§ 1643. — Congressional declaration of purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC1643]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 21--SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS
SUBCHAPTER V--CLAIMS AGAINST CUBA AND CHINA
Sec. 1643. Congressional declaration of purpose
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.
(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title V, Sec. 501, as added Pub. L. 88-666, Oct.
16, 1964, 78 Stat. 1110; amended Pub. L. 89-262, Sec. 1, Oct. 19, 1965,
79 Stat. 988; Pub. L. 89-780, Sec. 1, Nov. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 1365.)
Amendments
1966--Pub. L. 89-780 provided for applicability of section to the
Chinese Communist regime in the case of claims which have arisen since
October 1, 1949.
1965--Pub. L. 89-262 struck out ``which have arisen out of debts for
merchandise furnished or services rendered by nationals of the United
States without regard to the date on which such merchandise was
furnished or services were rendered or'' after ``Government of Cuba'' in
first sentence.
Separability
Section 513 of act Mar. 10, 1950, as added by Pub. L. 88-666,
provided that: ``If any provision of this Act [enacting this
subchapter], or the application thereof to any person or circumstances,
shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act, or the application of
such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be
affected.''
