Notes on 42 U.S.C. § 2651 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 42 U.S.C. § 2651 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 87-693, Sec. 1, Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 593; Pub. L. 102-
54, Sec. 13(q)(8), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 281; Pub. L. 104-201,
div. A, title X, Sec. 1075(a), (b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2661,
2663.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Effective date of this Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is the
first day of the fourth month following September 1962, see section
4 of Pub. L. 87-693 set out as an Effective Date note below.
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1075(b)(1), inserted
"(independent of the rights of the injured or diseased person)"
after "a right to recover" and ", or that person's insurer," after
"from said third person".
Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1075(a)(1), (2), inserted "or pay for"
after "required by law to furnish" and substituted ", to be
furnished, paid for, or to be paid for" for "or to be furnished" in
two places.
Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1075(a)(3), added
subsecs. (b) and (c). Former subsecs. (b) and (c) redesignated (d)
and (e), respectively.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1075(a)(4), (b)(2),
substituted "a right under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this
section" for "such right," in introductory provisions, inserted "or
paid for" after "treatment is furnished" in par. (2), and inserted
"or the insurance carrier or other entity responsible for the
payment or reimbursement of medical expenses or lost pay" after
"the third person who is liable for the injury or disease" in pars.
(1) and (2).
Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1075(a)(2), redesignated subsec. (b) as
(d).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1075(a)(2), redesignated
subsec. (c) as (e).
Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1075(a)(5), added
subsecs. (f) and (g).
1991 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-54 substituted "Department of
Veterans Affairs" for "Veterans' Administration".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Section 1075(c) of Pub. L. 104-201 provided that: "The authority
to collect pursuant to the amendments made by this section
[amending this section] shall apply to expenses described in the
first section of Public Law 87-693 [this section] (as amended by
this section) that are incurred, or are to be incurred, by the
United States on or after the date of the enactment of this Act
[Sept. 23, 1996], whether the event from which the claim arises
occurs before, on, or after that date."
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 4 of Pub. L. 87-693 provided that: "This Act [enacting
this chapter] becomes effective on the first day of the fourth
month following the month [September 1962] in which enacted."
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
section 542 of Title 6.