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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "10 U.S.C. § 2738"
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description: "Property loss: reimbursement of members for certain losses of household effects caused by hostile action"
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title_number: 10
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title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
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chapter_number: "163"
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chapter_name: "MILITARY CLAIMS"
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section: "2738"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 2738 - Property loss: reimbursement of members for certain losses of household effects caused by hostile action
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## Text
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(a) Authority To Reimburse.— The Secretary concerned may reimburse a member of the armed forces in an amount not more than $100,000 for a loss described in subsection (b).
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(b) Covered Losses.— This section applies with respect to a loss of household effects sustained during a move made incident to a change of permanent station when, as determined by the Secretary, the loss was caused by a hostile action incident to war or a warlike action by a military force.
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(c) Limitation.— The Secretary may provide reimbursement under this section for a loss described in subsection (b) only to the extent that the loss is not reimbursed under insurance or under the authority of another provision of law.
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(d) Applicability of Other Authorities and Requirements.— Subsections (b), (d), (e), (f), and (g) of section 2733 of this title shall apply to a request for a reimbursement under this section as if the request were a claim against the United States.
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(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 557(a), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2775.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DatePub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 557(c), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2776, provided that: “(1) Section 2738 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), applies with respect to losses incurred after June 30, 1990. “(2) In the case of a loss incurred after June 30, 1990, and before the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 1994], a request for reimbursement shall be filed with the Secretary of the military department concerned not later than two years after such date of enactment.”
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