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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2597 

To amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 to allow for 

certain claims of nationals of the United States against Turkey, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 20, 2011 

Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mrs. MALONEY, and Mr. BILIRAKIS) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 

to allow for certain claims of nationals of the United 

States against Turkey, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American-Owned Prop5 erty in Occupied Cyprus Claims Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT. 

2 The International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (22 

3 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

4 the following new title: 

5 ‘‘TITLE VIII—CLAIMS AGAINST 

6 TURKEY 

7 ‘‘SEC. 801. PURPOSE. 

8 ‘‘The purpose of this title is to provide for the deter9 mination of the validity and amounts of claims against 

10 Turkey that arise out of the continued exclusion of nation11 als of the United States from property such nationals own 

12 that is located in those portions of the territory of Cyprus 

13 that Turkey occupies. This title shall not be construed as 

14 authorizing or as any intention to authorize an appropria15 tion by the United States for the purpose of paying such 

16 claims. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 802. DEFINITIONS. 

18 ‘‘As used in this title: 

19 ‘‘(1) CLAIMANT.—The term ‘claimant’ means 

20 any national of the United States who files a claim 

21 under this title. 

22 ‘‘(2) CLAIMS FUND.—The term ‘Claims Fund’ 

23 means the claims fund described in section 808(a). 

24 ‘‘(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘Commission’ 

25 means the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 

26 of the United States. 


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1 ‘‘(4) CYPRUS.—The term ‘Cyprus’ means the 

2 Republic of Cyprus. 

3 ‘‘(5) NATIONAL OF THE UNITED STATES.—The 

4 term ‘national of the United States’ means— 

5 ‘‘(A) a natural person who is either a cit6 izen of the United States or an alien lawfully 

7 admitted for permanent residence to the United 

8 States; 

9 ‘‘(B) a natural person who acquired title to 

10 property in Cyprus through intestate or testate 

11 succession under the laws of the United States 

12 or of any State, the District of Columbia, the 

13 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory 

14 or possession of the United States from or 

15 through a natural person described in subpara16 graph (A); or 

17 ‘‘(C) a corporation or other legal entity 

18 that is organized under the laws of the United 

19 States or of any State, the District of Colum20 bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any 

21 territory or possession of the United States, if 

22 one or more natural persons described in sub23 paragraph (A) own, directly or indirectly, 50 

24 percent or more of the outstanding capital stock 


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1 or other beneficial interest of such corporation 

2 or entity. 

3 ‘‘(6) PROPERTY.—The term ‘property’ means 

4 any real property or any right or interest in real 

5 property, including any leasehold interest, held 

6 under the laws of Cyprus and located in any portion 

7 of the territory of Cyprus that is occupied by Tur8 key. 

9 ‘‘(7) TURKEY.—The term ‘Turkey’ means— 

10 ‘‘(A) the Republic of Turkey; 

11 ‘‘(B) any political subdivision, agency, or 

12 instrumentality of the Republic of Turkey, in13 cluding the Turkish Armed Forces; 

14 ‘‘(C) any agent of the Government of Tur15 key, or any unincorporated association that 

16 purports to discharge any function of a nation17 state under the auspices of the Republic of Tur18 key, including the unincorporated association 

19 known as the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern 

20 Cyprus’; 

21 ‘‘(D) any organization that purports to be 

22 a political subdivision, agency, or instrumen23 tality of the unincorporated association known 

24 as the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(E) any natural person or legal entity 

2 that purports to claim or hold any title or right 

3 to property described in paragraph (6) under 

4 the alleged authority of any entity described in 

5 of subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D). 

6 ‘‘SEC. 803. COMMENCEMENT OF NEGOTIATIONS BY THE 

7 SECRETARY OF STATE. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is urged to au9 thorize the Secretary of State to commence negotiations 

10 with Turkey and to continue such negotiations until an 

11 agreement is reached with respect to the payment by Tur12 key of claims certified under section 806. 

