A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to increase from $25,000 to $40,000 the maximum amount that the United States may pay in settlement of a claim against the United States made by a member of the uniformed services or by an officer or employee of the Government.
Public Law 100-565 · H.R. 3685 · 100th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Oct 31, 1988 · Law
Sponsor: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA-4)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Increases from $25,000 to $40,000 the maximum amount that the head of a Federal agency may pay in settlement of a claim against the Government made by a member of the uniformed services under the jurisdiction of such agency or by an officer or employee of the agency for damage to, or loss of, personal property incident to service.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Judiciary Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Administrative Law and Governmental Relations Subcommittee
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 12 actions.
- Oct 31, 1988Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 100-565.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 21, 1988PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 14, 1988FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Oct 5, 1988FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
- Oct 3, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Judiciary Committee
- Sep 30, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Judiciary Committee
- May 26, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Administrative Law and Governmental Relations Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Administrative Law and Governmental Relations Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
- Dec 7, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Administrative Law and Governmental Relations Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
- Dec 2, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Judiciary Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.