§ 2735. Settlement: final and conclusive

Statutory text

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the settlement of a claim under section 2733, 2733a, 2734, 2734a, 2734b, or 2737 of this title is final and conclusive.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1956
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 155 · 70A Stat. 155
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 2735
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 155
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 155
1964
Military Personnel and Civilian Employees’ Claims Act of 1964
Pub. L. 88–558 § 5(1) · 78 Stat. 767
Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 2735
Pub. L. 88–558 struck out reference to section 2732
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 88–558 struck out reference to section 2732.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Section 2735 is amended by striking out the figure “2732,” and the comma after the figure “2733”.
1972
Pub. L. 92–413 · 86 Stat. 649
Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 2735
Pub. L. 92–413 inserted reference to sections 2734a, 2734b, and 2737 of this title
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 92–413 inserted reference to sections 2734a, 2734b, and 2737 of this title.
2019
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Pub. L. 116–92 div. A title VII § 731(c)(1) · 133 Stat. 1198
Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 2735
Pub. L. 116–92 substituted “2733, 2733a,” for “2733,”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 116–92 substituted “2733, 2733a,” for “2733,”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Section 2735 of such title is amended by striking “2733,” and inserting “2733, 2733a,”.
Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 116–92 applicable to any claim filed under section 2733a of this title, on or after Jan. 1, 2020, and any claim filed in calendar year 2020 deemed to be filed within the time period specified in section 2733a(b)(4) of this title if it is filed within three years after it accrues, see section 731(d) of Pub. L. 116–92, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2733a of this title.

2 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
2735	31:222c (1st sentence of (e)).31:223b (4th sentence).31:224d (last proviso).	May 29, 1945, ch. 135, § 1 (e) (1st sentence); restated July 3, 1952, ch. 548, § 1 (1st sentence of last par.), 66 Stat. 323.
		July 3, 1943, ch. 189, § 1 (4th sentence), 57 Stat. 373.
		Jan. 2, 1942, ch. 645, § 1 (last proviso); restated Apr. 22, 1943, ch. 67, § 1 (last proviso), 57 Stat. 67.

The words “for all purposes” and “to the contrary”, in each source credit; “by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, or the Secretary of Defense, or their designees” and “such regulations as they, respectively, may prescribe hereunder”, in 31:222c(e); “by the Secretary of the Army, or his designee” and “such regulations as he may prescribe hereunder”, in 31:223b; and “by such Commissions”, in 31:224d; are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1964–2019 · 3 rounds

2019

Pub. L. 116–92 substituted “2733, 2733a,” for “2733,”.

1972

Pub. L. 92–413 inserted reference to sections 2734a, 2734b, and 2737 of this title.

1964

Pub. L. 88–558 struck out reference to section 2732.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2019 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 116–92 applicable to any claim filed under section 2733a of this title, on or after Jan. 1, 2020, and any claim filed in calendar year 2020 deemed to be filed within the time period specified in section 2733a(b)(4) of this title if it is filed within three years after it accrues, see section 731(d) of Pub. L. 116–92, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2733a of this title.

Effective Date of 1964 Amendment

Pub. L. 88–558, § 5, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 768, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective two years from Aug. 31, 1964.

Repeals

The directory language of, but not the amendment made by, Pub. L. 88–558, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 767, cited as a credit to this section and in the Effective Date of 1964 Amendment note above, was repealed by Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1068.

Credits

1956–2019 · 4 acts

1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 155
1964Pub. L. 88–558, § 5(1), Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 768
1972Pub. L. 92–413, Aug. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 649
2019Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title VII, § 731(c)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1460.

Show as published

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 155; Pub. L. 88–558, § 5(1), Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 768; Pub. L. 92–413, Aug. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 649; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title VII, § 731(c)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1460.)