13 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT TO RECEIVE CLAIMS.—The 

14 Commission shall receive claims under section 804, deter15 mine the validity of such claims, and make awards under 

16 section 804 as of the effective date of the American-Owned 

17 Property in Occupied Cyprus Claims Act without regard 

18 to whether or not— 

19 ‘‘(1) the President authorizes the Secretary of 

20 State to commence the negotiations to which sub21 section (a) refers; and 

22 ‘‘(2) if the President does authorize the Sec23 retary of State to commence such negotiations, the 

24 Secretary of State commences such negotiations. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 804. RECEIPT AND DETERMINATION OF CLAIMS. 

2 ‘‘(a) DETERMINATION OF CLAIMS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

4 the Commission shall receive and determine in ac5 cordance with applicable substantive law, including 

6 international law, the validity and amounts of claims 

7 by nationals of the United States against Turkey 

8 arising on or after July 20, 1974, for the fair rental 

9 market value of the use and continued occupation by 

10 Turkey of property located in the territory of Cyprus 

11 that— 

12 ‘‘(A) is owned by such nationals under the 

13 laws of Cyprus; and 

14 ‘‘(B) at the time the exclusion from or oc15 cupation of the property began, was owned 

16 wholly or partially, directly or indirectly, by na17 tionals of the United States under the laws of 

18 Cyprus. 

19 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Commission shall re20 duce the dollar amount of the fair rental market 

21 value of each claim to the extent that possession of 

22 the property has been restored to the claimant or 

23 the claimant has received actual and adequate com24 pensation for the use and occupation of the property 

25 from any source on account of the same loss or 

26 losses for which the claim is filed. 


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1 ‘‘(b) OWNERSHIP RIGHTS RETAINED.—No claimant 

2 shall be required nor be deemed, either directly or indi3 rectly, to transfer, waive, or otherwise forfeit any right of 

4 ownership in or to the property that claimant owns under 

5 the laws of Cyprus as a condition to or as the result of 

6 filing a claim, having the claim determined, or accepting 

7 an award based on the claim. 

8 ‘‘(c) SUBMISSION OF CLAIMS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH TIME PE10 RIOD.—Not later than 60 calendar days after the 

11 date of the enactment of an appropriations Act that 

12 makes available funds for the payment of adminis13 trative expenses incurred by the Commission in car14 rying out this title, the Commission shall establish a 

15 period during which claimants may submit claims 

16 under this title. 

17 ‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—The Commission shall 

18 publish in the Federal Register the beginning and 

19 ending dates of the time period to which paragraph 

20 (1) refers. 

21 ‘‘(3) TIME PERIOD.—The time period to which 

22 paragraph (1) refers may not exceed 24 consecutive 

23 calendar months beginning with the first month fol24 lowing the month in which the notice is published 

25 under paragraph (2). 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 805. OWNERSHIP OF CLAIMS. 

2 ‘‘A claim may be favorably considered under section 

3 804— 

4 ‘‘(1) only if the property right on which it is 

5 based was owned, wholly or partially, directly or in6 directly, by a national of the United States under 

7 the laws of Cyprus on the date on which the exclu8 sion from or occupation of the property began; and 

9 ‘‘(2) only to the extent that the claim has been 

10 held or acquired by one or more nationals of the 

11 United States continuously from that date until the 

12 date on which the claim is filed with the Commis13 sion. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 806. CERTIFICATION; ASSIGNED CLAIMS. 

15 ‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION OF CLAIMS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) CERTIFICATION TO THE CLAIMANT.—The 

17 Commission shall certify to each claimant who files 

18 a claim under this title— 

19 ‘‘(A) the dollar amount determined by the 

20 Commission to be the loss suffered by the 

21 claimant that is covered by this title; and 

22 ‘‘(B) if, on the date on which the Commis23 sion makes the certification under subpara24 graph (A), Turkey is excluding the claimant 

25 from the claimant’s property, a mathematical 

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1 lating the loss suffered by the claimant for the 

2 continued use and occupation of the property by 

3 Turkey after the date of the award. 

4 ‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION TO THE SECRETARY OF

5 STATE.—The Commission shall certify to the Sec6 retary of State— 

7 ‘‘(A) the dollar amount of each claim cer8 tified under paragraph (1)(A); 

9 ‘‘(B) any mathematical basis certified 

10 under paragraph (1)(B) in connection with that 

11 claim; and 

12 ‘‘(C) a statement of the evidence upon 

13 which the Commission relied and the reasoning 

14 employed by the Commission in determining the 

15 dollar amount described in subparagraph (A) 

16 and the mathematical basis described in sub17 paragraph (B). 

