§2740 Property loss: reimbursement of members and civilian employees for full replacement value of household effects when contractor reimbursement not available

Summary

The Secretary of Defense and the military department secretaries can pay service members or civilian employees the full cost to replace household goods lost or damaged when they pay a claim under section 3721 of title 31, but only if the carrier cannot reimburse under section 2636a. They may do this in three situations: when the move was under a contract that required the carrier to pay full replacement value but the carrier is not liable for the loss; when the loss happened while an ocean carrier working under a DoD ocean contract had the goods and the land legs were under contracts that require land carriers to pay full replacement value; and when at least one contract required a carrier to pay full replacement value, the goods passed through more than one independent contractor, and a claim to the carrier who delivered the goods was denied because the loss occurred while a prior carrier or the government had them.