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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 21 — Settlement of International Claims

§ 1643m. Exclusivity of Foreign Claims Settlement Commission certification procedure

Statutory text

(a)

Subject to subsection (b), neither any national of the United States who was eligible to file a claim under section 1643b of this title but did not timely file such claim under that section, nor any person who was ineligible to file a claim under section 1643b of this title, nor any national of Cuba, including any agency, instrumentality, subdivision, or enterprise of the Government of Cuba or any local government of Cuba, nor any successor thereto, whether or not recognized by the United States, shall have a claim to, participate in, or otherwise have an interest in, the compensation proceeds or nonmonetary compensation paid or allocated to a national of the United States by virtue of a claim certified by the Commission under section 1643f of this title, nor shall any district court of the United States have jurisdiction to adjudicate any such claim.

(b)

Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to detract from or otherwise affect any rights in the shares of capital stock of nationals of the United States owning claims certified by the Commission under section 1643f of this title.

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 § 304 · 110 Stat. 785

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 1643m

    (Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title V, § 515, as added Pub. L. 104–114, title III, § 304, Mar. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 821.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title V, § 515, as added Pub. L. 104–114, title III, § 304, Mar. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 821.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 304. EXCLUSIVITY OF FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE. Title V of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C. 1643 and following), as amended by section 303, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: “Sec. 515. “exclusivity of foreign claims settlement commission certification procedure (a) Subject to subsection (b), neither any 22 USC 1643m. national of the United States who was eligible to file a claim under section 503 but did not timely file such claim under that section, nor any person who was ineligible to file a claim under section 503, nor any national of Cuba, including any agency, instrumentality, subdivision, or enterprise of the Government of Cuba or any local government of Cuba, nor any successor thereto, whether or not recognized by the United States, shall have a claim to, participate in, or otherwise have an interest in, the compensation proceeds or nonmonetary compensation paid or allocated to a national of the United States by virtue of a claim certified by the Commission under section 507, nor shall any district court of the United States have jurisdiction to adjudicate any such claim. “(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to detract from or otherwise affect any rights in the shares of capital stock of nationals of the United States owning claims certified by the Commission under section 507.”.

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, § 515, as added Pub. L. 104–114, title III, § 304, , 110 Stat. 821.)

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