§ 2677. Compromise

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. 1948

   Title 28, United States Code, section —

   Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869

   Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 2677

   June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 984

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 984

2. 1966

   Pub. L. 89–506 § 3 · 80 Stat. 306

   Struck · 28 U.S.C. § 2677

   Pub. L. 89–506 struck out provision requiring that approval of court be obtained before Attorney General could arbitrate, compromise, or settle a claim after commencement of an action thereon

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 89–506 struck out provision requiring that approval of court be obtained before Attorney General could arbitrate, compromise, or settle a claim after commencement of an action thereon.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. Section 2677 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to Compromise. 62 Stat. 984. read as follows: “The Attorney General or his designee may arbitrate, compromise, or settle any claim cognizable under section 1346(b) of this title, after 63 Stat. 62. the commencement of an action thereon.”

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 89–506 applicable to claims accruing six months or more after July 18, 1966, see section 10 of Pub. L. 89–506, set out as a note under section 2672 of this title.

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