2016 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 21 - Settlement of International Claims
Subchapter VII - Claims Against Vietnam
Sec. 1645i - Award payment procedures

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 1645i (2016)
Section Name §1645i. Award payment procedures
Section Text (a) Certification of amounts

The Commission shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury, in terms of United States currency, each award made pursuant to section 1645b of this title.

(b) Priority of payments

(1) Upon certification of each award made pursuant to section 1645b of this title, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, out of the sums covered into the Claims Fund, make payments on account of such awards as follows, and in the following order of priority:

(A) Payment in the amount of $2,500 or the principal amount of the award, whichever is less.

(B) Thereafter, payments from time to time, in ratable proportions, on account of the unpaid balance of the principal amounts of all awards according to the proportions which the unpaid balance of such awards bear to the total amount in the Claims Fund available for distribution at the time such payments are made.


(2) After payment has been made in full of the principal amounts of all awards pursuant to paragraph (1), pro rata payments may be made on account of any interest that may be allowed on such awards.

(c) Regulations

Payments or applications for payments under subsection (b) shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

Source Credit

(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title VII, §710, as added Pub. L. 96–606, Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3537.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, 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 VII - CLAIMS AGAINST VIETNAM
Sec. 1645i - Award payment procedures
Contains section 1645i
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 94 Stat. 3537
Public Law References Public Law 96-606
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