An Act to amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, to provide for the timely determination of certain claims of American nationals, and for other purposes
PL 90-421 (H.R.9063), enacted 07/24/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-421-JULY 24, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
July 24, 1968 
[H. R. 9063] 
Public Law 90-421 
AN ACT 
To amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 11)49, as amended, to pro-
vide for the timely determination of certain claims of American nationals, 
and for other purposes. 
International 
Claims Settlement 
Act of 1949, 
amendment. 
64 Stat. 15. 
22 u s e 1623. 
Attorneys' fees, 
limitation. 
Penalty. 
Deductions for 
expenses. 
64 Stat. 16; 
67 Stat. 506. 
22 u s e 1626. 
Legal disability 
or death pay-
ments. 
64 Stat. 17. 
22 u s e 1627. 
Payments pro-
cedure. 
22 u s e 1623. 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and Houne of Reprei^entatices of the 
United States of America in (^ongress assembled. That the Interna-
tional Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, is further amended 
as follows: 
(1) Subsection (f) of section 4, title I, is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
"(f) No remuneration on account of services rendered on behalf of 
any claimant in connection with any claim filed with the Commission 
under this title shall exceed 10 per centum of the total amount paid 
pursuant to any award certified under the provisions of this title, on 
ftccount of such claim. Any agjreement to the contrary shall be unlawful 
and void. Whoever, in the United States or elsewhere, demands or 
receives, on account of services so rendered, any remuneration in excess 
of the maximum permitted by this section, shall be fined not more than 
$5,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both." 
(2) Subsection (b) of section 7, title I, is amended by inserting " (1)" 
after the subsection letter, and adding at the end thereof the following 
paragraph: 
"(2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall deduct from any amounts 
covered, subsequent to the date of enaotmeiit of this pai-ugraph, into 
any special fund, created pursuant to section 8, 5 per centum thereof 
as reimbursement to the Government of the United States for expenses 
incurred by the Commission and by the Treasury Department in the 
administration of this title. The amounts so deducted shall be covered 
into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts." 
(3) Paragraph (1) of subsection (c), section 7, title I, is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
"(1) if any person to whom any payment is to be made pursuant 
to this title is deceased or is under a legal disability, payment shall be 
made to his legal representative, except that if any payment to be 
made is not over $1,000 and there is no qualified executor or adminis-
trator, payment may be made to the pei'son or persons found by the 
Comptroller General to be entitled thereto, without the necessity of 
compliance with the requirements of law with respect to the adminis-
tration of estates;" 
(4) Subsection (c) of section 8, title I, is amended by inserting the 
phrase ", prior to the date of enactment of subsection (e) of this 
section," immediately after the word "covered" and before the word 
"into", and by inserting "(1)" after the words "section 7(b)" and 
before the words "of this title." 
(5) Section 8, title I, is hereby further amended by adding a^t the 
end thereof the following subsection: 
"(e) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed out 
of sums covered, subsequent to the date of enactment of this subsection, 
into any special fund created pursuant to this section to make pay-
ment on account of awards certified by the Commission pursuant to 
this title with respect to claims included within the terms of a claims 
settlement agreement concluded between the Government of the 
United States and a foreign government as described in subsection (a) 
of section 4 of this title, as follows and in the following order of 
priority: 
" (1) Payment in the amount of $1,000 or the principal amount 
of the award, whichever is less; 
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" (2) Thereafter, payments from time to time on account of the 
unpaid principal bahmce of each remaining award which shall 
bear to such unpaid principal balance the same proportion as the 
total amount available for distribution at the time such payments 
are made bears to the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all 
such awards; and 
" (3) Thereafter, payments from time to time on account of the 
unpaid balance of each award of interest which shall bear to such 
unpaid balance of interest, the same proportion as the total 
amount available for distribution at the time such payments are 
made bears to the aggregate unpaid balance of interest of all 
such awards.-' 
(6) The first sentence of subsection (c), of section 207, title II, is 
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amended to read as loliows: 
"(c) The sole relief and remedy of any person having any claim to 
any property vested pursuant to section 202(a), except a person claim- 
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ing under section 216, shall be that provided by the terms of sub-
section (a) or (b) of this section, and in the event of the liquidation by 
sale or otherwise of such property, shall be limited to and enforced 
against the net proceeds received therefrom and held by the designee 
of the President.-' 
(7) Title II is amended by adding at the end thereof the following ^^^^ ^'^' ''^^' 
new section: 
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"SEC. 216. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act lesm. 
or any i)rovisioh of the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended, any 
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person (1) who was formerly a national of Bulgaria, Hungary, or 
Rumania, and (2) who, as a consequence of any law, decree, or regula-
tion of the nation of which he was a national discriminating against 
political, racial or religious groups, at no time between December 7, 
.1941, and the time when such law, decree, or regulation was abrogated 
enjoyed full rights of citizenship under the law of such nation, shall be 
eligible hereunder to receive the return of his interest in property which 
was vested under section 202(a) hereof or under the Trading With the 
Enemy Act, as amended, as the property of a corporation organized 
under the laws of Bulgaria, Hungary, or Rumania if 25 per centum 
or more of the outstanding capital stock of such corporation was owned 
at the date of vesting by such persons and nationals of countries other 
than Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania, Germany, or Japan, or if such 
corporation was subjected after December 7,1941, under the laws of its 
country, to special wartime measures directed against it because of the 
enemy character of some or all of its stockholders; and no certificate 
by the Department of State as provided under section 207(c) hereof 
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shall be required for such persons. 
