10 U.S.C. § 2731
Section 2731 · Definition
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 24 court decisions — leading case Schneider v. United States (1994)
Most recently applied in 121 Fed. Cl. 579 - Nutt v. United States (June 2015)
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Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
In this chapter, “settle” means consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, and dispose of a claim, whether by full or partial allowance or by disallowance.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
The revised section is inserted for clarity and is based on usage in the source laws for this revised chapter.
Public Health Service
Authority vested by this chapter in “military departments”, “the Secretary concerned”, or “the Secretary of Defense” to be exercised, with respect to commissioned officers of Public Health Service, by Secretary of Health and Human Services or his designee, see section 213a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Authority vested by sections 2731, 2732, and 2735 of this title in “military departments”, “the Secretary concerned”, or “the Secretary of Defense” to be exercised, with respect to commissioned officer corps of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, by Secretary of Commerce or his designee, see section 857a of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.