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10 U.S.C. § 2734a

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

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

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10 U.S.C. § 2734a, Property loss; personal injury or death: incident to noncombat activities of armed forces in foreign countries; international agreements, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/434402
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When the United States is a party to an international agreement which provides for the settlement or adjudication and cost sharing of claims against the United States arising out of the acts or omissions of a member or civilian employee of an armed force of the United States done in the performance of official duty, or arising out of any other act, omission, or occurrence for which an armed force of the United States is legally responsible under the law of another party to the international agreement, and causing damage in the territory of such party, the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security or their designees may—

Legislative history

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  • Amended byPub. L. 94-390(H.R. 7896)1976-08-19
    An Act to amend sections 2734a(a) and 2734b(a) of title 10, United States Code, to provide for settlement, under international agreements, of certain claims incident to the noncombat activities of the armed forces, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 98-525(H.R. 5167)1984-10-19
    Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985
    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
  • Amended byPub. L. 107-296(H.R. 5005)2002-11-25
    Homeland Security Act of 2002