31 U.S.C. § 3724
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE | ||
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
3724(a) | 31:224b(words before 9th comma and between 10th and 11th commas, 1st, 2d provisos). | Mar. 20, 1936, ch. 159, 49 Stat. 1184. |
31:224b(note). | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, §424(a)(2d par. on p. 847), (b)(related to 2d par. of (a) on p. 847), 60 Stat. 847. | |
3724(b) | 31:224b(words between 9th and 10th commas and between 11th comma and 1st proviso). | |
3724(c) | 31:224b(last proviso). |
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1998-Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 105-362 redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: "The Attorney General shall report annually to the Congress on all settlements made under this section. With respect to each such settlement, the Attorney General shall include a brief statement on the type of the claim, the amount claimed, and the amount of the settlement." 1989- Pub. L. 101-203, §1(b)(1), amended section catchline generally, substituting "investigative or law enforcement officers of the Department of Justice" for "the Federal Bureau of Investigation". Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-203, §1(a)(1), substituted "$50,000" for "$500" and "an investigative or law enforcement officer as defined in section 2680(h) of title 28 who is employed by the Department of Justice" for "the Director or an Assistant Director, inspector, or special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation".Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-203, §1(a)(2), substituted "report annually to the Congress on all settlements made under this section. With respect to each such settlement, the" for "certify to Congress a settlement under this section for payment out of an appropriation that may be made to pay the settlement. The".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1989 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 101-203, §2, Dec. 7, 1989, 103 Stat. 1805, provided that: "The amendments made by section 1 [amending this section] shall apply to- "(1) any claim arising on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 7, 1989],"(2) any claim pending on such date, and"(3) any claim arising before such date which has not been settled if the time for presenting the claim to the Attorney General under the last sentence of section 3724(a) of title 31, United States Code, has not expired."
SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY Pub. L. 106-185, §3(b), Apr. 25, 2000, 114 Stat. 211, provided that:"(1) IN GENERAL.-With respect to a claim that cannot be settled under chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, the Attorney General may settle, for not more than $50,000 in any case, a claim for damage to, or loss of, privately owned property caused by an investigative or law enforcement officer (as defined in section 2680(h) of title 28, United States Code) who is employed by the Department of Justice acting within the scope of his or her employment."(2) LIMITATIONS.-The Attorney General may not pay a claim under paragraph (1) that-"(A) is presented to the Attorney General more than 1 year after it accrues; or"(B) is presented by an officer or employee of the Federal Government and arose within the scope of employment."