Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
22 U.S.C. § 6021 — Proof of ownership of claims to confiscated property
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Evidence of ownership**
(1) **Conclusiveness of certified claims** — In any action brought under this subchapter, the court shall accept as conclusive proof of ownership of an interest in property a certification of a claim to ownership of that interest that has been made by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission under title V of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 ([22 U.S.C. 1643](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1643&num=0&edition=prelim) and following).
(2) **Claims not certified** — If in an action under this subchapter a claim has not been so certified by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, the court may appoint a special master, including the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, to make determinations regarding the amount and ownership of the claim. Such determinations are only for evidentiary purposes in civil actions brought under this subchapter and do not constitute certifications under title V of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949.
(3) **Effect of determinations of foreign or international entities** — In determining the amount or ownership of a claim in an action under this subchapter, the court shall not accept as conclusive evidence any findings, orders, judgments, or decrees from administrative agencies or courts of foreign countries or international organizations that declare the value of or invalidate the claim, unless the declaration of value or invalidation was found pursuant to binding international arbitration to which the United States or the claimant submitted the claim.
**(b) Omitted**
**(c) Rule of construction** Nothing in this chapter or in section 514 of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 [[22 U.S.C. 1643](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 22 U.S.C. § 6021
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Original supplied file — preserved unchanged
Download original Markdown file
File SHA-256: 1fe96c472ef8aeda3d428bafed4f21c0188971d111a97e66e225f1eb3ee38cd2. The original may include catalog metadata, neighboring provisions, or embedded records outside this collection's scope. Search shows only the selected federal record. Historical editions and unverified snapshots are not a statement of current law.
Authority boundary: historical or unconfirmed source not current law verified.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: federal_law:legal_authorities:record_usc_ac22993f29d09550160f63d4
Source file: Laws/federal/codes/united-states-code/title-22/section-6021-proof-of-ownership-of-claims-to-confiscated-property--d786d216e6.md
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 0418c0a7808e77c12765506f8330486c96a88a8cf68ace12634c681a82b2a360
Source location: Title 22, Chapter 69A, § 6021; chapter-69a-cuban-liberty-and-democratic-solidarity-libertad.md
Stored source content
**(a) Evidence of ownership**
(1) **Conclusiveness of certified claims** — In any action brought under this subchapter, the court shall accept as conclusive proof of ownership of an interest in property a certification of a claim to ownership of that interest that has been made by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission under title V of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 ([22 U.S.C. 1643](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1643&num=0&edition=prelim) and following).
(2) **Claims not certified** — If in an action under this subchapter a claim has not been so certified by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, the court may appoint a special master, including the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, to make determinations regarding the amount and ownership of the claim. Such determinations are only for evidentiary purposes in civil actions brought under this subchapter and do not constitute certifications under title V of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949.
(3) **Effect of determinations of foreign or international entities** — In determining the amount or ownership of a claim in an action under this subchapter, the court shall not accept as conclusive evidence any findings, orders, judgments, or decrees from administrative agencies or courts of foreign countries or international organizations that declare the value of or invalidate the claim, unless the declaration of value or invalidation was found pursuant to binding international arbitration to which the United States or the claimant submitted the claim.
**(b) Omitted**
**(c) Rule of construction** Nothing in this chapter or in section 514 of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 [[22 U.S.C. 1643](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1643&num=0&edition=prelim)l], as added by subsection (b), shall be construed—
(1) to require or otherwise authorize the claims of Cuban nationals who became United States citizens after their property was confiscated to be included in the claims certified to the Secretary of State by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission for purposes of future negotiation and espousal of claims with a friendly government in Cuba when diplomatic relations are restored; or
(2) as superseding, amending, or otherwise altering certifications that have been made under title V of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 [[22 U.S.C. 1643](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1643&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] before March 12, 1996.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide for the determination of the amount and validity of claims against the Government of Cuba, or the Chinese Communist regime, which have arisen since January 1, 1959, in the case of claims against the Government of Cuba, or since October 1, 1949, in the case of claims against the Chinese Communist regime, out of nationalization, expropriation, intervention, or other takings of, or special measures directed against, property of nationals of the United States, and claims for disability or death of nationals of the United States arising out of violations of international law by the Government of Cuba, or the Chinese Communist regime, in order to obtain information concerning the total amount of such claims against the Government of Cuba, or the Chinese Communist regime, on behalf of nationals of the United States. This subchapter shall not be construed as authorizing an appropriation or as any intention to authorize an appropriation for the purpose of paying such claims.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 22 U.S.C. § 1643
