§ 3761. Settlement of claims generally

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.

1. 1979

   Panama Canal Act of 1979

   Pub. L. 96–70 title I § 1401 · 93 Stat. 452

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3761

   Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1401, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 484

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1401, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 484

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1401. settlement of claims generally (a) Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the Commission may adjust and pay claims for injury to, or loss of, property or for personal injury or death, arising from the operation of the Panama Canal or related facilities and appurtenances. (b) No claim for an amount exceeding $50,000 shall be adjusted and paid by the Commission under the provisions of this subchapter. (c) An award made to a claimant under this section shall be payable out of any moneys appropriated for or made available to the Commission. The acceptance by the claimant of the award shall be final and conclusive on the claimant, and shall constitute a complete release by the claimant of his claim against the United States and against any employee of the United States acting in the course of his employment who is involved in the matter giving rise to the claim. (d) Except as provided in section 1416 of this Act, no action for damages on claims cognizable under this chapter shall lie against the United States or the Commission, and no such action shall lie against any officer or employee of the United States. Neither this section nor section 1416 of this Act shall preclude actions against officers or employees of the United States for injuries resulting from their acts outside the scope of their employment or not in the line of their duties, or from their acts committed with the intent to injure the person or property of another. (e) The provisions of section 1346(b) of title 28, United States Code, and the provisions of chapter 171 of such title shall not apply to 28 USC 2671 et seq, claims cognizable under this chapter.

2. 1987

   Pub. L. 100–203 title V § 5417(a) · 101 Stat. 1330

   Amended · 22 U.S.C. § 3761(b)

   Pub. L. 100–203 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “No claim for an amount exceeding $50,000 shall be adjusted and paid by the Commission under the provisions of this subpart.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–203 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “No claim for an amount exceeding $50,000 shall be adjusted and paid by the Commission under the provisions of this subpart.”

3. 1996

   Panama Canal Amendments Act of 1995

   Pub. L. 104–106 div. C title XXXV § 3529(4) · 110 Stat. 186

   Struck · 22 U.S.C. § 3761(c)

   Pub. L. 104–106 struck out “appropriated for or” after “any moneys”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–106 struck out “appropriated for or” after “any moneys”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (4) in section 1401(c) (22 U.S.C. 3761(c)), by striking out “appropriated for or” in the first sentence;

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