An Act to amend sections 2734a(a) and 2734b(a) of title 10, United States Code, to provide for settlement, under international agreements, of certain claims incident to the noncombat activities of the armed forces, and for other purposes.
PL 94-390 (H.R.7896), enacted 08/19/1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-390—AUG. 19, 1976 
90 STAT. 1191 
Public Law 94-390 
94th Congress 
An Act 
To amend sections 2734a(a) and 2734b(a) of title 10, United States Code, to 
provide for settlement, under international agreements, of certain claims inci-
dent to the noncombat activities of the armed forces, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by amending section 2734a (a) to read as follows: 
"(a) When the United States is a party to an international agree-
ment which proAddes for the settlement or adjudication and cost 
sharing of claims against the United States arising out of the acts 
or omissions of a member or civilian employee of an armed force of 
the United States done in the performance of official duty, or arising 
out of any other act, omission, or occurrence for which an armed force 
of the United States is legally responsible under the law of another 
party to the international agreement, and causing damage in the terri-
tory of such party, the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of 
Transportation or their designees may— 
"(1) reimburse the party to the agreement for the agreed pro 
rata share of amounts, including any authorized arbitration costs, 
paid by that party in satisfying awards or judgments on claims, 
in accordance with the agreement; or 
" (2) pay the party to the agreement the agreed pro rata share 
of any claim, including any authorized arbitration costs, for 
damage to property owned by it, in accordance with the agree-
ment."; and 
(2) by amending section 2734b(a) to read as follows: 
"(a) When the United States is a party to an international agree-
ment which provides for the settlement or adjudication by the United 
States under its laws and regulations, and subject to agreed pro rata 
reimbursement, of claims against another party to the agreement 
arising out of the acts or omissions of a member or civilian employee 
of an armed force of that party done in the performance of official 
duty, or arising out of any other act, omission, or occurrence for which 
that armed force is legally responsible under applicable United States 
law, and causing damage in the United States, or a territory. Com-
monwealth, or possession thereof; those claims may be prosecuted 
against the United States, or settled by the United States, in accord-
ance with the agreement, as if the acts or omissions upon which they 
are based were the acts or omissions of a member or a civilian employee 
of an armed force of the United States.". 
Approved August 19, 1976. 
Aug. 19, 1976 
[H.R. 7896] 
Military claims. 
Settlement under 
international 
agreements. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-543 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-1121 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 121 (1975): Nov. 3, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 122 (1976): Aug. 9, considered and passed Senate.