Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 21 — Settlement of International Claims
§ 1626. Payments
Statutory text
Principal and interest; regulations
Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, as prescribed by section 1627 of this title, an amount not exceeding the principal of each award, plus accrued interest on such awards as bear interest, certified pursuant to section 1624 of this title, in accordance with the award. Such payments, and applications for such payments, shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
Deductions; coverage into Treasury; reimbursement for expenses
There shall be deducted from the amount of each payment made pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1627 of this title, as reimbursement for the expenses incurred by the United States, an amount equal to 5 per centum of such payment. All amounts so deducted shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall deduct from any amounts covered, subsequent to , into any special fund, created pursuant to section 1627 of this title, 5 per centum thereof as reimbursement to the Government of the United States for expenses incurred by the Commission and by the Treasury Department in the administration of this subchapter. The amounts so deducted shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.
To whom made; exceptions
Payments made pursuant to this subchapter shall be made only to the person or persons on behalf of whom the award is made, except that—
if any person to whom any payment is to be made pursuant to this subchapter is deceased or is under a legal disability, payment shall be made to his legal representative, except that if any payment to be made is not over $1,000 and there is no qualified executor or administrator, payment may be made to the person or persons found by the Secretary of the Treasury to be entitled thereto, without the necessity of compliance with the requirements of law with respect to the administration of estates;
in the case of a partnership or corporation, the existence of which has been terminated and on behalf of which an award is made, payment shall be made, except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection, to the person or persons found by the Secretary of the Treasury to be entitled thereto;
if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corporation has been duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States and has not been discharged prior to the date of payment, payment shall be made to such receiver or trustee in accordance with the order of the court;
if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corporation, duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States, makes an assignment of the claim, or any part thereof, with respect to which an award is made, or makes an assignment of such award, or any part thereof, payment shall be made to the assignee, as his interest may appear; and
in the case of any assignment of an award, or any part thereof, which is made in writing and duly acknowledged and filed, after such award is certified to the Secretary of the Treasury, payment may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be made to the assignee, as his interest may appear.
Erroneous payments as bar to further recovery
Whenever the Secretary of the Treasury shall find that any person is entitled to any such payment, after such payment shall have been received by such person, it shall be an absolute bar to recovery by any other person against the United States, its officers, agents, or employees with respect to such payment.
Acquiescence in conditions of subchapter
Any person who makes application for any such payment shall be held to have consented to all the provisions of this subchapter.
Non-assumption of liability by United States on claims against foreign governments
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as the assumption of any liability by the United States for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any claim on behalf of any national of the United States against any foreign government.
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.
International Claims Settlement Act of 1949
Pub. L. 81–54 · 64 Stat. 12
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 1626
Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title I, § 7, 64 Stat. 16
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title I, § 7, 64 Stat. 16Public Law not identified
Changed · 22 U.S.C. § 1626(b)
Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 8, 1953, increased the amount deductible to cover expenses from 3 to 5 percent
Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 8, 1953, increased the amount deductible to cover expenses from 3 to 5 percent.Pub. L. 90–421 § 1(2) · 82 Stat. 420
Amended · 22 U.S.C. § 1626(b)
Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(2), designated existing provisions as par. (1)
Added · 22 U.S.C. § 1626(b)
Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(2), added par. (2)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(2), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Subsection (f) of section 4, title I, is hereby amended to read as follows: “(f) No remuneration on account of services rendered on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim filed with the Commission under this title shall exceed 10 per centum of the total amount paid pursuant to any award certified under the provisions of this title, on account of such claim. Any agreement to the contrary shall be unlawful Penalty. and void. Whoever, in the United States or elsewhere, demands or receives, on account of services so rendered, any remuneration in excess of the maximum permitted by this section, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both.”Pub. L. 90–421 § 1(3) · 82 Stat. 420
Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 1626(c)(1)
Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(3), substituted “any person to whom any payment is to be made pursuant to this subchapter” for “such person”
Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 1626(c)(1)
Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(3), substituted “, except that if any payment to be made is not over $1000” for “: Provided, That if the total award is not over $500”
Struck · 22 U.S.C. § 1626(c)(1)
Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(3), struck out “of the United States” after “Comptroller General”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(3), substituted “any person to whom any payment is to be made pursuant to this subchapter” for “such person” and “, except that if any payment to be made is not over $1000” for “: Provided, That if the total award is not over $500”, and struck out “of the United States” after “Comptroller General”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Subsection (f) of section 4, title I, is hereby amended to read as follows: “(f) No remuneration on account of services rendered on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim filed with the Commission under this title shall exceed 10 per centum of the total amount paid pursuant to any award certified under the provisions of this title, on account of such claim. Any agreement to the contrary shall be unlawful Penalty. and void. Whoever, in the United States or elsewhere, demands or receives, on account of services so rendered, any remuneration in excess of the maximum permitted by this section, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both.”General Accounting Office Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–316 § 202(h)(1) · 110 Stat. 3826
Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 1626(c)(1); 22 U.S.C. § 1626(c)(2)
Pub. L. 104–316, § 202(h)(1), substituted “Secretary of the Treasury” for “Comptroller General” in par. (2)
Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 1626(c)(1); 22 U.S.C. § 1626(c)(2)
Pub. L. 104–316, § 202(h)(1), substituted “Secretary of the Treasury” for “Comptroller General of the United States” in par. (2)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c)(1), (2). Pub. L. 104–316, § 202(h)(1), substituted “Secretary of the Treasury” for “Comptroller General” in par. (1) and “Secretary of the Treasury” for “Comptroller General of the United States” in par. (2).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1) by striking “Comptroller General” and inserting “Secretary of the Treasury”; and (B) in paragraph (2) by striking “Comptroller General of the United States” and inserting “Secretary of the Treasury”; andGeneral Accounting Office Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–316 § 202(h)(2) · 110 Stat. 3826
Struck · 22 U.S.C. § 1626(d)
Pub. L. 104–316, § 202(h)(2), struck out “, or the Comptroller General of the United States, as the case may be,” after “Secretary of the Treasury”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–316, § 202(h)(2), struck out “, or the Comptroller General of the United States, as the case may be,” after “Secretary of the Treasury”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) in subsection (d) by striking “, or the Comptroller General of the United States, as the case may be,”.
8 of 10 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 1 unresolved
Editorial Notes
Amendments1953–1996 · 4 rounds
1996
Subsec. (c)(1), (2). Pub. L. 104–316, § 202(h)(1), substituted “Secretary of the Treasury” for “Comptroller General” in par. (1) and “Secretary of the Treasury” for “Comptroller General of the United States” in par. (2).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–316, § 202(h)(2), struck out “, or the Comptroller General of the United States, as the case may be,” after “Secretary of the Treasury”.
1968
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(2), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(3), substituted “any person to whom any payment is to be made pursuant to this subchapter” for “such person” and “, except that if any payment to be made is not over $1000” for “: Provided, That if the total award is not over $500”, and struck out “of the United States” after “Comptroller General”.
1955
Act , § 1, amended credit to section by designating act , as “title I”.
Act , § 2, substituted “subchapter” for “chapter”.
1953
Subsec. (b). Act , increased the amount deductible to cover expenses from 3 to 5 percent.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
References to This Subchapter Deemed To Include Section 119 of H.R. 2076
References to this subchapter deemed to include section 119 of H.R. 2076, see section 119(b) of H.R. 2076, as enacted into law by Pub. L. 104–91, set out as an Authority of Foreign Claims Settlement Commission note under section 1644 of this title.
Executive Documents
Abolition of International Claims Commission and Transfer of Functions
International Claims Commission of the United States, including offices of its members, abolished and functions of Commission and of members, officers, and employees thereof transferred to Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States by Reorg. Plan No. 1, of 1954, §§ 1, 2, 4, eff. , 19 F.R. 3985, 68 Stat. 1279, set out as a note under section 1622 of this title.
For provisions transferring Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States as a separate agency within the Department of Justice, see section 1622a et seq. of this title.
Credits
1950–1996 · 5 acts
- 1950Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title I, § 7, 64 Stat. 16
- 1953Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 396, § 2, 67 Stat. 506
- 1955Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 645, §§ 1, 2, 69 Stat. 562
- 1968Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(2), (3), , 82 Stat. 420
- 1996Pub. L. 104–316, title II, § 202(h), , 110 Stat. 3842.
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(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title I, § 7, 64 Stat. 16; Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 396, § 2, 67 Stat. 506; Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 645, §§ 1, 2, 69 Stat. 562; Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(2), (3), , 82 Stat. 420; Pub. L. 104–316, title II, § 202(h), , 110 Stat. 3842.)