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22 U.S.C. § 1641b — Claims of nationals of the United States against Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania
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The Commission shall receive and determine in accordance with applicable substantive law, including international law, the validity and amounts of claims of nationals of the United States against the Governments of Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania, or any of them, arising out of the failure to—
(1) restore or pay compensation for property of nationals of the United States as required by article 23 of the treaty of peace with Bulgaria, articles 26 and 27 of the treaty of peace with Hungary, and articles 24 and 25 of the treaty of peace with Rumania. Awards under this paragraph shall be in amounts not to exceed two-thirds of the loss or damage actually sustained;
(2) pay effective compensation for the nationalization, compulsory liquidation, or other taking, prior to August 9, 1955, of property of nationals of the United States in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania;
(3) meet obligations expressed in currency of the United States arising out of contractual or other rights acquired by nationals of the United States prior to April 24, 1941, in the case of Bulgaria, and prior to September 1, 1939, in the case of Hungary and Rumania, and which became payable prior to September 15, 1947;
(4) pay effective compensation for the nationalization, compulsory liquidation, or other taking of property of nationals of the United States in Bulgaria and Rumania, between August 9, 1955, and the effective date of the claims agreement between the respective country and the United States; and
(5) pay effective compensation for the nationalization, compulsory liquidation, or other taking of property of nationals of the United States in Hungary, between August 9, 1955, and the date the United States-Hungarian Claims Agreement of March 6, 1973, enters into force.
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The Commission shall receive and determine in accordance with applicable substantive law, including international law, the validity and amounts of claims of nationals of the United States against the Governments of Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania, or any of them, arising out of the failure to—
(1) restore or pay compensation for property of nationals of the United States as required by article 23 of the treaty of peace with Bulgaria, articles 26 and 27 of the treaty of peace with Hungary, and articles 24 and 25 of the treaty of peace with Rumania. Awards under this paragraph shall be in amounts not to exceed two-thirds of the loss or damage actually sustained;
(2) pay effective compensation for the nationalization, compulsory liquidation, or other taking, prior to August 9, 1955, of property of nationals of the United States in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania;
(3) meet obligations expressed in currency of the United States arising out of contractual or other rights acquired by nationals of the United States prior to April 24, 1941, in the case of Bulgaria, and prior to September 1, 1939, in the case of Hungary and Rumania, and which became payable prior to September 15, 1947;
(4) pay effective compensation for the nationalization, compulsory liquidation, or other taking of property of nationals of the United States in Bulgaria and Rumania, between August 9, 1955, and the effective date of the claims agreement between the respective country and the United States; and
(5) pay effective compensation for the nationalization, compulsory liquidation, or other taking of property of nationals of the United States in Hungary, between August 9, 1955, and the date the United States-Hungarian Claims Agreement of March 6, 1973, enters into force.
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**(a) Time period** Within sixty days after August 9, 1955, or within sixty days after the date of enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim), whichever date is later, the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register the time when and the limit of time within which claims may be filed under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim), which limit shall not be more than one year after such publication, except that with respect to claims under [section 1641d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641d&num=0&edition=prelim) this limit shall not exceed six months.
**(b) Property taken in Bulgaria and Rumania** Within thirty days after July 24, 1968, or the enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under paragraph (4) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim), whichever is later, the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register the time when and the limit of time within which claims may be filed under paragraph (4) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim), which limit shall not be more than six months after such publication.
**(c) Property take
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**(a) Manner of payment** The Secretary of the Treasury shall make payments on account of awards certified by the Commission pursuant to this subchapter as follows:
(1) Payment in full of the principal amount of each award made pursuant to [section 1641d(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641d/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim) and each award of $1,000 or less made pursuant to section 1641b or 1641c of this title;
(2) Payment in full of the principal amount of each award of $1,000 or less made pursuant to [section 1641d(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641d/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) Payment in the amount of $1,000 on account of the principal of each award of more than $1,000 in amount made pursuant to section 1641b, 1641c, or 1641d(a)(2) of this title;
(4) After completing the payments under the preceding paragraphs of this subsection from any one fund, payments from time to time, in ratable proportions, on account of the then unpaid principal of all awards in the principal amount of more than $1,000, according to the proportions which the unpaid principal of such awards bear to the total amount in the fund available for distribution on account of such awards at the time such payments are made;
(5) After payment has been made in full of the principal amounts of all awards from any one fund, pro rata payments from the remainder of such fund then available for distribution on account of accrued interest on such awards as bear interest;
(6) Whenever the Commission is authorized to settle claims by the enactment of paragraph (4) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=
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**(a) Claims against Russian nationals** The Commission shall complete its affairs in connection with the settlement of claims pursuant to [section 1641d(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641d/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim) not later than two years, and all other claims pursuant to this subchapter not later than four years, following August 9, 1955, or following the date of enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for the payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under this subchapter, whichever date is later.
**(b) Property taken in Bulgaria and Rumania; claims against Italy** The Commission shall complete its affairs in connection with the settlement of claims pursuant to paragraph (4) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim) and subsections (b) and (c) of [section 1641c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641c&num=0&edition=prelim) not later than two years following July 24, 1968, or following the enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under paragraph (4) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim) and subsections (b) and (c) of [section 1641c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641c&num=0&edition=prelim), whichever is later.
**(c) Property taken in Hungary** The Commission shall complete its affairs in connection with the settlement of claims pursuant to
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 1641c
garian Claims Fund, the Hungarian Claims
Fund, the Rumanian Claims Fund, the Italian
Claims Fund, and the Soviet Claims Fund. The
Secretary of the Treasury shall cover into each
of the Hungarian, Rumanian, and Bulgarian
Claims Funds, the funds attributable to the re-
spective country or its nationals covered into
the Treasury pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)
of section 1631a of this title. The Secretary of
the Treasury shall cover into the Italian Claims
Fund the sum of $5,000,000 paid to the United
States by the Government of Italy pursuant to
article II of the Memorandum of Understanding.
The Secretary shall cover into the Treasury the
funds collected by the United States pursuant to
the Litvinov Assignment (including postal funds
due prior to November 16, 1933, to the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics because of money or-
ders certified to that country for payment) and
shall cover into the Soviet Claims Fund the
funds so covered into the Treasury. The Sec-
retary shall deduct from each claims fund 5 per
centum thereof as reimbursement to the Gov-
ernment of the United States for the expenses
incurred by the Commission and by the Treas-
ury Department in the administration of this
subchapter. Such deduction shall be made before
any payment is made out of such fund under sec-
tion 1641i of this title. All amounts so deducted
shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit
of miscellaneous receipts.
(b) Bulgarian and Rumanian fund
The Secretary of the Treasury shall cover into
each of the Bulgarian and Rumanian Claims
Funds such sums as may be paid by the Govern-
ment of the respective country pursuant to the
terms of any claims settlement agreement be-
tween the Government o
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