{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s8822","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8822.","heading":"Admiralty claims against the United States","text":"\u00a7\u202f8822.\nAdmiralty claims against the United States\n(a) The Secretary of the Navy may settle, or compromise, and pay in an amount not more than $15,000,000 an admiralty claim against the United States for\u2014\n(1) damage caused by a vessel in the naval service or by other property under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy;\n(2) compensation for towage and salvage service, including contract salvage, rendered to a vessel in the naval service or to other property under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy; or\n(3) damage caused by a maritime tort committed by any agent or employee of the Department of the Navy or by property under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy.\n(b) If a claim under this section is settled or compromised for more than $15,000,000, the Secretary shall certify it to Congress.\n(c) In any case where the amount to be paid is not more than $1,000,000, the Secretary may delegate his authority under this section to any person designated by him.\n(d) Upon acceptance of payment by the claimant, the settlement or compromise of a claim under this section is final and conclusive notwithstanding any other provision of law.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s8822.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8822","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f8822."},{"t":"heading","text":"Admiralty claims against the United States"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8822/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The Secretary of the Navy may settle, or compromise, and pay in an amount not more than $15,000,000 an admiralty claim against the United States for\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8822/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" damage caused by a vessel in the naval service or by other property under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8822/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" compensation for towage and salvage service, including contract salvage, rendered to a vessel in the naval service or to other property under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8822/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" damage caused by a maritime tort committed by any agent or employee of the Department of the Navy or by property under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8822/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" If a claim under this section is settled or compromised for more than $15,000,000, the Secretary shall certify it to Congress.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8822/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" In any case where the amount to be paid is not more than $1,000,000, the Secretary may delegate his authority under this section to any person designated by him.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8822/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"content","text":" Upon acceptance of payment by the claimant, the settlement or compromise of a claim under this section is final and conclusive notwithstanding any other provision of law.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}