Volume 60 · 804
Public Law 79–739
To permit the Secretary of the Navy to delegate the authority to compromise and settle claims against the United States caused by vessels of the Navy or in the naval service, or for towage or salvage services to such vessels, and for other purposes.
Approved August 2, 1946
Statutory text
AN ACT
To permit the Secretary of the Navy to delegate the authority to compromise and settle claims against the United States caused by vessels of the Navy or in the naval service, or for towage or salvage services to such vessels, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Act of
Naval vessels.
July 3, 1944 (58 Stat. 726), be amended by adding another section
46 U. S. C., Supp. V, §§ 791–798.
thereto as follows:
“Sec. 9.
When the net amount paid in settlement does not exceed $1,000, the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, as set forth in section
7, may be exercised by such person or persons as he may designate.”
Approved August 2, 1946.