§ 1642b. — Claims against United States; jurisdiction; limitation; preference; reserve fund.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC1642b]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 21--SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS
SUBCHAPTER IV--CLAIMS AGAINST CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Sec. 1642b. Claims against United States; jurisdiction;
limitation; preference; reserve fund
No judicial relief or remedy shall be available to any person
asserting a claim against the United States or any officer or agent
thereof with respect to any action taken under this subchapter, or any
other claim for or on account of the property or proceeds described in
section 1642a of this title, or for any other action taken with respect
thereto except to the extent that the action complained of constitutes a
taking of private property without just compensation, and to such extent
the sole judicial relief and remedy available shall be an action brought
against the United States in the United States Court of Federal Claims
which action must be brought within one year of August 8, 1958, or it
shall be forever barred; and any action so brought shall receive a
preference over all actions which themselves are not given preference by
statute. No other court shall have original jurisdiction to consider any
such claim by mandamus or otherwise. If any action is brought pursuant
to this section the Secretary of the Treasury shall set aside an
appropriate reserve in the account containing the moneys held pursuant
to subsection (a) of section 1642a of this title. Such reserve shall be
retained pending a final determination of all issues raised in the
action and recovery in any such action shall be limited to and paid out
of the moneys so reserved. After a final determination of all issues
raised in the action and payment of any judgment against the United
States entered pursuant thereto, any balance no longer required to be
held in reserve shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions
of subsection (d) of section 1642a of this title. Nothing in this
section shall be construed to create (1) any liability against the
United States for any action taken pursuant to section 1642c of this
title, (2) any liability against the United States in favor of the
Government of Czechoslovakia, any agency or instrumentality thereof or
any person who is an assignee or successor in interest thereto, or (3)
any other liability against the United States.
(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title IV, Sec. 403, as added Pub. L. 85-604,
Sec. 1, Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 528; amended Pub. L. 97-164, title I,
Sec. 161(3), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 102-572, title IX,
Sec. 902(b)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516.)
Amendments
1992--Pub. L. 102-572 substituted ``United States Court of Federal
Claims'' for ``United States Claims Court''.
1982--Pub. L. 97-164 substituted ``Claims Court'' for ``Court of
Claims''.
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102-572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section
911 of Pub. L. 102-572, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28,
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402
of Pub. L. 97-164, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28,
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1642a of this title.
