An Act to amend the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964, as amended, with respect to the settlement of claims against the United States by members of the uniformed services and civilian officers and employees for damage to, or loss of, personal property incident to their service.
PL 93-455 (H.R.7135), enacted 10/18/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-455-OCT. 18, 1974 
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(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall purchase forthwith any 
bonds issued by the Administrator under this Act and for that pur-
pose is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from 
the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, 
as now or hereafter in force, and the purposes for which securities 
may be issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as now or here-
after in force, are extended to include any purchases of the bonds 
issued by the Administrator under this Act, The Secretary of the 
Treasury may, at any time, sell any of the bonds acquired by him under 
this Act. All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of 
the Treasury of such bonds shall be treated as public debt transactions 
of the United States. 
Approved October 18., 1974. 
Bonds, pur-
;hase. 
31 u s e 774. 
Public Law 93-455 
AN ACT 
To amend the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964, 
as amended, with respect to the settlement of claims against the United States 
by members of the uniformed services and civilian oflScers and employees for 
damage to, or loss of, personal property incident to their service. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representaties 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That (a) section 
3(a)(1) of the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims 
Act of 1964, as amended (78 Stat. 767, as amended; 31 U.S.C. 241 
(a) (1)), is amended by striking out "$10,000" and inserting in place 
thereof "$15,000", and 
(b) Section 3(b)(1) of the Military Personnel and Civilian 
Employees' Claims Act of 1964, as amended (78 Stat. 767, as amended; 
31 U.S.C. 241 (b) (1) ), is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) (1) Subject to any policies the President may prescribe to effec-
tuate the purposes of this subsection and under such regulations as 
the head of an agency, other than a military department, the Secre-
tary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, or the Depart-
ment of Defense, may prescribe, he or his designee may settle and pay 
a claim arising after the effective date of this Act against the United 
States for not more than $15,000 made by a member of the uniformed 
services under the jurisdiction of that agency or by a civilian officer or 
employee of that agency, for damage to, or loss of, personal property 
incident to his service. If the claim is substantiated and the possession 
of that property is determined to be reasonable, useful, or proper 
under the circumstances, the claim may be paid or the property 
replaced in kind. This subsection does not apply to claims settled 
before its enactment." 
SEC. 2. The amendments provided in this Act shall apply to claims 
based upon losses of personal property which occur after the effective 
date of this Act. 
Approved October 18, 1974. 
October 18, 1974 
[H. R. 7135] 
Uniformed serv-
ices. 
Claims settle-
ment. 
Non-military 
departments. 
31 u s e 241 
note. 
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