42 U.S.C. § 2211 — Payment of claims or judgments for damage resulting from nuclear incident involving nuclear reactor of United States warship; exception; terms and conditions
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It is the policy of the United States that it will pay claims or judgments for bodily injury, death, or damage to or loss of real or personal property proven to have resulted from a nuclear incident involving the nuclear reactor of a United States warship: Provided, That the injury, death, damage, or loss was not caused by the act of an armed force engaged in combat or as a result of civil insurrection. The President may authorize, under such terms and conditions as he may direct, the payment of such claims or judgments from any contingency funds available to the Government or may certify such claims or judgments to the Congress for appropriation of the necessary funds.
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It is the policy of the United States that it will pay claims or judgments for bodily injury, death, or damage to or loss of real or personal property proven to have resulted from a nuclear incident involving the nuclear reactor of a United States warship: Provided, That the injury, death, damage, or loss was not caused by the act of an armed force engaged in combat or as a result of civil insurrection. The President may authorize, under such terms and conditions as he may direct, the payment of such claims or judgments from any contingency funds available to the Government or may certify such claims or judgments to the Congress for appropriation of the necessary funds.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 2211. Payment of claims or judgments for dam-
age resulting from nuclear incident involving
nuclear reactor of United States warship; ex-
ception; terms and conditions
It is the policy of the United States that it
will pay claims or judgments for bodily injury,
death, or damage to or loss of real or personal
property proven to have resulted from a nuclear
incident involving the nuclear reactor of a
United States warship: Provided, That the in-
jury, death, damage, or loss was not caused by
the act of an armed force engaged in combat or
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 2215
as a result of civil insurrection. The President
may authorize, under such terms and conditions
as he may direct, the payment of such claims or
judgments from any contingency funds available
to the Government or may certify such claims
or judgments to the Congress for appropriation
of the necessary funds.
(Pub. L. 93–513, Dec. 6, 1974, 88 Stat. 1611.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as part of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.
Executive Documents
EX. ORD. NO. 11918. COMPENSATION
FOR DAMAGES IN-
VOLVING NUCLEAR REACTORS OF UNITED STATES WAR-
SHIPS
Ex. Ord. No. 11918, eff. June 1, 1976, 41 F.R. 22329, pro-
vided:
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the joint
resolution approved December 6, 1974 (Public Law
93–513, 88 Stat. 1610, 42 U.S.C. 2211), and by section 301
of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of
the United States of America, in order that prompt,
adequate and effective compensation will be provided
in the unlikely event of injury or damage resulting
from a nuclear incident involving the nuclear reactor
of a United States warship, it is hereby ordered as fol-
lows:
SECTION