An Act to amend section 2733 of title 10 of the United States Code, to include authority for the settlement of claims incident to the noncombat activity of the Coast Guard while it is operating as a service in the Department of the Treasury, to increase the authority which may be delegated to an officer or civilian attorney under subsection (g) of section 2733 from $1,000 to $2,500, and for other purposes
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that purpose are hereby authorized: Provided^ That, prior to such 
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alteration, reconstruction, or relocation of said bridges, the location Ipp"ovaf ^"°" 
and plans shall be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of 
Transportation in accordance with existing laws." 
Approved September 26, 1968. 
Public Law 90-525 
AN ACT 
To amend section 2733 of title 10 of the United States Code, to include authority 
for the settlement of claims incident to the noncombat activity of the Coast 
Guard while it is operating as a service in the Department of Transportation, 
to grant equivalent claims settlement authority to the Secretary of Defense, 
to increase the authority which may be delegated to an officer under sub-
section (g) of section 2733 of title 10 and subsection (f) of section 715 of 
title 32, from $1,000 to $2,500, and for other purposes. 
September 26, 1968 
- [H.R. 206] 
Be it emicted hy the Senate and House of Refresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) 
of section 2733 of title 10 of the United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(a) Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may pre-
scribe, he, or, subject to appeal to him, the Judge Advocate General of 
an armed force under his jurisdiction, or the chief legal officer of the 
Coast Guard, as appropriate, if designated by him, may settle and pay 
in an amount not more than $5,000, a claim against the United States 
for— 
"(1) damage to or loss of real property, including damage or 
loss incident to use and occupancy; 
"(2) damage to or loss of personal property, including prop-
erty bailed to the United States and including registered or insured 
mail damaged, lost, or destroyed by a criminal act while in the 
possession of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast 
Guard, as the case may be; or 
"(3) personal injury or death; 
either caused by a civilian officer or employee of that department, or 
the Coast Guard, or a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 
Corps, or Coast Guard, as the case may be, acting within the scope of 
his employment, or otherwise incident to noncombat activities of that 
department, or the Coast Guard." 
SEC. 2. Section 645 of title 14 of the United States Code is repealed 
two years after the effective date of this Act. 
SEC. 3. Subsection (g) of section 2733 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
" (g) In any case where the amount to be paid is not more than $2,500, 
the authority contained in subsection (a) may be delegated to any 
officer of an armed force under the jurisdiction of the department 
concerned, subject to appeal to the Secretary concerned, or his designee 
for that purpose." 
SEC. 4. Section 2733 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
the addition of a new subsection (h) as follows: 
"(h) Under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may 
prescribe, he or his designee has the same authority as the Secretary 
of a military department under this section with respect to the settle-
ment of claims based on damage, loss, personal injury, or death caused 
by a civilian officer or employee of the Department of Defense acting 
within the scope of his employment or otherwise incident to noncombat 
activities of that department." 
Military claims. 
Settlement 
authority. 
70A Stat. 153-
Repeal. 
63 Stat. 547. 
72 Stat. 813-
878 
72 Stat. 813-
Report to 
Congress. 
74 Stat. 878. 
Ante, p. 877. 
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SEC. 5. Subsection (d) of section 2733 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(d) If the Secretary concerned considers that a claim in exc^s 
of $5,000 is meritorious and would otherwise be covered by this section, 
he may pay the claimant $5,000 and report the excess to Congress for 
its consideration." 
SEG. 6. Subsection (f) of section 715 of title 32, United States Code, 
is amenderJ to read as follows • 
"(f) In any case where the aijiount to be paid is not more than 
$2,500, the authority contained in subsection (a) may be delegated 
to any officer of the Army or the Air Force, as the case may be, who 
has been delegated authority under section 2733(g) of title 10, to 
settle similar claims, subject to appeal to the Secretary concerned, or 
his designee for that purpose." 
Approved September 26, 1968. 
Public Law 90-526 
September 28,1968 
[H.J. Res. 1371] 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
White House 
Conference on 
Aging, 1971, 
authorization. 
To provide that it be the sense of Congress that a White House Conference on 
Aging be called by the President of the United States in 1971, to be planned 
and conducted by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and for 
related purposes. 
Whereas the primary responsibility for meeting the challenge and 
problems of aging is that of the States and communities, all levels 
of government are involved and must necessarily share responsi-
bility ; and it is therefore the policy of the Congress that the Federal 
Government shall work jointly with the States and their citizens, to 
develop recommendations and plans for action, consistent with the 
objectives of this joint resolution, which will serve the purposes of— 
(1) assuring middle-aged and older persons equal opportunity 
wdth others to engage in gainful employment which they are 
capable of performing; and 
(2) enabling retired persons to enjoy incomes sufficient for 
health and for participation in family and community life as 
self-respecting citizens; and 
(3) providing housing suited to the needs of older persons 
and at prices they can afford to pay; and 
(4) assisting middle-aged and older persons to make the 
preparation, develop skills and interests, and find social contacts 
which will make the gift of added years of life a period of reward 
and satisfaction; and 
(5) stepping up research designed to relieve old age of its 
burdens of sickness, mental breakdown, and social ostracism; 
and 
(6) evaluating progress made since the last White House Con-
ference on Aging, and examining the changes which the next 
decade will bring in the character of the problems confronting 
older persons; and 
Whereas it is essential that in all programs developed for the aging, 
emphasis should be upon the right and obligation of older persons 
to free choice and self-help in planning their own futures: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United, 
States of America in Congress assemhled^ That (a) the President of 
the United States is authorized to call a White House Conference on 
Aging in 1971 in order to develop recommendations for further