[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1736 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1736

For the relief of Staff Sergeant Charles Raymond Stewart and Cynthia M. 
  Stewart of Anchorage, Alaska, and their minor son, Jeff Christopher 
                                Stewart.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 1996

  Mr. Stevens introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
For the relief of Staff Sergeant Charles Raymond Stewart and Cynthia M. 
  Stewart of Anchorage, Alaska, and their minor son, Jeff Christopher 
                                Stewart.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONSENT TO SUIT.

    Notwithstanding section 2735 of title 10, United States Code, 
section 2680(k) of title 28, United States Code, or any other provision 
of law, the United States District Court for Alaska shall have 
jurisdiction to hear, determine, and render judgment for damages on a 
claim by Staff Sergeant Charles Raymond Stewart and Cynthia M. Stewart 
of Anchorage, Alaska, brought on behalf of their minor son, Jeff 
Christopher Stewart, arising out of alleged improper diagnosis or 
medical treatment by physicians and medical personnel employed by the 
United States relating to an injury suffered by Jeff Christopher 
Stewart on August 10, 1992, on Ramstein Air Base near Kaiserslautern, 
Germany.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS PERIOD.

    Suit on a claim under section 1 may be instituted at any time no 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. PRIOR SETTLEMENT.

    Settlement of a claim before the date of enactment of this Act 
shall not bar a claim under section 1. The amount of any damages 
awarded for a claim under section 1 shall be reduced by any amount of 
damages paid to the claimant under a settlement made before the date of 
the enactment of this Act of a claim relating to the same injury 
described under such section.

SEC. 4. NO INFERENCE OF LIABILITY.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as an inference of liability 
on the part of the United States.
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