2011 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 21 - SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS (§§ 1621 - 1645o)
Subchapter VI - CLAIMS AGAINST GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (§§ 1644 - 1644m)
Section 1644 - Congressional declaration of purpose
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 21 - SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS SUBCHAPTER VI - CLAIMS AGAINST GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Sec. 1644 - Congressional declaration of purpose |
Contains | section 1644 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title VI, §600, as added Pub. L. 94-542, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2509. |
Statutes at Large References | 90 Stat. 2509 110 Stat. 11, 37 |
Public Law References | Public Law 94-542, Public Law 104-91, Public Law 104-99 |
Congressional Bill Reference | Unknown Value2076 104th Congress |
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It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide for the determination of the validity and amounts of outstanding claims against the German Democratic Republic which arose out of the nationalization, expropriation, or other taking of (or special measures directed against) property interests of nationals of the United States. This subchapter shall not be construed as authorizing or as any intention to authorize an appropriation by the United States for the purpose of paying such claims.
(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title VI, §600, as added Pub. L. 94–542, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2509.)
SeparabilitySection 614 of act Mar. 10, 1950, as added by Pub. L. 94–542, provided that: “If any provisions of this Act [enacting this subchapter] or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.”
Authority of Foreign Claims Settlement CommissionSection 119 of H.R. 2076, One Hundred Fourth Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives on Dec. 6, 1995, and as enacted into law by Pub. L. 104–91, title I, §101(a), Jan. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 11, as amended by Pub. L. 104–99, title II, §211, Jan. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 37, provided that:
“(a)
“(b)
“(c)
“(1) Not later than two years after the entry into force of the Agreement, the Commission shall certify to the Secretary of State, in writing, its determinations as to the validity and amount of the claims authorized for decision under subsection (a).
“(2) In the case of claims found to be compensable under subsection (a), the Commission shall certify the awards entered in the claims to the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with section 5 of title I of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C. 1624). Such awards shall be paid in accordance with subsections (a) and (c)–(f) of section 7 of such title (22 U.S.C. 1626) out of a special fund established in accordance with section 8 of such title (22 U.S.C. 1627), following conclusion of the negotiations provided for in Article 2(2) of the Agreement.
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