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10 U.S.C. § 2734

Property loss; personal injury or death: incident to noncombat activities of the armed forces; foreign countries

United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective

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10 U.S.C. § 2734, Property loss; personal injury or death: incident to noncombat activities of the armed forces; foreign countries, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/434401
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To promote and to maintain friendly relations through the prompt settlement of meritorious claims, the Secretary concerned, or an officer or employee designated by the Secretary, may appoint, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, one or more claims commissions, each composed of one or more officers or employees or combination of officers or employees of the armed forces, to settle and pay in an amount not more than $100,000, a claim against the United States for— A claim may be allowed under subsection (a) only if—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 93-336(H.R. 9800)1974-07-08
    A bill to amend sections 2733 and 2734 of title 10, United States Code, and section 715 of title 32, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of a claim against the United States that may be paid administratively under those sections and to allow increased delegation of authority to settle and pay certain of those claims.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 96-513(S. 1918)1980-12-12
    An act to amend title 10, United States Code, to revise and standardize the provisions of law relating to appointment, promotion, separation, and mandatory retirement of regular commissioned officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, to establish the permanent grade of commodore admiral in the Navy, to equalize the treatment of female commissioned officers with that of male commissioned officers, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 98-564(H.R. 597)1984-10-30
    A bill to amend sections 2733, 2734, and 2736 of title 10, United States Code and section 715 of title 32, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of a claim against the United States that may be paid administratively under those sections and to allow increased delegation of authority to settle and pay certain of those claims, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 101-510(H.R. 4739)1990-11-05
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991
    House: 270–156Senate: 80–17
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-316(H.R. 3864)1996-10-19
    General Accounting Office Act of 1996
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 107-296(H.R. 5005)2002-11-25
    Homeland Security Act of 2002
    House: 295–132Senate: 90–9
  • Amended byPub. L. 109-163(H.R. 1815)2006-01-06
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
    House: 374–41Senate: no recorded tally