§ 1641d. — Claims of nationals of the United States against the Soviet Union.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC1641d]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 21--SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS
SUBCHAPTER III--CLAIMS AGAINST BULGARIA, HUNGARY, RUMANIA, ITALY, AND
THE SOVIET UNION
Sec. 1641d. Claims of nationals of the United States against the
Soviet Union
(a) Claims prior to November 16, 1933
The Commission shall receive and determine in accordance with
applicable substantive law, including international law, the validity
and amounts of--
(1) claims of nationals of the United States against a Russian
national originally accruing in favor of a national of the United
States with respect to which a judgment was entered in, or a warrant
of attachment issued from, any court of the United States or of a
State of the United States in favor of a national of the United
States, with which judgment or warrant of attachment a lien was
obtained by a national of the United States, prior to November 16,
1933, upon any property in the United States which has been taken,
collected, recovered, or liquidated by the Government of the United
States pursuant to the Litvinov Assignment. Awards under this
paragraph shall not exceed the proceeds of such property as may have
been subject to the lien of the judgment or attachment; nor, in the
event that such proceeds are less than the aggregate amount of all
valid claims so related to the same property, exceed an amount equal
to the proportion which each such claim bears to the total amount of
such proceeds; and
(2) claims, arising prior to November 16, 1933, of nationals of
the United States against the Soviet Government.
(b) Federal and State court judgments
Any judgment entered in any court of the United States or of a State
of the United States shall be binding upon the Commission in its
determination, under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section, of
any issue which was determined by the court in which the judgment was
entered.
(c) Preferences
The Commission shall give preference to the disposition of the
claims referred to in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section,
over all other claims presented to it under this subchapter.
(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title III, Sec. 305, as added Aug. 9, 1955, ch.
645, Sec. 3, 69 Stat. 572.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1641e, 1641i, 1641l, 1641o
of this title.
