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33 U.S.C. § 853

Power to settle claims

United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective

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33 U.S.C. § 853, Power to settle claims, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/468770
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The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to consider, ascertain, adjust, and determine all claims for damages, where the amount of the claim does not exceed $2,500, occasioned, subsequent to June 5, 1920, by acts for which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is responsible.

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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.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. 93-608(H.R. 14718)1975-01-02
    A bill to discontinue or modify certain reporting requirements of law.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 98-176(H.R. 594)1983-11-29
    A bill to amend section 1 of the Act of June 5, 1920, as amended, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to settle claims for damages of less than $2,500 arising by reason of acts for which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is responsible.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally