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10 USC § 9804 - Salvage claims by United States 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s9804"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 9804 - Salvage claims by United States"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9804"
section_name: "Salvage claims by United States"
chapter_number: 981
chapter_name: "MILITARY CLAIMS"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 592; Pub. L. 92–417, § 1(8), Aug. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 655.)"
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# § 9804. Salvage claims by United States

**(a)** The Secretary of the Air Force may settle, or compromise, and receive payment of a claim by the United States for salvage services performed by the Department of the Air Force. Amounts received under this section shall be covered into the Treasury.

**(b)** In any case where the amount to be received by the United States is not more than $10,000, the Secretary of the Air Force may delegate his authority under subsection (a) to any person designated by him.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 592; Pub. L. 92–417, § 1(8), Aug. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 655.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 9804 | 10:1863. | Oct. 20, 1951, ch. 524, § 3, 65 Stat. 573. |

The words “under this section” are substituted for the words “for salvage services rendered”. The words “consider, ascertain, adjust, determine” are omitted as covered by the word “settle”, as defined in . The words “and receive payment of” are inserted for clarity and to conform to . The words “as miscellaneous receipts” are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1972— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and in subsec. (a) as so designated, eliminated the requirement that the Secretary of the Air Force discharge his functions under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, and added subsec. (b).