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Code · U.S. Code · Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · CHAPTER 17— NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION · SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL PROVISIONS · § 853

§ 853. Power to settle claims

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The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to consider, ascertain, adjust, and determine all claims for damages, where the amount of the claim does not exceed $2,500, occasioned, subsequent to June 5, 1920, by acts for which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is responsible.
(June 5, 1920, ch. 256, 41 Stat. 1054; Pub. L. 93–608, § 1(4), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1967; Pub. L. 98–176, Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1124.)
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  • June 5, 1920, ch. 256
  • 41 Stat. 1054
  • Pub. L. 93–608, § 1(4)
  • 88 Stat. 1967
  • Pub. L. 98–176
  • 97 Stat. 1124
  • Pub. L. 93–608
  • Act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title IV, § 424(a)
  • 60 Stat. 846
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