18 ‘‘(b) ASSIGNED CLAIMS.—In any case in which a 

19 claim under this title is assigned by purchase before the 

20 Commission determines the amount due on that claim, the 

21 amount so determined may not exceed the amount of ac22 tual consideration paid by the last such assignee. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 807. CONSOLIDATED AWARDS. 

24 ‘‘With respect to any claim under section 804 that, 

25 at the time of the award, is vested in persons other than 


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1 the person by whom the original loss was sustained, the 

2 Commission shall issue a consolidated award in favor of 

3 all claimants then entitled to the award. The award shall 

4 indicate the respective interests of such claimants in the 

5 award. All such claimants shall participate, in proportion 

6 to their indicated interests, in any payments that may be 

7 made under this title in all respects as if the award had 

8 been in favor of a single person. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 808. CLAIMS FUND. 

10 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

11 may establish in the Treasury of the United States a 

12 Claims Fund for the payment of unsatisfied claims of na13 tionals of the United States against Turkey, as authorized 

14 by this title. 

15 ‘‘(b) CONTRIBUTIONS TO CLAIMS FUND.—The 

16 Claims Fund shall consist of such sums as may be paid 

17 to or realized by the United States pursuant to the terms 

18 of any agreement settling those claims described in section 

19 804 that may be concluded between the Governments of 

20 the United States and Turkey. 

21 ‘‘(c) DEDUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 

22 The Secretary of the Treasury shall deduct from any 

23 amounts covered into the Claims Fund a dollar amount 

24 equal to 5 percent thereof as reimbursement to the Gov25 ernment of the United States for expenses incurred by the 


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1 Commission and by the Department of the Treasury in 

2 the administration of this title. The amounts so deducted 

3 shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous re4 ceipts. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 809. AWARD PAYMENT PROCEDURES. 

6 ‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION OF AWARDS TO SECRETARY OF

7 THE TREASURY.—The Commission shall certify to the 

8 Secretary of the Treasury the dollar amount of each award 

9 made pursuant to section 804. 

10 ‘‘(b) PAYMENT OF AWARDS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) PRINCIPAL AMOUNTS.—Upon certification 

12 of each award made under section 804, the Sec13 retary of the Treasury shall, out of the sums covered 

14 into the Claims Fund, make payments on account of 

15 such awards as follows, and in the following order 

16 of priority: 

17 ‘‘(A) Payment in the amount of $25,000 

18 or the principal amount of the award, whichever 

19 is less. 

20 ‘‘(B) Thereafter, payments from time to 

21 time, in ratable proportions, on account of the 

22 unpaid balance of the principal amounts of all 

23 awards according to the proportions that the 

24 unpaid balance of such awards bear to the total 


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1 amount in the Claims Fund available for dis2 tribution at the time such payments are made. 

3 ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS.—After payment 

4 has been made in full of the principal amounts of all 

5 awards pursuant to paragraph (1), pro rata pay6 ments may be made on account of any interest that 

7 may be allowed on such awards. 

8 ‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—Payments or applications for 

9 payments under subsection (b) shall be made in accord10 ance with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treas11 ury may prescribe. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 810. SETTLEMENT PERIOD. 

13 ‘‘The Commission shall complete its affairs in connec14 tion with the settlement of claims pursuant to this title 

15 not later than the end of the 3-year period beginning on 

16 the final date for the filing of claims as provided in section 

17 804(c). 

18 ‘‘SEC. 811. TRANSFER OF RECORDS. 

19 ‘‘The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treas20 ury, and the Secretary of Defense shall transfer or other21 wise make available to the Commission such records and 

22 documents relating to claims authorized by this title as 

23 may be required by the Commission in carrying out its 

24 functions under this title. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 812. FEES FOR SERVICES. 

