[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR264.5]

[Page 607-608]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
        CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 264_INTERNATIONAL INTERCHANGE OF PATENT RIGHTS AND TECHNICAL 
 
Sec. 264.5  Claims for compensation.

    (a) With respect to interchanges in furtherance of the purposes of 
the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, section 506 of the Mutual 
Security Act of 1954, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1758) provides the exclusive 
remedy for compensation for infringement within the United States of a 
patent issued by the United States and for damage resulting from the 
disclosure by the United States of privately owned technical 
information.
    (b) The Secretaries of the Military Departments are hereby 
authorized to

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exercise the power and authority conferred by section 506 of the Mutual 
Security Act of 1954, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1758) to enter into 
agreements with claimants in full settlement and compromise of any claim 
against the United States thereunder, subject to such rules and 
regulations, if any, as the Secretary of Defense may promulgate from 
time to time. The Secretaries of the Military Departments are authorized 
to make successive redelegations in writing of this power and authority 
to any officer, employee, board or agent of their respective 
departments.
    (c) Funds appropriated for military assistance pursuant to the 
Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, which have been made available 
to a Military Department may be used to settle claims under section 506 
of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1758). In 
addition, in those cases where the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 2386 are 
applicable, funds appropriated for a Military Department available for 
making or procuring supplies may be used to settle such claims.