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 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 459 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 3i use 3721 shall apply to claims arising before, on, or after the date of the note. enactment of this Act. (c) REPRESENTMENTS OF PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED CLAIMS.—(1) ai use 3721 A claim under subsection (b) of section 3721 of title 31, United note. States Code, that was settled under such section before the date of the enactment of this Act may be represented under such section, as amended by subsection (a), to the head of the agency concerned to recover the amount equal to the difference between the actual amount of the damage or loss and the amount settled and paid under the authority of such section before the date of the enactment of this Act, except that— (A) the claim shall be represented in writing within two years after the date of the enactment of this Act; (B) a determination of the actual amount of the damage or loss shall have been made by the head of the agency concerned pursuant to settlement of the claim under the authority of such section before the date of the enactment of this Act; (C) the claimant shall have proof of the determination referred to in subparagraph (B); and (D) the total of all amounts paid in settlement of the claim under the authority of such section may not exceed $100,000. (2) Subsection (k) of such section shall not apply to bar representment of a claim described in paragraph (1), but shall apply to such a claim that is represented and settled under that section after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 1089. AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND OR TERMINATE COLLECTION ACTIONS AGAINST DECEASED MEMBERS. Section 3711 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(g)(1) The Secretary of Defense may suspend or terminate an action by the Secretary or by the Secretary of a military department under subsection (a) to collect a claim against the estate of a person who died while serving oh active duty as a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps if the Secretary determines that, under the circumstances applicable with respect to the deceased person, it is appropriate to do so. "(2) In this subsection, the term 'active duty' has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10.". SEC. 1090. CHECK CASHING AND EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS FOR DEPENDENTS OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PERSON- NEL. (a) AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT TRANSACTIONS.— Subsection (b) of section 3342 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: "(3) a dependent of personnel of the Government, but only— "(A) at a United States installation at which adequate banking facilities are not available; and "(B) in the case of negotiation of negotiable instruments, if the dependent's sponsor authorizes, in writing, the presentation of negotiable instruments to the disbursing official for negotiation.".

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