32 CFR § 536.83 - Statutory authority for the Federal Tort Claims Act.

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title: "32 CFR § 536.83 - Statutory authority for the Federal Tort Claims Act."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "536.83"
section_name: "Statutory authority for the Federal Tort Claims Act."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY"
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subchapter_name: "CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS"
part_number: "536"
part_name: "CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 69360, Nov. 30, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "536"
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# 536.83 Statutory authority for the Federal Tort Claims Act.

The statutory authority for this subpart is the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) (60 Stat. 842, 28 U.S.C. 2671-2680), as amended by Public Law 89-506, July 1966 (80 Stat. 306); Public Law 93-253, March 1974 (88 Stat. 50); Public Law 97-124, December 1981 (93 Stat. 1666); Public Law 100-694, November 1988 (102 Stat. 4563-67); and Public Law 101-552, November 1996 (104 Stat. 734); and as implemented by the Attorney General's Regulations (28 CFR 14.1-14.11 and its appendix), all of which are posted on the USARCS Web site; for the address see § 536.2(a).