---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 31108"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "31108"
heading: "Arbitration, compromise, or settlement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/31108"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Maritime Liability"
  - "Chapter 311 — Suits Involving Public Vessels"
---

# §31108. Arbitration, compromise, or settlement


The Attorney General may arbitrate, compromise, or settle a claim under this chapter if a civil action based on the claim has been commenced.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1522.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 31108 | 46 App.:786. | Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 428, § 6, 43 Stat. 1113. |

The words “claim under this chapter” are substituted for “claim on which a libel or cross libel would lie under the provisions of this chapter” to eliminate unnecessary words.