---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 536.117"
title: "32"
number: "536.117"
heading: "Statutory authority for maritime claims."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/536.117"
---

# §536.117. Statutory authority for maritime claims.


The Army Maritime Claims Settlement Act (AMCSA) (10 U.S.C. [4801-04](/usc/10/4801-04.md), [4806](/usc/10/4806.md), as amended) authorizes the Secretary of the Army or his designee to administratively settle or compromise admiralty and maritime claims in favor of, and against, the United States.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2733; 10 U.S.C. 1089; 10 U.S.C. 1054; 28 U.S.C. 1291, 2401-2402, 2411-2412, 2671-2680; 10 U.S.C. 2737; 32 U.S.C. 715; 10 U.S.C. 2734a, 2734b; 10 U.S.C. 2734; 10 U.S.C. 4801, 4802, 4806; 46 U.S.C. app. 740; 39 U.S.C. 411; 10 U.S.C. 939; 10 U.S.C. 2736; 10 U.S.C. 2735; 10 U.S.C. 2731.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 69360, Nov. 30, 2006, unless otherwise noted.