---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 536.119"
title: "32"
number: "536.119"
heading: "Scope for maritime claims."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/536.119"
---

# §536.119. Scope for maritime claims.


The AMCSA applies worldwide and includes claims that arise on high seas or within the territorial waters of a foreign country. At [10 U.S.C. 4802](/usc/10/4802.md) it provides for the settlement or compromise of claims for:

- (a) Damage caused by a vessel of, or in the service of, the Department of the Army (DA) or by other property under the jurisdiction of the DA.
- (b) Compensation for towage and salvage service, including contract salvage, rendered to a vessel of, or in the service of, the DA or other property under the jurisdiction of the DA.
- (c) Damage that is maritime in nature and caused by tortious conduct of U.S. military personnel or federal civilian employees, an agent thereof, or property under the Army's jurisdiction.

## 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.