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[CITE: 22USC1626]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
             CHAPTER 21--SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1626. Payments


(a) Principal and interest; regulations

    Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, the Secretary of 
the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, as prescribed by section 
1627 of this title, an amount not exceeding the principal of each award, 
plus accrued interest on such awards as bear interest, certified 
pursuant to section 1624 of this title, in accordance with the award. 
Such payments, and applications for such payments, shall be made in 
accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may 
prescribe.

(b) Deductions; coverage into Treasury; reimbursement for expenses

    (1) There shall be deducted from the amount of each payment made 
pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1627 of this title, as 
reimbursement for the expenses incurred by the United States, an amount 
equal to 5 per centum of such payment. All amounts so deducted shall be 
covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.
    (2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall deduct from any amounts 
covered, subsequent to July 24, 1968, into any special fund, created 
pursuant to section 1627 of this title, 5 per centum thereof as 
reimbursement to the Government of the United States for expenses 
incurred by the Commission and by the Treasury Department in the 
administration of this subchapter. The amounts so deducted shall be 
covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.

(c) To whom made; exceptions

    Payments made pursuant to this subchapter shall be made only to the 
person or persons on behalf of whom the award is made, except that--
        (1) if any person to whom any payment is to be made pursuant to 
    this subchapter is deceased or is under a legal disability, payment 
    shall be made to his legal representative, except that if any 
    payment to be made is not over $1,000 and there is no qualified 
    executor or administrator, payment may be made to the person or 
    persons found by the Secretary of the Treasury to be entitled 
    thereto, without the necessity of compliance with the requirements 
    of law with respect to the administration of estates;
        (2) in the case of a partnership or corporation, the existence 
    of which has been terminated and on behalf of which an award is 
    made, payment shall be made, except as provided in paragraphs (3) 
    and (4) of this subsection, to the person or persons found by the 
    Secretary of the Treasury to be entitled thereto;
        (3) if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or 
    corporation has been duly appointed by a court of competent 
    jurisdiction in the United States and has not been discharged prior 
    to the date of payment, payment shall be made to such receiver or 
    trustee in accordance with the order of the court;
        (4) if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or 
    corporation, duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in 
    the United States, makes an assignment of the claim, or any part 
    thereof, with respect to which an award is made, or makes an 
    assignment of such award, or any part thereof, payment shall be made 
    to the assignee, as his interest may appear; and
        (5) in the case of any assignment of an award, or any part 
    thereof, which is made in writing and duly acknowledged and filed, 
    after such award is certified to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
    payment may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be 
    made to the assignee, as his interest may appear.

(d) Erroneous payments as bar to further recovery

    Whenever the Secretary of the Treasury shall find that any person is 
entitled to any such payment, after such payment shall have been 
received by such person, it shall be an absolute bar to recovery by any 
other person against the United States, its officers, agents, or 
employees with respect to such payment.

(e) Acquiescence in conditions of subchapter

    Any person who makes application for any such payment shall be held 
to have consented to all the provisions of this subchapter.

(f) Non-assumption of liability by United States on claims against 
        foreign governments

    Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as the assumption of 
any liability by the United States for the payment or satisfaction, in 
whole or in part, of any claim on behalf of any national of the United 
States against any foreign government.

(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title I, Sec. 7, 64 Stat. 16; Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 
396, Sec. 2, 67 Stat. 506; Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 645, Secs. 1, 2, 69 Stat. 
562; Pub. L. 90-421, Sec. 1(2), (3), July 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 420; Pub. 
L. 104-316, title II, Sec. 202(h), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3842.)


References to This Subchapter Deemed To Include Section 119 of H.R. 2076

    References to this subchapter deemed to include section 119 of H.R. 
2076, see section 119(b) of H.R. 2076, as enacted into law by Pub. L. 
104-91, set out as an Authority of Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 
note under section 1644 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (c)(1), (2). Pub. L. 104-316, Sec. 202(h)(1), 
substituted ``Secretary of the Treasury'' for ``Comptroller General'' in 
par. (1) and ``Secretary of the Treasury'' for ``Comptroller General of 
the United States'' in par. (2).
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-316, Sec. 202(h)(2), struck out ``, or the 
Comptroller General of the United States, as the case may be,'' after 
``Secretary of the Treasury''.
    1968--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90-421, Sec. 1(2), designated existing 
provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 90-421, Sec. 1(3), substituted ``any person 
to whom any payment is to be made pursuant to this subchapter'' for 
``such person'' and ``, except that if any payment to be made is not 
over $1000'' for ``: Provided, That if the total award is not over 
$500'', and struck out ``of the United States'' after ``Comptroller 
General''.
    1955--Act Aug. 9, 1955, Sec. 1, amended credit to section by 
designating act Mar. 10, 1950, as ``title I''.
    Act Aug. 9, 1955, Sec. 2, substituted ``subchapter'' for 
``chapter''.
    1953--Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 8, 1953, increased the amount deductible 
to cover expenses from 3 to 5 percent.

 Abolition of International Claims Commission and Transfer of Functions

    International Claims Commission of the United States, including 
offices of its members, abolished and functions of Commission and of 
members, officers, and employees thereof transferred to Foreign Claims 
Settlement Commission of the United States by Reorg. Plan No. 1, of 
1954, Secs. 1, 2, 4, eff. July 1, 1954, 19 F.R. 3985, 68 Stat. 1279, set 
out as a note under section 1622 of this title.
    For provisions transferring Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of 
the United States as a separate agency within the Department of Justice, 
see section 1622a et seq. of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1627, 1641q, 1642o, 1643h, 
1644m, 1645n of this title; title 50 App. section 2017n.
