An Act to amend section 5 of the War Claims Act of 1948 to provide detention and other benefits thereunder to certain Guamanians killed or captured by the Japanese at Wake Island
PL 87-617 (S.2256), enacted 08/31/1962

76 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-617-AUG. 31, 1962 
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except where such purchase was in the ordinary course of business in 
connection with the acquisition of all assets of a business firm. 
(b) Such of the records of the Philippine War Damage Commis-
sion as the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission may deem neces-
sary for carrying out its functions under this Act shall be transferred 
to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. 
SEC. 6. The total remuneration on account of services rendered or 
to be rendered to or on behalf of any applicant in connection with 
any application filed under this Act shall not exceed 5 per centum 
of the amount paid by the Commission on account of such application. 
Any agreement to the contrary shall be unlawful and void. 
Who-
ever, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, violates this 
section shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more 
than one year, or both. Where any payment is made in violation 
of this section, the Commission shall take such action as may be appro-
priate to recover the same. 
SEC. 7. For the purposes of carrying out this Act, the following 
provisions of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 shall, 
to the extent not inconsistent with this Act, be applicable in the admin-
istration of this Act: Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (i) of section 4; 
subsections (d) and (e) of section 7; and subsection (c) of section 7 
except that with respect to applicants not subject to the jurisdiction 
of the United States, references in such subsection (c) to the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall be deemed to refer to the 
Secretary of the Treasury. 
SEC. 8. There is authorized to be appropriated not more than 
$73,000,000 to make payments on awards certified pursuant to this Act, 
plus such additional sums as may be necessary for the administrative 
expenses of the (Commission and of the Secretary of the Treasury in 
carrying out this Act. 
Approved August 30, 1962, 9:60 a.m. 
64 Stat. 13. 
22 u s e 1623. 
22 u s e 1626. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 87-617 
AN ACT 
To amend section 5 of the War Claims Act of 1948 to provide detention and other 
benefits thereunder to certain Guamanians killed or captured by the Japanese 
at Wake Island. 
August 31, 1962 
[S. 2256] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of 
the War Claims Act of 1948 is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new subsection: 
"(h) In the case of any Guamanian killed or captured by the 
Imperial Japanese Government on or after December 7,1941, at Wake 
Island, benefits shall be granted under subsections (a) through (f) of 
this section in the same manner and to the same extent as apply in 
the case of civilian American citizens so killed or captured. 
Claims 
for benefits under subsections (a) through (e) of this section must be 
filed within six months after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
and the time limitation applicable to any individual by subsection (f) 
shall not begin to run until the date of enactment of this subsection, 
with, respect to any individual who is entitled to such benefits solely 
by reason of this subsection. 
The preceding sentence shall not be 
construed to affect the right of any individual to receive such benefits 
with respect to any period prior to the date of enactment of this sub-
section." 
Approved August 31, 1962, 
Guamanians. 
Benefits under 
War Claims Act of 
1948. 
62 Stat. 1242; 
68 Stat. 759. 
50 u s e app. 
2004.