50 U.S.C. § 4102 — Jurisdiction of Commission

Page 1023 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 4103 to Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1954, §§ 2, 4, eff. July 1, 1954, 19 F.R. 3985, 68 Stat. 1279, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which abolished War Claims Commission, including offices of its members, and transferred functions of Commission and members, officers, and employees thereof to For- eign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States. § 4102. Jurisdiction of Commission The Commission shall have jurisdiction to re- ceive and adjudicate according to law claims as hereinafter provided. (July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title I, § 3, 62 Stat. 1241.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 2002 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi- fication and renumbering as this section. 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 transferred to For- eign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1954, §§ 2, 4, eff. July 1, 1954, 19 F.R. 3985, 68 Stat. 1279, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, also, section 4101 of this title and notes there- under. § 4103. Claims of employees of contractors (a) Payment by Secretary of Labor of certain claims; execution of releases The Secretary of Labor is authorized to re- ceive, adjudicate according to law, and provide for the payment of any claim filed by any person specified in section 101(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide benefits for the injury, dis- ability, death, or enemy detention of employees of contractors with the United States, and for other purposes’’, approved December 2, 1942, as amended [42 U.S.C. 1701(a)], or by the legal rep- resentative of any such person who may have died, for the amount by which (1) the total sum which would have been payable to such person by his employer (not including any payments for overtime), if such person’s contract of employ- ment had been in effect and he had been paid under it for the entire period during which he was entitled to receive benefits under section 101(b) of such Act [42 U.S.C. 1701(b)], exceeds (2) the entire amount creditable to such person’s account for such period under the provisions of such section plus any amounts paid to such per- son by such employer for such period or recov- ered by such person in any legal action against such employer based upon such person’s right against such employer for such period under the contract of employment, including payments in settlement of the liability of the employer aris- ing under or out of such contract. No claim shall be allowed to any person under the provisions of this section unless such person executes a full release to the employer and to the United States in respect to the liability of the employer aris- ing under or out of the contract of employment, except liability for workmen’s compensation benefits under the Act of August 16, 1941, as amended [42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.] or detention or other benefits paid under the Act of December 2, 1942, as amended [42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.]. Any claim allowed under the provisions of this sec- tion shall be certified by the Secretary of Labor to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment out of the War Claims Fund established by sec- tion 4110 of this title. (b) Cancellation of employees’ obligations; repay- ment to employees (1) The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to cancel any obligation to the United States of any person specified in section 101(a) of such Act of December 2, 1942 [42 U.S.C. 1701(a)], to pay any sum which may have been advanced to or on behalf of any such person by the De- partment of State for the purpose of paying the costs of food and medical services furnished to such person during his period of internment by the Imperial Japanese Government or for the purpose of paying transportation or other ex- penses of repatriation. (2) The Secretary of Labor is authorized to re- ceive, adjudicate according to law, and provide for the payment of any claim filed by any person specified in section 101(a) of such Act of Decem- ber 2, 1942 [42 U.S.C. 1701(a)], for the repayment of any sum which may have been paid by such person to the Department of State in settlement of any obligation of the type referred to in para- graph (1) of this subsection. Any claim allowed under the provisions of this paragraph shall be certified by the Secretary of Labor to the Sec- retary of the Treasury for payment out of the War Claims Fund established by section 4110 of this title. (c) Omitted (July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title I, § 4, 62 Stat. 1241; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 19, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1271; Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 102, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1107.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Act of August 16, 1941, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 16, 1941, ch. 357, 55 Stat. 622, known as the Defense Base Act, which is classified generally to chapter 11 (§ 1651 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Wel- fare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1651 of Title 42 and Tables. Act of December 2, 1942, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668, 56 Stat. 1028, which is classified principally to chapter 12 (§ 1701 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section is comprised of section 4 of act July 3, 1948. Subsec. (c) of section 4 of act July 3, 1948, amended sec- tion 1702 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Section was formerly classified to section 2003 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi- fication and renumbering as this section.