No private bill or resolution (including so-called omnibus claims or pension bills), and no amendment to any bill or resolution, authorizing or directing (1) the payment of money for property damages, for personal injuries or death for which suit may be instituted under the Federal Tort Claims Act, or for a pension (other than to carry out a provision of law or treaty stipulation); (2) the construction of a bridge across a navigable stream; or (3) the correction of a military or naval record, shall be received or considered in either the Senate 1 or the House of Representatives.
(Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, §131,
The Federal Tort Claims Act, referred to in text, is title IV of act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753,
Section effective Jan. 2, 1947, see section 142 of act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I,
Section 2(a), S. Res. 274, Ninety-sixth Congress, Nov. 14, 1979, provided in part that this section, insofar as it relates to the Senate, is repealed. See Standing Rules of the Senate.
1 See Partial Repeal note below.