[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2093 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2093

                  For the relief of Rodney E. Hoover.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2001

  Mrs. Capps introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
                  For the relief of Rodney E. Hoover.

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

SECTION 1. IN GENERAL.

    The United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
California shall have jurisdiction to hear, determine, and render 
judgment on any claim of or on behalf of Rodney E. Hoover of Arroyo 
Grande, California, against the United States for personal injuries 
which he allegedly sustained in an accident on February 26, 1940, and 
in transport on March 4, 1940, while a member of the Civilian 
Conservation Corps in Beaver City, Nebraska.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.

    Solely for the purposes of establishing jurisdiction under section 
1346(b) of title 28, United States Code, the events giving rise to the 
alleged injuries referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to have 
occurred after January 1, 1945.

SEC. 3. TIME LIMITATION.

    Any claim under this Act shall be barred unless it is filed with 
the appropriate Federal agency pursuant to section 2675 of title 28, 
United States Code, within six months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and such claim, if so filed, shall be considered to have been 
filed in a timely manner notwithstanding the time limitation of section 
2401 of such title.

SEC. 4. LIABILITY.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as an interference or 
admission of liability by the United States.
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