2 ‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON FEES.— 

3 ‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—Remuneration on account 

4 of services rendered on behalf of any claimant in 

5 connection with any claim filed with the Commission 

6 under this title may not exceed 10 percent of the 

7 total dollar amount paid pursuant to an award cer8 tified under the provisions of this title on account of 

9 such claim. 

10 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION OF AGREEMENTS.—Any 

11 agreement contrary to the limitation set forth in 

12 paragraph (1) is unlawful and void. 

13 ‘‘(b) PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.—Any person who de14 mands or receives any remuneration that exceeds the max15 imum remuneration set forth in subsection (a) shall be 

16 fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for 

17 not more than 12 months, or both. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 813. APPLICATION OF OTHER PROVISIONS. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

20 ‘‘(1) PROVISIONS.—To the extent that they are 

21 not inconsistent with the provisions of the title, the 

22 following provisions of title I of this Act shall apply 

23 to this title: 

24 ‘‘(A) Subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) and (h) 

25 of section 4. 


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1 ‘‘(B) Subsections (c), (d), (e) and (f) of 

2 section 7. 

3 ‘‘(2) REFERENCE.—Any reference to ‘this title’ 

4 in the provisions described in subparagraph (A) or 

5 (B) of paragraph (1) is a reference to such provi6 sions and to this title. 

7 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.—Except as oth8 erwise set forth in this title and in those provisions of title 

9 I set forth in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection 

10 (a)(1), the Commission shall comply with the provisions 

11 of subchapter II of chapter 5, and the provisions of chap12 ter 7, of title 5, United States Code. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 814. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for any fis15 cal year beginning on or after October 1, 2010, such sums 

16 as may be necessary to enable the Commission and the 

17 Department of the Treasury to pay their respective admin18 istrative expenses incurred in carrying out their functions 

19 under this title. Amounts appropriated under this section 

20 may remain available until expended.’’. 

21 SEC. 3. JURISDICTION OF UNITED STATES DISTRICT 

22 COURTS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 85 of title 28, United 

24 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol25 lowing new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 1370. Civil actions by nationals of the United 

2 States who own real property in Cyprus 

3 against private persons 

4 ‘‘(a) JURISDICTION.—The district courts shall have 

5 original jurisdiction of any civil action that is brought— 

6 ‘‘(1) by a national of the United States— 

7 ‘‘(A) who holds title to any real property 

8 under the laws of Cyprus that is located in that 

9 portion of the territory of Cyprus that is occu10 pied by Turkey; and 

11 ‘‘(B) who has been excluded from that 

12 property by reason of such occupation; 

13 ‘‘(2) against any private person who for any 

14 purpose and in any way uses, occupies, or benefits 

15 from that property at any time during the period of 

16 such exclusion; and 

17 ‘‘(3) for the fair rental value of the property 

18 during the period of such use, occupation, or benefit. 

19 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 

20 ‘‘(1) the term ‘national of the United States’ 

21 means— 

22 ‘‘(A) a natural person who is either a cit23 izen of the United States or an alien lawfully 

24 admitted for permanent residence to the United 

25 States; 


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1 ‘‘(B) a natural person who acquired title to 

2 property in Cyprus through intestate or testate 

3 succession under the laws of the United States 

4 or of any State, the District of Columbia, the 

5 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory 

6 or possession of the United States from or 

7 through a natural person described in subpara8 graph (A); or 

9 ‘‘(C) a corporation or other legal entity 

10 that is organized under the laws of the United 

11 States or of any State, the District of Colum12 bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any 

13 territory or possession of the United States, if 

14 one or more natural persons described in sub15 paragraph (A) own, directly or indirectly, 50 

16 percent or more of the outstanding capital stock 

17 or other beneficial interest of such corporation 

18 or entity; 

19 ‘‘(2) the term ‘property’ means any real prop20 erty or any right or interest in any real property, in21 cluding any leasehold interest, to which a national of 

22 the United States holds title under the laws of Cy23 prus; 