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
For the purposes of this subchapter—
**(a)** The term “person” shall include an individual, partnership, corporation, or the Government of the United States.
**(b)** The term “United States” when used in a geographical sense shall include the United States, its Territories and insular possessions, and the Canal Zone.
**(c)** The term “nationals of the United States” includes (1) persons who are citizens of the United States, and (2) persons who, though not citizens of the United States, owe permanent allegiance to the United States. It does not include aliens.
**(d)** The term “Yugoslav Claims Agreement of 1948” means the agreement between the Governments of the United States of America and of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia regarding pecuniary claims of the United States and its nationals, signed July 19, 1948.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 22 U.S.C. § 1621
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to assist the Cuban people in regaining their freedom and prosperity, as well as in joining the community of democratic countries that are flourishing in the Western Hemisphere;
(2) to strengthen international sanctions against the Castro government;
(3) to provide for the continued national security of the United States in the face of continuing threats from the Castro government of terrorism, theft of property from United States nationals by the Castro government, and the political manipulation by the Castro government of the desire of Cubans to escape that results in mass migration to the United States;
(4) to encourage the holding of free and fair democratic elections in Cuba, conducted under the supervision of internationally recognized observers;
(5) to provide a policy framework for United States support to the Cuban people in response to the formation of a transition government or a democratically elected government in Cuba; and
(6) to protect United States nationals against confiscatory takings and the wrongful trafficking in property confiscated by the Castro regime.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 22 U.S.C. § 6032
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) **Agency or instrumentality of a foreign state** — The term “agency or instrumentality of a foreign state” has the meaning given that term in [section 1603(b) of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1603/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(3) **Commercial activity** — The term “commercial activity” has the meaning given that term in [section 1603(d) of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1603/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Confiscated** — As used in subchapters I and III, the term “confiscated” refers to—
(A) the nationalization, expropriation, or other seizure by the Cuban Government of ownership or control of property, on or after January 1, 1959—
(i) without the property having been returned or adequate and effective compensation provided; or
(ii) without the claim to the property having been settled pursuant to an international claims settlement agreement or other mutually accepted settlement procedure; and
(B) the repudiation by the Cuban Government of, the default by the Cuban Government on, or the failure of the Cuban Government to pay, on or after January 1, 1959—
(i) a debt of any enterprise which has been nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise taken by the Cuban Government;
(ii) a debt which is a charge on property nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise taken by the Cu
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 22 U.S.C. § 6033
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
If any provision of this chapter or the amendments made by this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, the amendments made by this chapter, or the application thereof to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidation.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 22 U.S.C. § 6034
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
Nothing in this chapter prohibits any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency, or of an intelligence agency, of the United States.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 22 U.S.C. § 6063
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Authorization**
(1) **In general** — The President shall develop a plan for providing economic assistance to Cuba at such time as the President determines that a transition government or a democratically elected government in Cuba (as determined under [section 6063(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6063/c&num=0&edition=prelim)) is in power.
(2) **Effect on other laws** — Assistance may be provided under this section subject to an authorization of appropriations and subject to the availability of appropriations.
**(b) Plan for assistance**
(1) **Development of plan** — The President shall develop a plan for providing assistance under this section—
(A) to Cuba when a transition government in Cuba is in power; and
(B) to Cuba when a democratically elected government in Cuba is in power.
(2) **Types of assistance** — Assistance under the plan developed under paragraph (1) may, subject to an authorization of appropriations and subject to the availability of appropriations, include the following:
(A) *Transition government*
(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), assistance to Cuba under a transition government shall, subject to an authorization of appropriations and subject to the availability of appropriations, be limited to—
(I) such food, medicine, medical supplies and equipment, and assistance to meet emergency energy needs, as is necessary to meet the basic human needs of the Cuban people; and
(II) assistance described in subparagraph (C).
