{"data":{"id":"us/32-cfr-536.48","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"32 CFR 536.48","heading":"Federal employee requirement.","body":"To be payable, a claim under any subpart except subpart K of this part, §§ 536.153 through 536.157 (Claims involving tortfeasors other than nonappropriated fund employees), must be based on the acts or omissions of a member of the armed forces, a member of a foreign military force within the United States with which the United States has a reciprocal claims agreement, or a federal civilian employee. This does not include a contractor of the United States. Apply federal case law for interpretation. See parallel discussion at DA Pam 27-162, paragraph 2-46.","path":["Title 32—National Defense","Subtitle A—Department of Defense","CHAPTER V—DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY","SUBCHAPTER B—CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS","PART 536—CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES","Subpart B—Investigation and Processing of Claims"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-32.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:30Z","sha256":"a3d0e99ad3ea674e90ca655bf59aadefe5d76f1d385b133400071d7bfb11008b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/32-cfr-536.47","next":"us/32-cfr-536.49"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}