Us Code § 2645 - Indemnification of Department of Transportation for losses covered by vessel war risk insurance
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§ 2645. Indemnification of Department of Transportation for losses covered by vessel war risk insurance
(a)
(A) in the case of a claim for the loss of a vessel, not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary of Transportation determines the claim to be payable or that amounts are due under the policy that provided the vessel war risk insurance; and
(B) in the case of any other claim, not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary of Transportation determines the claim to be payable.
(2) When there is a loss of a vessel that is (or may be) covered by vessel war risk insurance, the Secretary of Transportation may make, during the period when a claim for such loss is pending with the Secretary of Transportation, any required periodic payments owed by the insured party to a lessor or mortgagee of such vessel. Such payments shall commence not later than 30 days following the date of the presentment of the claim for the loss of the vessel to the Secretary of Transportation. If the Secretary of Transportation determines that the claim is payable, any amount paid under this paragraph arising from such claim shall be credited against the amount payable under the vessel war risk insurance. If the Secretary of Transportation determines that the claim is not payable, any amount paid under this paragraph arising from such claim shall constitute a debt to the United States, payable to the insurance fund. Any such amounts so returned to the United States shall be promptly credited to the fund or account from which the payments were made under this paragraph.
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(2) Consolidation of claims arising from the same incident is not required before indemnification of the Secretary of Transportation for payment of a claim may be made under this section.
(f)
[(g) Repealed. Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, §1031(a)(26)(B), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1598.]
(h)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, §1079(b)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2669; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, §1073(a)(57), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1903; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, §1031(a)(26), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1598; Pub. L. 109–304, §17(a)(4), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1706; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, §1064(8), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1587.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (f), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 104–201, which was approved Sept. 23, 1996.
Amendments
2011—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 112–81 substituted "$10,000,000" for "$1,000,000".
2006—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–304, §17(a)(4)(A), substituted "section 53909(b) of title 46" for "the second sentence of section 1208(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1288(a))".
Subsec. (h)(1). Pub. L. 109–304, §17(a)(4)(B), substituted "chapter 539 of title 46" for "title XII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1281 et seq.),".
Subsec. (h)(2). Pub. L. 109–304, §17(a)(4)(C), substituted "section 53909(a) of title 46" for "the first sentence of section 1208(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1288(a))".
2003—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–136, §1031(a)(26)(A), substituted "Congress" for "Congress—", struck out par. (1) designation before "notification", substituted a period for "; and" after "date of the loss", and struck out par. (2) which read as follows: "semiannual reports thereafter updating the information submitted under paragraph (1) and showing with respect to losses arising from such incident the total amount expended to cover such losses, the source of such funds, pending litigation, and estimated total cost to the Government."
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 108–136, §1031(a)(26)(B), struck out heading and text of subsec. (g). Text read as follows: "Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the current amount of the contingent outstanding liability of the United States under the vessel war risk insurance program under title XII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1281 et seq.)."
1997—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 105–85 struck out "on which" after "after the date on which".
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