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[CITE: 42USC2211]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 23--DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
 
                        Division A--Atomic Energy
 
            SUBCHAPTER XIII--GENERAL AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION
 
Sec. 2211. Payment of claims or judgments for damage resulting 
        from nuclear incident involving nuclear reactor of United States 
        warship; exception; terms and conditions
        
    It is the policy of the United States that it will pay claims or 
judgments for bodily injury, death, or damage to or loss of real or 
personal property proven to have resulted from a nuclear incident 
involving the nuclear reactor of a United States warship: Provided, That 
the injury, death, damage, or loss was not caused by the act of an armed 
force engaged in combat or as a result of civil insurrection. The 
President may authorize, under such terms and conditions as he may 
direct, the payment of such claims or judgments from any contingency 
funds available to the Government or may certify such claims or 
judgments to the Congress for appropriation of the necessary funds.

(Pub. L. 93-513, Dec. 6, 1974, 88 Stat. 1611.)

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
which comprises this chapter.

Ex. Ord. No. 11918. Compensation for Damages Involving Nuclear Reactors 
                        of United States Warships

    Ex. Ord. No. 11918, eff. June 1, 1976, 41 F.R. 22329, provided:
    By virtue of the authority vested in me by the joint resolution 
approved December 6, 1974 (Public Law 93-513, 88 Stat. 1610, 42 U.S.C. 
2211), and by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as 
President of the United States of America, in order that prompt, 
adequate and effective compensation will be provided in the unlikely 
event of injury or damage resulting from a nuclear incident involving 
the nuclear reactor of a United States warship, it is hereby ordered as 
follows:
    Section 1. (a) With respect to the administrative settlement of 
claims or judgments for bodily injury, death, or damage to or loss of 
real or personal property proven to have resulted from a nuclear 
incident involving the nuclear reactor of a United States warship, the 
Secretary of Defense is designated and empowered to authorize, in accord 
with Public Law 93-513 [this section], the payment, under such terms and 
conditions as he may direct, of such claims and judgments from 
contingency funds available to the Department of Defense.
    (b) The Secretary of Defense shall, when he considers such action 
appropriate, certify claims or judgments described in subsection (a) and 
transmit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget his 
recommendation with respect to appropriation by the Congress of such 
additional sums as may be necessary.
    Sec. 2. The provisions of section 1 shall not be deemed to replace, 
alter, or diminish, the statutory and other functions vested in the 
Attorney General, or the head of any other agency, with respect to 
litigation against the United States and judgments and compromise 
settlements arising therefrom.
    Sec. 3. The functions herein delegated shall be exercised in 
consultation with the Secretary of State in the case of any incident 
giving rise to a claim of a foreign country or national thereof, and 
international negotiations relating to Public Law 93-513 [this section], 
shall be performed by or under the authority of the Secretary of State.
                                                         Gerald R. Ford.