24 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Turkey’ means— 

25 ‘‘(A) the Republic of Turkey; 


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1 ‘‘(B) any political subdivision, agency, or 

2 instrumentality of the Republic of Turkey, in3 cluding the Turkish Armed Forces; 

4 ‘‘(C) any agent of or unincorporated asso5 ciation that purports to discharge any function 

6 of a nation-state under the auspices of the Re7 public of Turkey, including the unincorporated 

8 association known as the ‘Turkish Republic of 

9 Northern Cyprus’; and 

10 ‘‘(D) any organization that purports to be 

11 a political subdivision, agency, or instrumen12 tality of the unincorporated association known 

13 as the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’; 

14 ‘‘(4) the term ‘Cyprus’ means the Republic of 

15 Cyprus; and 

16 ‘‘(5) the term ‘private person’ means— 

17 ‘‘(A) any natural person who— 

18 ‘‘(i) at any time on or after July 20, 

19 1974, uses, occupies, or benefits from 

20 property in Cyprus, if such use, occupa21 tion, or benefit was enabled by Turkey or 

22 any person or entity, other than a national 

23 of the United States who held lawful title 

24 to that property under the laws of Cyprus 

25 as of July 20, 1974; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) holds such title when any civil 

2 action under this section is brought by rea3 son of such use, occupation, or benefit; and 

4 ‘‘(B) any corporation or other legal entity 

5 that— 

6 ‘‘(i) is organized under the laws of the 

7 United States or of any State, the District 

8 of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

9 Rico, or any territory or possession of the 

10 United States or under the laws of any for11 eign state; and 

12 ‘‘(ii)(I) at any time on or after July 

13 20, 1974, uses, occupies, or benefits from 

14 property in Cyprus, if such use, occupa15 tion, or benefit was enabled by Turkey or 

16 any person or entity, other than a national 

17 of the United States who held title to that 

18 property under the laws of Cyprus as of 

19 July 20, 1974; and 

20 ‘‘(II) holds such title when any civil 

21 action under this section is brought by rea22 son of such use, occupation, or benefit. 

23 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this sec24 tion— 


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1 ‘‘(1) process is served if service is accomplished 

2 in any manner set forth in this title; 

3 ‘‘(2) the district court shall not consider the 

4 doctrine of forum non conveniens in any civil action 

5 asserted under this section and shall refuse to hear 

6 any motion or request by any person or party that 

7 the civil action be dismissed on the grounds of forum 

8 non conveniens; 

9 ‘‘(3) in determining whether the person or 

10 party asserting the civil action has lawful title, the 

11 district court shall apply only the laws of Cyprus in 

12 making that determination; and 

13 ‘‘(4) in determining the amount of any award 

14 in any civil action, the district court shall consider 

15 only evidence of the fair rental market value of the 

16 property for each calendar year for which the plain17 tiff has been excluded from its property, as that 

18 value would have been calculated in Cyprus if the 

19 plaintiff had not been excluded from the property. 

20 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS.—Any civil action 

21 against a private person under this section may be brought 

22 at any time before the end of the period of 36 consecutive 

23 calendar months that begins after the last day of the 

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1 or benefit from the property that is the subject of the ac2 tion. This subsection applies in lieu of section 1658.’’. 

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec4 tions for chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘1370. Civil actions by nationals of the United States who own real property 

in Cyprus against private persons.’’. 

6 (c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

7 section shall apply to any cause of action arising before, 

8 on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 4. VENUE. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 87 of title 28, United 

11 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing new section: 

13 ‘‘§ 1414. Venue of civil actions against private persons 

14 brought by nationals of the United States 

15 who own real property in Cyprus 

16 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 

17 a civil action under section 1370 may be brought only in 

18 the District Court for the District of Columbia or the Dis19 trict Court for the Southern District of New York.’’. 

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec21 tions for chapter 87 of title 28, United States Code, is 

22 amended by adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘1414. Venue of civil actions against private persons brought by nationals of 

the United States who own real property in Cyprus.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

2 Subject to section 3(c), this Act and the amendments 

3 made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enact4 ment of this Act. 

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