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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Part 1 · Chapter 12 — Trade Act of 1974

§ 2438. Payment by Czechoslovakia of amounts owed United States citizens and nationals

Statutory text

(a)

Renegotiation of 1974 agreement

The arrangement initialed on , with respect to the settlement of the claims of citizens and nationals of the United States against the Government of Czechoslovakia shall be renegotiated and shall be submitted to the Congress as part of any agreement entered into under this subchapter with Czechoslovakia.

(b)

Provisional retention of gold

The United States shall not release any gold belonging to Czechoslovakia and controlled directly or indirectly by the United States pursuant to the provisions of the Paris Reparations Agreement of , or otherwise, until such agreement has been approved by the Congress.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Trade Act of 1974

    Pub. L. 93–618 title IV § 408 · 88 Stat. 1978

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 2438

    (Pub. L. 93–618, title IV, § 408, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2064.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 93–618, title IV, § 408, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2064.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    19 USC 2438.SEC. 408. PAYMENT BY CZECHOSLOVAKIA OF AMOUNTS OWED UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND NATIONALS. (a) The arrangement initialed on July 5, 1974, with respect to the settlement of the claims of citizens and nationals of the United States against the Government of Czechoslovakia shall be renegotiated and shall be submitted to the Congress as part of any agreement entered into under this title with Czechoslovakia. (b) The United States shall not release any gold belonging to Czechoslovakia and controlled directly or indirectly by the United States pursuant to the provisions of the Paris Reparations Agreement 61 Stat. 3157. of January 24, 1946, or otherwise, until such agreement has been approved by the Congress.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 93–618, title IV, § 408, , 88 Stat. 2064.)

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