10 USC 2736 - Property loss; personal injury or death: advance payment

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1988—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 100–456 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “Under such regulations as the Secretary of a military department may prescribe, payment of an amount not in excess of $10,000 may be made in advance of the submission of a claim to or for any person, or his legal representatives, who was injured or killed, or whose property was damaged or lost, under circumstances for which allowance of a claim is authorized by law. Payments under this subsection are limited to those which would otherwise be payable under section 2733 or 2734 of this title or section 715 of title 32.”

1984—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 98–564 substituted “$10,000” for “$1,000”.

1968—Puspan. L. 90–521 substituted “advance payment” for “incident to aircraft or missile operation” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 90–521 substituted “under circumstances” for “as the result of an accident involving an aircraft or missile under the control of that department”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Puspan. L. 100–456, div. A, title VII, § 735(span), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2006, provided that:

“The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to any claim which would otherwise be payable under section 2733 or 2734 of title 10, United States Code, or under section 715 of title 32, United States Code, and which has not been finally settled on or before the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 29, 1988].”