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Code · CFR · Title 32 — National Defense · Part 536 · § 536.138

§ 536.138. Claims not payable under the Foreign Claims Act.

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A claim is not payable if it:
(a)Results wholly from the negligent or wrongful act of the claimant or agent;
(b)Is purely contractual in nature;
(c)Arises from private or domestic obligations as distinguished from government transactions;
(d)Is based solely on compassionate grounds;
(e)Is a bastardy claim for child support expenses;
(f)Is for any item whose acquisition, possession, or transportation is in violation of Department of the Army
(DA)or Department of Defense
(DOD)directives, such as illegal war trophies.
(g)Is for rent, damage, or other payments involving the acquisition, use, possession, or disposition of real property or interests therein by and for the DA. See § 536.34(m) of this part and paragraph 2-15m of DA Pam 27-162.
(h)Is not in the best interest of the United States, is contrary to public policy, or otherwise contrary to the basic intent of the governing statute (10 U.S.C. § 2734); for example, claims for property loss or damage, or personal injury or death caused by inhabitants of unfriendly foreign countries or by individuals considered to be unfriendly to the United States.
(i)Is presented by a national, or a corporation controlled by a national, of a country at war or engaged in armed conflict with the United States, or any country allied with such enemy country unless the appropriate settlement authority determines that the claimant is, and at the time of the incident was friendly to the United States. A prisoner of war or an interned enemy alien is not excluded from filing a claim for damage, loss, or destruction of personal property within the federal government's custody if the claim is otherwise payable.
(j)Is for damages or injury, the claim for which a receiving State should adjudicate and pay pursuant to an international agreement, subject to waiver by the Commander USARCS. See DA Pam 27-162, paragraph 3-4a(2), for a discussion of the conditions of waiver.
(k)Is listed in §§ 536.45 and 536.46, except for the exclusions listed in §§ 536.45(e),
(h)and (k). Additionally, the exclusions set forth in §§ 536.45(a) and
(b)do not apply to a claim arising incident to noncombat activities.
(l)Is brought by a subrogee.
(m)Is covered by insurance on the involved U.S. Armed Forces' vehicle or the tortfeasor's privately owned vehicle (POV), in accordance with requirements of a foreign country, unless the claim exceeds the coverage or the insurer is insolvent. See § 536.139(c).
(n)Is payable under subpart C of this part or AR 27-20, chapter 11.
(o)Is brought by or on behalf of a member of a foreign military force for personal injury or death arising incident to service, or pursuant to combined military operations. Combined military operations include exercises and United Nations and North Atlantic Treaty Association
(NATO)peacekeeping and humanitarian missions. Derivative claims arising from these incidents are also excluded.
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