§ 853. Power to settle claims

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. 1920

   Pub. L. 66–256 · 41 Stat. 1054

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 853

   June 5, 1920, ch. 256, 41 Stat. 1054

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 5, 1920, ch. 256, 41 Stat. 1054

2. 1975

   Pub. L. 93–608 § 1(4) · 88 Stat. 1967

   Struck · 33 U.S.C. § 853

   Pub. L. 93–608 struck out reporting requirement to Congress of amounts ascertained and determined due for payment as legal claims out of Congressional appropriations

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 93–608 struck out reporting requirement to Congress of amounts ascertained and determined due for payment as legal claims out of Congressional appropriations.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the expenditure Repeal. of funds through grants for support of scientific research, and for other purposes”, approved September 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 1793; 42 U.S.C. 1893), is repealed, thereby eliminating the annual report under such Act to the appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress concerning grants for basic scientific research.

3. 1983

   Pub. L. 98–176 · 97 Stat. 1124

   1. Amended · 33 U.S.C. § 853

      Pub. L. 98–176 amended section generally

   2. Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 853

      Pub. L. 98–176 substituting “The Secretary of Commerce is” for “The Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, is hereby”

   3. Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 853

      Pub. L. 98–176 substituting “$2,500” for “$500”

   4. Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 853

      Pub. L. 98–176 substituting “the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is responsible” for “the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall be found to be responsible”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 98–176 amended section generally, substituting “The Secretary of Commerce is” for “The Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, is hereby”, “$2,500” for “$500”, and “the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is responsible” for “the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall be found to be responsible”.

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