---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 536.48"
title: "32"
number: "536.48"
heading: "Federal employee requirement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/536.48"
---

# §536.48. Federal employee requirement.


To be payable, a claim under any subpart except [subpart K](/cfr/32/subpartK.md) of this part, [§§ 536.153 through 536.157](/cfr/32/536.153..536.157.md) (Claims involving tortfeasors other than nonappropriated fund employees), must be based on the acts or omissions of a member of the armed forces, a member of a foreign military force within the United States with which the United States has a reciprocal claims agreement, or a federal civilian employee. This does not include a contractor of the United States. Apply federal case law for interpretation. See parallel discussion at DA Pam 27-162, paragraph 2-46.


## 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.