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[CITE: 22USC1642b]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
             CHAPTER 21--SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS
 
              SUBCHAPTER IV--CLAIMS AGAINST CZECHOSLOVAKIA
 
Sec. 1642b. Claims against United States; jurisdiction; 
        limitation; preference; reserve fund
        
    No judicial relief or remedy shall be available to any person 
asserting a claim against the United States or any officer or agent 
thereof with respect to any action taken under this subchapter, or any 
other claim for or on account of the property or proceeds described in 
section 1642a of this title, or for any other action taken with respect 
thereto except to the extent that the action complained of constitutes a 
taking of private property without just compensation, and to such extent 
the sole judicial relief and remedy available shall be an action brought 
against the United States in the United States Court of Federal Claims 
which action must be brought within one year of August 8, 1958, or it 
shall be forever barred; and any action so brought shall receive a 
preference over all actions which themselves are not given preference by 
statute. No other court shall have original jurisdiction to consider any 
such claim by mandamus or otherwise. If any action is brought pursuant 
to this section the Secretary of the Treasury shall set aside an 
appropriate reserve in the account containing the moneys held pursuant 
to subsection (a) of section 1642a of this title. Such reserve shall be 
retained pending a final determination of all issues raised in the 
action and recovery in any such action shall be limited to and paid out 
of the moneys so reserved. After a final determination of all issues 
raised in the action and payment of any judgment against the United 
States entered pursuant thereto, any balance no longer required to be 
held in reserve shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions 
of subsection (d) of section 1642a of this title. Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to create (1) any liability against the 
United States for any action taken pursuant to section 1642c of this 
title, (2) any liability against the United States in favor of the 
Government of Czechoslovakia, any agency or instrumentality thereof or 
any person who is an assignee or successor in interest thereto, or (3) 
any other liability against the United States.

(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title IV, Sec. 403, as added Pub. L. 85-604, 
Sec. 1, Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 528; amended Pub. L. 97-164, title I, 
Sec. 161(3), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 102-572, title IX, 
Sec. 902(b)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-572 substituted ``United States Court of Federal 
Claims'' for ``United States Claims Court''.
    1982--Pub. L. 97-164 substituted ``Claims Court'' for ``Court of 
Claims''.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section 
911 of Pub. L. 102-572, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28, 
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.


                    Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 
of Pub. L. 97-164, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28, 
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1642a of this title.
