Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 1340.20
July 14, 2003
Certified Current as of May 31, 2007
GC, DoD
SUBJECT: Settling Personnel and General Claims and Processing Advance Decision Requests
References: (a) Section 3702 of title 31, United States Code
(b) Section 2575 of title 10, United States Code
(c) Section 2771 of title 10, United States Code
(d) Section 420 of title 24, United States Code
(e) through (i), see enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE
This Directive establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for settling personnel and general
claims under references (a) through (h) and for processing requests for an advance decision
under reference (i).
2. APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE
This Directive applies to:
2.1. The Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other
organizational entities in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as "the
DoD Components").
2.2. The Coast Guard, when it is not operating as a Service in the Navy under agreement
with the Department of Homeland Security, and the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health
Service (PHS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under
agreements with the Departments of Health and Human Services and Commerce (hereafter
referred to collectively as "the non-DoD Components").
