An Act to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the military departments, and the Secretary of the Treasury to settle certain claims for damage to, or loss of, property, or personal injury or death, not cognizable under any other law
PL 87-769 (H.R.310), enacted 10/09/1962

76 STAT.] 
PUBLIC L
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W 87-76 9-OCT. 9, 1962 
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Public Law 87-769 
AN ACT 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretaries of the military departments, and the Secretary of the Treasury 
to settle certain claims for damage to, or loss of, property, or personal injury 
or death, not cognizable under any other law. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate amd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 10, United 
States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Chapter 163 is amended— 
(A) by adding the following new section at the end thereof: 
^§ 2736. Property loss; personal injury or death: incident to use 
of property of the United States and not cognizable 
under other law 
"(a) Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may pre-
scribe, he or his designee may settle and pay, in an amount not more 
than $1,000, a claim against the United States, not cognizable under 
any other provision of law, for— 
" (1) damage to, or loss of, property; or 
" (2) personal injury or death; 
caused by a civilian official or employee of a military department or 
the Coast Guard, or a member of the armed forces, incident to the use 
of a vehicle of the United States at any place, or any other property 
of the United States on a Government installation. 
"(b) Under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may pre-
scribe, he or his designee has the same authority as the Secretary of a 
military department with respect to a claim, not cognizable under any 
other provision of law, for— 
" (1) damage to, or loss of, property; or 
" (2) personal injury or death; 
caused by a civilian official or employee of the Department of Defense 
not covered by subsection (a), incident to the use of a vehicle of the 
United States at any place, or any other property of the United States 
on a Government installation. 
"(c) A claim may not be allowed under subsection (a) or (b) if the 
damage to, or loss of, property, or the personal injury or death was 
caused wholly or partly by a negligent or wrongful act of the claimant, 
his agent, or his employee. 
"(d) A claim for personal injury or death under this section may 
not be allowed for more than the cost of reasonable medical, hospital, 
and burial expenses actually incurred, and not otherwise furnished or 
paid by the United States. 
"(e) No claim may be allowed under this section unless it is pre-
sented in writing within two years after it accrues. 
"(f) A claim may not be paid under subsection (a) or (b) unless 
the amount tendered is accepted by the claimant in full satisfaction. 
"(g) No claim or any part thereof, the amount of which is legally 
recoverable by the claimant under an indemnifying law or indemnity 
contract, may be paid under this section. 
No subrogated claim may be 
paid under this section. 
"(h) So far as practicable, regulations prescribed under this section 
shall be uniform. 
Regulations prescribed under this section by the 
Secretaries of the military departments must be approved by the 
Secretary of Defense."; and 
October 9, 1962 
[H. R.310] 
Armed Forces. 
Property damage 
or personal injury 
claims, settle-
ment authority. 
70A Stat. 152. 
10 u s e 2731-
2735. 
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(B) by adding the following item at the end of the analysis: 
"2736. Property loss; personal injury or death: incident to use of property of 
the United States and not cognizable under other law." 
J^epeai- 
(2) Chapter 653 is amended— 
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0
A Stat. 473. 
(A) by repealing section 7625; and 
(B) by striking out the following item in the analysis: 
"7625. Claims against the United States: private property; loss or damage." 
Approved October 9, 1962. 
October 9, 1962 
Public Law 87-770 
AN ACT 
JH. R. 6682] 
rj^j) provide for the exemption of fowling; nets from duty, and for other purposes. 
Fowling nets. 
Free importa-
tion. 
46 Stat. 679. 
Local adver-
tising. 
Definition. 
74 Stat. 1017. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assonhled^ That paragraph 
1725 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U.S. Code, title 19, sec. 
1201, par. 1725), is hereby further amended to read as follows: 
"PAR. 1725. (a) Nets or finished sections of nets for use in otter 
trawl fishing, if composed wholly or in chief value of manila. 
"'(b) Xets or sections or parts of nets, finished or unfinished, of 
whatever material or materials composed, for use in taking wild birds 
under license issued by an appropriate Federal or State governmental 
authority."' 
SEC. 2. (a) Section -t216(f) (4) (C) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1951 (relating to the definition of local advertising) is amended by 
striking out "or appears in a newspaper'" and inserting in lieu thereof 
", appears in a newspaper or magazine, or is displayed by means of 
an outdoor advertising sign or poster". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to articles sold on or after the first day of the first calendar 
quarter beginning more than 20 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Approved October 9, 1962. 
October 9, 1962 
[H. R. 9747] 
Public Law 87-771 
AN ACT 
To amend section 514(1) of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, 
as amended. 
Soldiers' and 
Sailors' Civil Re-
lief Act of 1940, 
amendment. 
58 Stat. 722. 
Be it enacted hy the > Senate and House of Rejyresentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress ossemMed^ That section 514(1) 
of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended (50 
U.S.C. App. 574(1)), is amended— 
(1) by striking out the colon before the proviso and inserting a 
period in place thereof; and 
(2) by inserting the following before the proviso: "Where the 
owner of personal property is absent from his residence or domi-
cile solely by reason of compliance with military or naval orders, 
this section applies with respect to personal property, or the use 
theteof, withm any tax jurisdiction other than such place of 
residence or domicile, regardless of where the owner may be 
serving in compliance with such orders:"'. 
Approved October 9, 1962.