to injure the 
person or property of another.

(e) Applicability of provisions of section 1346 and chapter 171 of title 
        28

    The provisions of section 1346(b) of title 28 and the provisions of 
chapter 171 of such title shall not apply to claims cognizable under 
this part.

(Pub. L. 96-70, title I, Sec. 1401, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 484; Pub. 
L. 100-203, title V, Sec. 5417(a), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-271; 
Pub. L. 104-106, div. C, title XXXV, Sec. 3529(4), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 
Stat. 642.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-106 struck out ``appropriated for 
or'' after ``any moneys''.
    1987--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-203 amended subsec. (b) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: ``No claim for an 
amount exceeding $50,000 shall be adjusted and paid by the Commission 
under the provisions of this subpart.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3612a, 3771 of this title.
