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§56304 Disputed compensation
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle V— - Merchant Marine › Part Part E— - Control of Merchant Marine Capabilities › Chapter CHAPTER 563— - EMERGENCY ACQUISITION OF VESSELS › § 56304
Summary
If a person disputes the Secretary of Transportation’s amount for just compensation, the Secretary must advance 75%. The person may sue the United States and must repay any excess if the court awards less.
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Title 46, §56304
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If the person entitled to compensation disputes the amount of just compensation determined by the Secretary of Transportation under this chapter, the Secretary shall pay the person, as a tentative advance, 75 percent of the amount determined. The person may bring a civil action against the United States to recover just compensation. If the tentative advance paid under this section is greater than the amount of the court’s judgment, the person shall refund the difference.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5630446 App.:1242(c) (2d sentence), (d) (1st par. words after 2d comma).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title IX, § 902(c) (2d sentence), (d) (1st par. words after 2d comma); as added Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 555, § 3, 53 Stat. 1256; Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 929, §§ 2, 3, 70 Stat. 985; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(131), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 165. This section is substituted for the source provisions to eliminate unnecessary words.
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46 U.S.C. § 56304
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Apr 6, 2026
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