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[CITE: 22USC1641]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
             CHAPTER 21--SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS
 
 SUBCHAPTER III--CLAIMS AGAINST BULGARIA, HUNGARY, RUMANIA, ITALY, AND 
                            THE SOVIET UNION
 
Sec. 1641. Definitions

    As used in this subchapter the term--
        (1) ``Person'' means a natural person, partnership, association, 
    other unincorporated body, corporation, or body politic.
        (2) ``National of the United States'' means (A) a natural person 
    who is a citizen of the United States, or who owes permanent 
    allegiance to the United States, and (B) a corporation or other 
    legal entity which is organized under the laws of the United States, 
    any State or Territory thereof, or the District of Columbia, if 
    natural persons who are nationals of the United States own, directly 
    or indirectly, more than 50 per centum of the outstanding capital 
    stock or other beneficial interest in such legal entity. It does not 
    include aliens.
        (3) ``Treaty of peace'', with respect to a country, means the 
    treaty of peace with that country signed at Paris, France, February 
    10, 1947, which came into force between that country and the United 
    States on September 15, 1947.
        (4) ``Memorandum of Understanding'' means the Memorandum of 
    Understanding between the United States and Italy regarding Italian 
    assets in the United States and certain claims of nationals of the 
    United States, signed at Washington, District of Columbia, August 
    14, 1947 (61 Stat. 3962).
        (5) ``Soviet Government'' means the Union of Soviet Socialist 
    Republics, including any of its present or former constituent 
    republics, other political subdivisions, and any territories 
    thereof, as constituted on or prior to November 16, 1933.
        (6) ``Litvinov Assignment'' means (A) the communication dated 
    November 16, 1933, from Maxim Litvinov to President Franklin D. 
    Roosevelt, wherein the Soviet Government assigned to the Government 
    of the United States amounts admitted or found to be due it as the 
    successor of prior governments of Russia, or otherwise, preparatory 
    to a final settlement of the claims outstanding between the two 
    Governments and the claims of their nationals; (B) the communication 
    dated November 16, 1933, from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to 
    Maxim Litvinov, accepting such assignment; and (C) the assignments 
    executed by Serge Ughet on August 25, 1933, and November 15, 1933, 
    assigning certain assets to the Government of the United States.
        (7) ``Russian national'' includes any corporation or business 
    association organized under the laws, decrees, ordinances, or acts 
    of the former Empire of Russia or of any government successor 
    thereto, and subsequently nationalized or dissolved or whose assets 
    were taken over by the Soviet Government or which was merged with 
    any other corporation or organization by the Soviet Government.
        (8) ``Commission'' means the Foreign Claims Settlement 
    Commission of the United States, established pursuant to 
    Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1954 (68 Stat. 1279).
        (9) ``Property'' means any property, right, or interest.

(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title III, Sec. 301, as added Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 
645, Sec. 3, 69 Stat. 570.)

                       References in Text

    Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1954, referred to in par. (8), is 
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1954, eff. July 1, 1954, 19 F.R. 3985, 68 Stat. 
1279, which is set out as a note under section 1622 of this title.


Transfer of Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States as 
              Separate Agency Within Department of Justice

    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.
