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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 21 — Settlement of International Claims

§ 1643l. Determination of ownership of claims referred by district courts of the United States

Statutory text

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and only for purposes of section 6082 of this title, a United State 1 district court, for fact-finding purposes, may refer to the Commission, and the Commission may determine, questions of the amount and ownership of a claim by a United States national (as defined in section 6023 of this title), resulting from the confiscation of property by the Government of Cuba described in section 1643b(a) of this title, whether or not the United States national qualified as a national of the United States (as defined in section 1643a(1) of this title) at the time of the action by the Government of Cuba.

Footnotes

  1. 1So in original. Probably should be “States”.

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. Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996

    Pub. L. 104–114 title III § 303(b) · 110 Stat. 785

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 1643l

    (Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title V, § 514, as added Pub. L. 104–114, title III, § 303(b), Mar. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 820.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title V, § 514, as added Pub. L. 104–114, title III, § 303(b), Mar. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 820.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Amendment of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949.— Title V of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C. 1643 and following) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “Sec. 514. “determination of ownership of claims referred by district courts of the united states 22 USC 1643l. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and only for purposes of section 302 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, a United State district court, for factfinding purposes, may refer to the Commission, and the Commission may determine, questions of the amount and ownership of a claim by a United States national (as defined in section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996), resulting from the confiscation of property by the Government of Cuba described in section 503(a), whether or not the United States national qualified as a national of the United States (as defined in section 502(1)) at the time of the action by the Government of Cuba”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , or date determined pursuant to suspension authority of President, see section 6085 of this title.

Credits

(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title V, § 514, as added Pub. L. 104–114, title III, § 303(b), , 110 Stat. 820.)

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