{"data":{"id":"us/33-u.s.c.-853","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 U.S.C. § 853","heading":"Power to settle claims","body":"The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to consider, ascertain, adjust, and determine all claims for damages, where the amount of the claim does not exceed $2,500, occasioned, subsequent to June 5, 1920, by acts for which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is responsible.","path":["Title 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS","CHAPTER 17—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc33@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:09Z","sha256":"0ed7f071a2e2b29da083625a591ed8c721175e5bfefebedbaf33013acbb142e4","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-u.s.c.-852-to-852b","next":"us/33-u.s.c.-853a-to-853l"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}