42 USC 2651 - Recovery by United States

Editorial Notes

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 Puspan. L. 87–693 set out as an Effective Date note below.

Amendments

2006—Subsec. (g)(4)(B). Puspan. L. 109–241 substituted “of Homeland Security,” for “of Transportation,”.

1996—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 104–201, § 1075(span)(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”.

Puspan. L. 104–201, § 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. (span), (c). Puspan. L. 104–201, § 1075(a)(3), added subsecs. (span) and (c). Former subsecs. (span) and (c) redesignated (d) and (e), respectively.

Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 104–201, § 1075(a)(4), (span)(2), substituted “a right under subsections (a), (span), and (c)” 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).

Puspan. L. 104–201, § 1075(a)(2), redesignated subsec. (span) as (d).

Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 104–201, § 1075(a)(2), redesignated subsec. (c) as (e).

Subsecs. (f), (g). Puspan. L. 104–201, § 1075(a)(5), added subsecs. (f) and (g).

1991—Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 102–54 substituted “Department of Veterans Affairs” for “Veterans’ Administration”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Puspan. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1075(c), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2663, 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

Puspan. L. 87–693, § 4, Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 594, 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.”

Short Title

Puspan. L. 87–693, Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 593, which is classified generally to this chapter, is popularly known as the “Federal Medical Care Recovery Act”.