§ 4336. Retention of properties or interests of Germany and Japan and their nationals; proceeds covered into Treasury; ex gratia payment to Switzerland

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. 1917

   Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, § 39, as added July 3, 1948, ch. 826, § 12, 62 Stat. 1246 · 62 Stat. 1246

   Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 4336

   Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, § 39, as added July 3, 1948, ch. 826, § 12, 62 Stat. 1246

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, § 39, as added July 3, 1948, ch. 826, § 12, 62 Stat. 1246

2. 1958

   Pub. L. 85–884 · 72 Stat. 1708

   Added · 50 U.S.C. § 4336(c)

   Pub. L. 85–884 added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85–884 added subsec. (c).

3. 1962

   Pub. L. 87–846 § 204(c) · 76 Stat. 1107

   Changed · 50 U.S.C. § 4336(b)

   Pub. L. 87–846, § 204(c), required Attorney General to cover $500,000 into Treasury for deposit into War Claims Fund for payments to successor organizations receiving heirless property

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–846, § 204(c), required Attorney General to cover $500,000 into Treasury for deposit into War Claims Fund for payments to successor organizations receiving heirless property.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Section 39 of such Act is amended by adding at the end of subsection 50 USC app. 39. (b) the following new sentence: “Immediately upon the enactment of this sentence, the Attorney General shall cover into the Treasury of the United States, for deposit into the War Claims Fund, from property vested in or transferred to him under this Act, the sum of $500,000 to make payments authorized under section 32(h) of this Act.” 50 USC app. 32.

4. 1962

   Pub. L. 87–846 § 202 · 76 Stat. 1107

   Added · 50 U.S.C. § 4336(d)

   Pub. L. 87–846, § 202, added subsec. (d)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 87–846, § 202, added subsec. (d).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 202. Section 39 of the Trading With the Enemy Act is 50 USC app. 39. amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(d) The Attorney General is authorized and directed to cover into the Treasury from time to time for deposit in the War Claims Fund such sums from property vested in him or transferred to him under this Act as he shall determine in his discretion not to be required to fulfill obligations imposed under this Act or any other provision of law, and not to tie the subject matter of any judicial action or proceeding. There shall be deducted from each such deposit 5 per centum thereof for expenses incurred by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission and by the Treasury department in the administration of title II of the War Claims Act of 1948. Such deductions shall be Ante, p. 1107. made before any payment is made pursuant to such title. All amounts so deducted shall lie covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.”

5. 1962

   Pub. L. 87–861 § 1 · 76 Stat. 1139

   Repealed · 50 U.S.C. § 4336(a)

   Pub. L. 87–861 provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or otherwise affect the operation of section 4337, 4338, 4339, or 4340 of this title

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–861 provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or otherwise affect the operation of section 4337, 4338, 4339, or 4340 of this title.

6. 1966

   Pub. L. 89–619 · 80 Stat. 871

   Added · 50 U.S.C. § 4336(e)

   Pub. L. 89–619 added subsec. (e)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 89–619 added subsec. (e).

7. 1985

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987

   Pub. L. 99–93 title VIII § 803 · 99 Stat. 405

   Added · 50 U.S.C. § 4336(f)

   Pub. L. 99–93 added subsec. (f)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 99–93 added subsec. (f).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 803. EX GRATIA PAYMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SWITZERLAND. Section 39 of the Trading With the Enemy Act (62 Stat. 1246; 50 U.S.C. App. 39) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(f) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of subsections (a) through (d) of this section, the Attorney General is authorized to pay from property vested in or transferred to the Attorney General under this Act, the sum of $20,000 as an ex gratia payment to the Government of Switzerland in accordance with the terms of the agreement entered into by that Government and the Government of the United States on March 12, 1980.”.

8. 1988

   Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–418 title II § 2501(a) · 102 Stat. 1107

   1. Added · 50 U.S.C. § 4336(b)(f)

      Pub. L. 100–418 added subsec. (b)

   2. Redesignated · 50 U.S.C. § 4336(b)(f)

      Pub. L. 100–418 redesignated subsec. (f) as (c)

   3. Substituted · 50 U.S.C. § 4336(b)(f)

      Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “and (b)” for “through (d)”

   4. Struck · 50 U.S.C. § 4336(b)(f)

      Pub. L. 100–418 struck out former subsecs. (b) to (e) which related to authorizations for certain transfers of funds into the Treasury by the Attorney General for deposit into the War Claims Fund and transfer of certain paintings to the Federal Republic of Germany

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (b) to (f). Pub. L. 100–418 added subsec. (b), redesignated subsec. (f) as (c) and substituted “and (b)” for “through (d)”, and struck out former subsecs. (b) to (e) which related to authorizations for certain transfers of funds into the Treasury by the Attorney General for deposit into the War Claims Fund and transfer of certain paintings to the Federal Republic of Germany.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Termination of Office of Alien Property.— (1) The Trading with the Enemy Act is amended by striking subsections (b) through (e) of section 39 (50 U.S.C. App. 39) and inserting the following new subsection: “(b) The Attorney General shall cover into the Treasury, to the credit of miscellaneous receipts, all sums from property vested in or transferred to the Attorney General under this Act— “(1) which the Attorney General receives after the date of the enactment of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988, or “(2) which the Attorney General received before that date and which, as of that date, the Attorney General had not covered into the Treasury for deposit in the War Claims Fund, other than any such sums which the Attorney General determines in his or her discretion are the subject matter of any judicial action or proceeding.”. (2) Subsection (f) of such section is amended— (A) by striking “(f)” and inserting “(c)”; and (B) by striking “through (d)” and inserting “and (b)”.

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