Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 21 — Settlement of International Claims
§ 1643. Congressional declaration of purpose
Statutory text
It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide for the determination of the amount and validity of claims against the Government of Cuba, or the Chinese Communist regime, which have arisen since , in the case of claims against the Government of Cuba, or since , in the case of claims against the Chinese Communist regime, out of nationalization, expropriation, intervention, or other takings of, or special measures directed against, property of nationals of the United States, and claims for disability or death of nationals of the United States arising out of violations of international law by the Government of Cuba, or the Chinese Communist regime, in order to obtain information concerning the total amount of such claims against the Government of Cuba, or the Chinese Communist regime, on behalf of nationals of the United States. This subchapter shall not be construed as authorizing an appropriation or as any intention to authorize an appropriation for the purpose of paying such claims.
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. 88–666 · 78 Stat. 1110
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 1643
Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 88–666, Oct. 16, 1964, 78 Stat. 1110
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 88–666, Oct. 16, 1964, 78 Stat. 1110Pub. L. 89–262 § 1 · 79 Stat. 988
Struck · 22 U.S.C. § 1643
Pub. L. 89–262 struck out “which have arisen out of debts for merchandise furnished or services rendered by nationals of the United States without regard to the date on which such merchandise was furnished or services were rendered or” after “Government of Cuba” in first sentence
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 89–262 struck out “which have arisen out of debts for merchandise furnished or services rendered by nationals of the United States without regard to the date on which such merchandise was furnished or services were rendered or” after “Government of Cuba” in first sentence.Pub. L. 89–780 § 1 · 80 Stat. 1365
Changed · 22 U.S.C. § 1643
Pub. L. 89–780 provided for applicability of section to the Chinese Communist regime in the case of claims which have arisen since October 1, 1949
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 89–780 provided for applicability of section to the Chinese Communist regime in the case of claims which have arisen since October 1, 1949.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) After “the Government of Cuba” at each place it appears in such section insert “, or the Chinese Communist regime,”; and
1 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments1965–1966 · 2 rounds
1966
Pub. L. 89–780 provided for applicability of section to the Chinese Communist regime in the case of claims which have arisen since .
1965
Pub. L. 89–262 struck out “which have arisen out of debts for merchandise furnished or services rendered by nationals of the United States without regard to the date on which such merchandise was furnished or services were rendered or” after “Government of Cuba” in first sentence.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Separability
Act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title V, § 513, as added by Pub. L. 88–666, , 78 Stat. 1113, provided that: “If any provision of this Act [enacting this subchapter], or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected.”
Credits
1950–1966 · 3 acts
- 1950Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 88–666, , 78 Stat. 1110
- 1965amended Pub. L. 89–262, § 1, , 79 Stat. 988
- 1966Pub. L. 89–780, § 1, , 80 Stat. 1365.
Show as published
(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 88–666, , 78 Stat. 1110; amended Pub. L. 89–262, § 1, , 79 Stat. 988; Pub. L. 89–780, § 1, , 80 Stat. 1365.)