2020 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 52 - Restitution for World War II Internment of Japanese-Americans and Aleuts
Subchapter I - United States Citizens of Japanese Ancestry and Resident Japanese Aliens
Sec. 4220 - Entitlements to eligible individuals

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Citation 50 U.S.C. § 4220 (2020)
Section Name §4220. Entitlements to eligible individuals
Section Text (a) In general

Subject to sections 4214(e) and 4215(g) of this title and except as provided in subsection (b), beginning on October 1, 1990, the payments to be made to any eligible individual under the provisions of this subchapter shall be an entitlement.

(b) Payments from discretionary appropriations (1) Payments

Any such payment made to an individual who is not of Japanese ancestry and who is an eligible individual on the basis of the amendment made by section 3 of the Civil Liberties Act Amendments of 1992 shall not be an entitlement and shall be made from discretionary appropriations.

(2) Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1993 and each subsequent fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for the payments from discretionary appropriations described in paragraph (1).

(c) Definitions

As used in this section—

(1) the term "discretionary appropriations" has the meaning given that term in section 900(c)(7) of title 2; and

(2) the term "entitlement" means "spending authority" as defined in section 651(c)(2)(C) 1 of title 2.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 100–383, title I, §110, as added Pub. L. 101–162, title II, §209(a), Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1005; amended Pub. L. 102–371, §7, Sept. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 1168.)

Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 3 of the Civil Liberties Act Amendments of 1992, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is section 3 of Pub. L. 102–371, which amended paragraph (2) of section 4218 of this title.

Section 651(c)(2)(C) of title 2, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), was repealed by Pub. L. 105–33, title X, §10116(a)(3), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 691.

CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 1989b–9 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

AMENDMENTS

1992—Pub. L. 102–371 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, inserted "and except as provided in subsection (b)" after "4215(g) of this title", struck out "As used in this section, the term 'entitlement' means 'spending authority' as defined in section 651(c)(2)(C) of title 2." after "shall be an entitlement.", and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

Footnotes

1 See References in Text note below.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 52 - RESTITUTION FOR WORLD WAR II INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS AND ALEUTS
SUBCHAPTER I - UNITED STATES CITIZENS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY AND RESIDENT JAPANESE ALIENS
Sec. 4220 - Entitlements to eligible individuals
Contains section 4220
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 103 Stat. 1005
106 Stat. 1168
111 Stat. 691
Public Law References Public Law 100-383, Public Law 101-162, Public Law 102-371, Public Law 105-33
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