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22 U.S.C. § 1641i — Payment of awards
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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) 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=0&edition=prelim) with respect to Rumania and Bulgaria, no further payments shall be authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury on account of awards certified by the Commission pursuant to 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) of the Bulgarian or Rumanian Claims Funds, as the case may be, until payments on account of awards certified 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) with respect to such fund have been authorized in equal proportion to payments previously authorized on existing awards certified pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim).
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(A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (D), whenever the Commission is authorized to settle claims by enactment of paragraph (5) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to Hungary, no further payments shall be authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury on account of awards certified by the Commission under paragraphs (2) and (3) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim) out of the Hungarian Claims Fund until payments on account of awards certified under paragraph (5) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to such fund have been authorized in equal proportions to payments previously authorized on existing awards certified under paragraphs (2) and (3) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (D), with respect to awards previously certified under paragraph (1) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary of the Treasury shall not authorize any further payments until payments on account of awards certified under paragraphs (2), (3), and (5) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim) have been authorized in equal proportions to payments previously authorized on existing awards certified under paragraph (1) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(C) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (D), the Secretary of the Treasury shall not authorize any further payments on account of awards certified under paragraph (3) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim) based on Kingdom of Hungary bonds expressed in United States dollars or upon awards to Standstill creditors of Hungary that were the subject matter of the agreement of December 5, 1969, between the Government of Hungary and the American Committee for Standstill creditors of Hungary.
(D) No payments shall be authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury on account of awards certified by the Commission under paragraph (5) of [section 1641b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641b&num=0&edition=prelim), and no further payments shall be so authorized under paragraphs (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) (except payments certified as the result of claims filed under subsection (d) of [section 1641e of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641e&num=0&edition=prelim)), until payments on account of awards certified under such paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as the result of a claims 11 So in original. Probably should be “claim”. filed under subsection (d) of [section 1641e of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641e&num=0&edition=prelim) have been authorized in equal proportions to payments previously authorized on existing awards certified under such paragraphs and arising out of claims filed other than under such subsection (d).
(E) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to deduct the sum of $125,000 from the Hungarian Claims Fund and cover such amount into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts in satisfaction of the claim of the United States referred to in article 2, paragraph 4 of the United States-Hungarian Claims Agreement of March 6, 1973. Such amount shall be deducted in annual installments over the period during which the Government of Hungary makes payments to the Government of the United States as provided in article 4 of the agreement.
**(b) Regulations** Such payments, and applications for such payments, shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe.
**(c) “Award” defined** For the purposes of making any such payments, an “award” shall be deemed to mean the aggregate of all awards certified in favor of the same claimant and payable from the same fund.
**(d) Consolidated award** With respect to any claim which, at the time of the award, is vested in persons other than the person to whom the claim originally accrued, the Commission may issue a consolidated award in favor of all claimants then entitled thereto, which award shall indicate the respective interests of such claimants therein; and all such claimants shall participate, in proportion to their indicated interests, in the payments provided by this section in all respects as if the award had been in favor of a single person.
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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) Establishment; coverage into Treasury; deduction** There are created in the Treasury of the United States five funds to be known as the Bulgarian 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 respective country or its nationals covered into the Treasury pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of [section 1631a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1631a&num=0&edition=prelim). 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 orders certified to that country for payment) and shall cover into the Soviet Claims Fund the funds so covered into the Treasury. The Secretary shall deduct from each claims fund 5 per centum thereof as reimbursement to the Government of the United States for the expenses incurred by the Commission and by the Treasury Department in the administration of this subchapter. Such deduction shall be made before any payment is made out of such fund under [section 1641i of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641i&num=0&edition=prelim). All amounts so deducted shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.
**(b) Bulgarian and Ruman
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**(a) Claims not provided for in peace treaty** The Commission shall receive and determine, in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding and applicable substantive law, including international law, the validity and amount of claims of nationals of the United States against the government of Italy arising out of the war in which Italy was engaged from June 10, 1940, to September 15, 1947, and with respect to which provision was not made in the treaty of peace with Italy. Upon payment of the principal amounts (without interest) of all awards from the Italian Claims Fund created pursuant to [section 1641a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641a&num=0&edition=prelim), the Commission shall determine the validity and amount of any claim under this section by any natural person who was a citizen of the United States on August 9, 1955 and shall, in the event an award is issued pursuant to such claim, certify the same to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment out of remaining balances in the Italian Claims Fund in accordance with the provisions of [section 1641i of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1641i&num=0&edition=prelim), notwithstanding that the period of time prescribed in section 1641o of this title for the settlement of all claims under this section may have expired.
**(b) Individuals who fail to file claims** The Commission shall receive and determine, or redetermine, as the case may be, in accordance with applicable substantive law, including international law, the validity and amounts of claims owned by person who were eligible to file claims under the first sentence of subsection (a) of this section on August 9, 1955, but failed to file such claim
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**(a) Order of priority of payments** The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay out of the War Claims Fund on account of awards certified by the Commission pursuant to this subchapter as follows and in the following order of priority:
(1) Payment in full of awards made pursuant to section 4132(d)(1) and (2) of this title, and thereafter of any award made pursuant to [section 4132(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4132/a&num=0&edition=prelim) to any claimant (A) certified to the Commission by the Small Business Administration as having been, on the date of loss, damage, or destruction, a small business concern within the meaning now set forth in the Small Business Act, as amended [[15 U.S.C. 631](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section631&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or (B) determined by the Commission to have been, on the date of loss, damage, or destruction, a nonprofit organization operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare, religious, charitable, or educational purposes.
(2) Thereafter, payments from time to time on account of the other awards made pursuant to [section 4132 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4132&num=0&edition=prelim) in an amount which shall be the same for each award or in the amount of the award, whichever is less. The total payment made pursuant to this paragraph on account of any award shall not exceed $10,000.
(3) Thereafter, payments from time to time on account of the other awards made to individuals and corporations pursuant to [section 4132 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4132&num=0&edition=prelim) and not compensa
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 1641i
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, which limit shall not be more
than one year after such publication, except
that with respect to claims under section 1641d
of this title 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 administra-
tive expenses incurred in carrying out its func-
tions under paragraph (4) of section 1641b of this
title, 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, which limit shall not be more than six
months after such publication.
(c) Property taken in Hungary
Within thirty days after October 20, 1974, or
thirty days after enactment of legislation mak-
ing appropriations to the Commission for pay-
ment of administrative expenses incurred in car-
rying out its functions under paragraph (5) of
section 1641b of this title, whichever date is
later, the Commission shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register the time when, and the limit of
time within which, claims may be filed with the
Commission under paragraph (5) of section 1641b
of this title, which limit shall not be more than
six months after such publication.
(d) Failure to receive notice on Hungarian
claims
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, any national of the United States who
was mailed notice by any department
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