33 CFR § 52.71 - Authority to pay.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s52.71"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 52.71 - Authority to pay."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "52.71"
section_name: "Authority to pay."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
part_number: "52"
part_name: "BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS OF THE COAST GUARD"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "10 U.S.C. 1552; 14 U.S.C. 501, 503; Department of Homeland Security Delegations No. 0160.1(II)(B)(1), 0170.1(II)(23)."
regulatory_source: "OST Doc. No. 2002-13439, 68 FR 9886, Mar. 3, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "52"
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# 52.71 Authority to pay.

(a) The Coast Guard is authorized to pay the claims of any person as the result of any action heretofore or hereafter taken under 10 U.S.C. 1552.

(b) The Coast Guard is not authorized to pay any claim heretofore compensated by Congress through enactment of private law, or to pay any amount as compensation for any benefit to which the claimant might subsequently become entitled under the laws and regulations administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.