                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 12--TRADE ACT OF 1974
 
      SUBCHAPTER IV--TRADE RELATIONS WITH COUNTRIES NOT RECEIVING 
                       NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT
 
             Part 1--Trade Relations With Certain Countries
 
Sec. 2438. Payment by Czechoslovakia of amounts owed United 
        States citizens and nationals
        

(a) Renegotiation of 1974 agreement

    The arrangement initialed on July 5, 1974, with respect to the 
settlement of the claims of citizens and nationals of the United States 
against the Government of Czechoslovakia shall be renegotiated and shall 
be submitted to the Congress as part of any agreement entered into under 
this subchapter with Czechoslovakia.

(b) Provisional retention of gold

    The United States shall not release any gold belonging to 
Czechoslovakia and controlled directly or indirectly by the United 
States pursuant to the provisions of the Paris Reparations Agreement of 
January 24, 1946, or otherwise, until such agreement has been approved 
by the Congress.

(Pub. L. 93-618, title IV, Sec. 408, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2064.)
