Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 21 — Settlement of International Claims
§ 1641b. Claims of nationals of the United States against Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania
Statutory text
The Commission shall receive and determine in accordance with applicable substantive law, including international law, the validity and amounts of claims of nationals of the United States against the Governments of Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania, or any of them, arising out of the failure to—
restore or pay compensation for property of nationals of the United States as required by article 23 of the treaty of peace with Bulgaria, articles 26 and 27 of the treaty of peace with Hungary, and articles 24 and 25 of the treaty of peace with Rumania. Awards under this paragraph shall be in amounts not to exceed two-thirds of the loss or damage actually sustained;
pay effective compensation for the nationalization, compulsory liquidation, or other taking, prior to , of property of nationals of the United States in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania;
meet obligations expressed in currency of the United States arising out of contractual or other rights acquired by nationals of the United States prior to , in the case of Bulgaria, and prior to , in the case of Hungary and Rumania, and which became payable prior to ;
pay effective compensation for the nationalization, compulsory liquidation, or other taking of property of nationals of the United States in Bulgaria and Rumania, between , and the effective date of the claims agreement between the respective country and the United States; and
pay effective compensation for the nationalization, compulsory liquidation, or other taking of property of nationals of the United States in Hungary, between , and the date the United States-Hungarian Claims Agreement of , enters into force.
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.
Pub. L. 84–54 · 69 Stat. 80
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 1641b
Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title III, § 303, as added Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 645, § 3, 69 Stat. 571
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title III, § 303, as added Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 645, § 3, 69 Stat. 571Pub. L. 90–421 § 1(10) · 82 Stat. 420
Added · 22 U.S.C. § 1641b(4)
Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(10), added par. (4)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (4). Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(10), added par. (4).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. 93–460 § 1(3) · 88 Stat. 1386
Added · 22 U.S.C. § 1641b(5)
Pub. L. 93–460, § 1(3), added par. (5)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (5). Pub. L. 93–460, § 1(3), added par. (5).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Section 302, title III, is amended by adding a new subsection (c) as follows: “(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall cover into the Hungarian Claims Fund, such sums as may be paid to the United States by the Government 24 UST 522. of Hungary pursuant to the terms of the United States-Hungarian Claims Agreement of March 6, 1973.”.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments1968–1974 · 2 rounds
1974
Par. (5). Pub. L. 93–460, § 1(3), added par. (5).
1968
Par. (4). Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(10), added par. (4).
Credits
1950–1974 · 3 acts
- 1950Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title III, § 303, as added Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 645, § 3, 69 Stat. 571
- 1968amended Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(9), (10), , 82 Stat. 422
- 1974Pub. L. 93–460, § 1(2), (3), , 88 Stat. 1386.
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(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title III, § 303, as added Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 645, § 3, 69 Stat. 571; amended Pub. L. 90–421, § 1(9), (10), , 82 Stat. 422; Pub. L. 93–460, § 1(2), (3), , 88 Stat. 1386.)