(ii) Assistance in addition to assistance under clause (i) may be provided, but only after the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, in accordance with procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications u
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 22 U.S.C. § 6066
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Requirements** For the purposes of this chapter, a transition government in Cuba is a government that—
(1) has legalized all political activity;
(2) has released all political prisoners and allowed for investigations of Cuban prisons by appropriate international human rights organizations;
(3) has dissolved the present Department of State Security in the Cuban Ministry of the Interior, including the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution and the Rapid Response Brigades; and
(4) has made public commitments to organizing free and fair elections for a new government—
(A) to be held in a timely manner within a period not to exceed 18 months after the transition government assumes power;
(B) with the participation of multiple independent political parties that have full access to the media on an equal basis, including (in the case of radio, television, or other telecommunications media) in terms of allotments of time for such access and the times of day such allotments are given; and
(C) to be conducted under the supervision of internationally recognized observers, such as the Organization of American States, the United Nations, and other election monitors;
(5) has ceased any interference with Radio Marti or Television Marti broadcasts;
(6) makes public commitments to and is making demonstrable progress in—
(A) establishing an independent judiciary;
(B) respecting internationally recognized human rights and basic freedoms as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to which Cuba is a signatory nation;
(C) allowing the establishment of independent trade unions as set forth in conventions 87 and 98 of the International Labor Organization, and allowing the establishment of independent social, economic, and political association
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 22 U.S.C. § 6082
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
For purposes of this chapter, a democratically elected government in Cuba, in addition to meeting the requirements of [section 6065(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6065/a&num=0&edition=prelim), is a government which—
(1) results from free and fair elections—
(A) conducted under the supervision of internationally recognized observers; and
(B) in which—
(i) opposition parties were permitted ample time to organize and campaign for such elections; and
(ii) all candidates were permitted full access to the media;
(2) is showing respect for the basic civil liberties and human rights of the citizens of Cuba;
(3) is substantially moving toward a market-oriented economic system based on the right to own and enjoy property;
(4) is committed to making constitutional changes that would ensure regular free and fair elections and the full enjoyment of basic civil liberties and human rights by the citizens of Cuba;
(5) has made demonstrable progress in establishing an independent judiciary; and
(6) has made demonstrable progress in returning to United States citizens (and entities which are 50 percent or more beneficially owned by United States citizens) property taken by the Cuban Government from such citizens and entities on or after January 1, 1959, or providing full compensation for such property in accordance with international law standards and practice.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 22 U.S.C. § 6083
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
Page 430
TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 1642p
provisions of subchapter I shall be applicable to
this subchapter: Subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (h),
and (j) of section 1623 of this title; subsections
(c), (d), (e), and (f) of section 1626 of this title.
(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title IV, § 416, as added Pub.
L. 85–604, § 1, Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 530.)
§ 1642p. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to enable the Com-
mission and the Treasury Department to pay
their administrative expenses incurred in car-
rying out their functions under this subchapter.
(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title IV, § 417, as added Pub.
L. 85–604, § 1, Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 530.)
SUBCHAPTER V—CLAIMS AGAINST CUBA
AND CHINA
§ 1643. Congressional declaration of purpose
It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide
for the determination of the amount and valid-
ity of claims against the Government of Cuba,
or the Chinese Communist regime, which have
arisen since January 1, 1959, in the case of
claims against the Government of Cuba, or since
October 1, 1949, in the case of claims against the
Chinese Communist regime, out of nationaliza-
tion,
expropriation,
intervention,
or
other
takings of, or special measures directed against,
property of nationals of the United States, and
claims for disability or death of nationals of the
United States arising out of violations of inter-
national law by the Government of Cuba, or the
Chinese Communist regime, in order to obtain
information concerning the total amount of
such claims against the Government of Cuba, or
the Chinese Communist regime, on behalf of na-
tionals of the United States. This subchapter
shall not be construed as authorizing an appro-
Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 22 U.S.C. § 1643
Stored review status: historical_2024_not_currentness_verified. The source passage cites 22 U.S.C. § 1643. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.