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50 U.S.C. § 4112 — United States citizens serving in allied forces

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50 U.S.C. § 4112 — United States citizens serving in allied forces

**(a) Right to compensation** The Commission is authorized to receive and to determine, according to law, the amount and validity, and provide for the payment of any claim for compensation filed by or on behalf of any individual who, being then an American citizen, served in the military or naval forces of any government allied with the United States during World War II who was held as a prisoner of war for any period of time subsequent to December 7, 1941, by any government of any nation with which such allied government has been at war subsequent to such date. Compensation shall be payable under this section in accordance with the standards established by, and at the rates prescribed in, subsection (b) of [section 4105 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4105&num=0&edition=prelim), and paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (d) of such section 4105. **(b) Deductions** The amount payable under this section shall be reduced by such sum as the individual entitled to compensation under this section has received or is entitled to receive from any government by reason of the same detention. **(c) Payments on death** In the event of death of the individual entitled to compensation under this section, payment may be made to the persons specified in paragraph (4) of subsection (d) of [section 4105 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4105&num=0&edition=prelim). **(d) Filing date for claims** Claims for benefits under this section must be filed within one year after August 31, 1954. **(e) Certification of claim for payment** Any claim allowed under the provisions of this section shall be certified to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment out of the War Claims Fund

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50 U.S.C. § 4105 — Prisoners of war

**(a) “Prisoner of war” defined** As used in subsection (b) of this section, the term “prisoner of war” means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or inducted member of the military or naval forces of the United States who was held as a prisoner of war for any period of time subsequent to December 7, 1941, by any government of any nation with which the United States has been at war subsequent to such date. **(b) Payment of claims; rate allowed; certification of claims** The Commission is authorized to receive, adjudicate according to law, and provide for the payment of any claim filed by any prisoner of war for compensation for the violation by the enemy government by which he was held as a prisoner of war, or its agents, of its obligation to furnish him the quantity or quality of food to which he was entitled as a prisoner of war under the terms of the Geneva Convention of July 27, 1929. The compensation allowed to any prisoner of war under the provisions of this subsection shall be at the rate of $1 for each day he was held as a prisoner of war on which the enemy government or its agents failed to furnish him such quantity or quality of food. Any claim allowed under the provisions of this subsection shall be certified to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment out of the War Claims Fund established by [section 4110 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4110&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c) Persons entitled to payments** Claims pursuant to subsection (b) shall be paid to the person entitled thereto, and shall in case of death of the persons who are entitled be payable only to or for the benefit of the following persons: (1) Widow or husband if there is no child or children of the deceased; (2) Widow or husb

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50 U.S.C. § 4110 — War Claims Fund

**(a) Composition; expenditure** There is hereby created on the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the War Claims Fund. The War Claims Fund shall consist of all sums covered into the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of [section 4336 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4336&num=0&edition=prelim). The moneys in such fund shall be available for expenditure only as provided in this chapter or as may be provided hereafter by the Congress. **(b) Estimation and certification to Treasury of total amount necessary under section 4104(f)** Before August 1, 1956, the Secretary of Labor shall estimate and report to the President the total amount which will be required to pay all benefits payable by reason of [section 4104(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4104/f&num=0&edition=prelim). If the President approves the amount so estimated as reasonably accurate, the total amount so estimated and approved shall be certified to the Secretary of the Treasury; if the President does not so approve he shall determine such amount, and the amount so determined shall be certified to the Secretary of the Treasury. Such certification shall be made on or before September 1, 1956. The Secretary of the Treasury shall then transfer from the War Claims Fund to the general fund of the Treasury a sum equal to the total amount certified to him under this subsection. **(c) Estimation and certification to Treasury of total amount necessary under section 4103(c)** Before August 1, 1956, the Secretary of Labor shall estimate and report to the President the total amount which will be required to pay all additional benefits payable as a result of the enactmen

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50 U.S.C. § 4112 — United States citizens serving in allied

Page 1035 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 4113 to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, also, section 4101 of this title and notes there- under. § 4111. Payments to certain members of religious orders In any case in which any money is payable as a result of the enactment of this subchapter to any person who is prevented from accepting such money by the rules, regulations, or cus- toms of the church or the religious order or or- ganization of which he is a member, such money shall be paid, upon the request of such person, to such church or to such religious order or organi- zation. (July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title I, § 14, 62 Stat. 1247; Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 102, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1107.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the origi- nal ‘‘this title’’, meaning title I of act July 3, 1948, ch. 826, 62 Stat. 1240, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 2013 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi- fication and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS 1962—Pub. L. 87–846 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as ref- erence to this subchapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For provisions transferring Foreign Claims Settle- ment Commission of the United States to Department of Justice, as a separate agency, see section 1622a et seq. of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS War Claims Commission, including offices of its members, abolished and functions of Commission and of members, officers, and employ

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