"(b) An interest in property vested-under the Trading With the 
Enemy Act, as amended, as the property of a corporation organized 
under the laws of Bulgaria, Hungary, or Rumania shall be subject 
to return under subsection (a) of this section only if a notice of claim 
for the return of any such interest has been timely filed under the 
provisions of section 33 of that Act, provided that application may be 
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made therefore within six months after the date of enactment hereof. 
In the event such interest has been liquidated and the net proceeds 
thereof transferred to the Bulgarian Claims Fund, Hungarian Claims 
Fund, or Rumanian Claims Fund, the net proceeds of any other 
interest representing vested property held in the LTnited States Treas-
ury mav be used for the purpose of making the return hereunder. 
"(c) Determinations by the designee of the President or any other 
officer or agency with respect to claims under this section, including 
the allowance or disallowance thereof, shall be final and shall not be 
subject to review by any court." 
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Bulgarian and 
Rumanian Claims 
Funds. 
69 Stat. 571. 
22 u s e 1641a. 
22 u s e 1641b. 
Italian claims. 
69 Stat. 572. 
22 u s e 1641c. 
76 Stat. 1107. 
50 u s e app. 
2017a. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
69 Stat. 573. 
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(8) Section 802, title III, is amended by insertinj]^ "(a)"' after the 
section number and adding at the end thereof the following subsection : 
"(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall cover into each of the 
Bulgarian and Rumanian Claims Funds such sums as may be paid by 
the (xovernment of the respective country pursuant to the terms of 
any claims settlement agreement between the Government of the 
United States and the Government of such country." 
(9) Section 303, title III, is amended by striking out the word 
"and" at the end of paragraph (2), and by striking out the period 
at the end of the paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof a 
semicolon and immediately thereafter the word "and". 
(10) Section 303, title III, is further amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(4) pay effective compensation for the nationalization, com-
pulsory liquidation, or other taking of property of nationals of 
the United States in Bulgaria and Rumania, between August 9, 
1955, and the effective date of the claims agreement between the 
respective country and the United States." 
(11) Section 304 of title I I I is amended by inserting " ( a ) " 
after the section number and adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing subsections: 
"(b) The Commission shall receive and determine, or redetermine, 
as the case may be, in accordance with applicable substantive law, 
including international law, the validity and amounts of claims 
owned by persons who were eligible to file claims under the first 
sentence of subsection (a) of this section on the date of enactment 
of this title, but failed to file such claims or, if they filed such claims, 
failed to file such claims within the limit of-time required therefor: 
Provided^ That no awards shall be made to persons who have 
received compensation in any amount pursuant to the treaty of 
peace with Italy, subsection (a) of this section, or section 202 of the 
War Claims Act of 1948, as amended. 
"(c) The (Commission shall receive and determine, or redetermine 
as the case may be, in accordance with applicable substantive law, 
including international law, the validity and amounts of claims owned 
by ]iersons who were nationals of the ITnited States on September 3, 
1943, and the date of enactment of this subsection, against the Govern-
ment of Italy which arose out of the war in which Italy was engaged 
from June 10, 1940, to September 15, 1947, in territory ceded by 
Italy pursuant to the treaty of peace with Italy: Provided^ That no 
awards shall be made to persons who have received compensation in 
any amount pursuant to the treaty of peace with Italy or subsection 
(a) of this section. 
"(d) Within thirty days after enactment of this subsection, or 
within thirty days after the date of enactment of legislation making 
appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative 
expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under subsections 
(b) and (c) of this section, whichever date is later, the Commission 
shall publish in the Federal Register the time when and the limit 
of time within which claims may be filed with the Commission, which 
limit shall not be more than six months after such publication. 
"(e) The (Commission shall certify awards on claims determined 
pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section to the Secretary 
of the Treasury for payment out of remaining balances in the Italian 
Claims Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 310 of this 
title, after payment in full of all awards certified pursuant to sub-
section (a) of this section. 
"(f) After payment in full of all awards certified to the Secretary 
of the Treasury pursuant to subsections (a) and (e) of this section, 
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the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transfer 
the unobligated balance in the Italian Claims Fund into the War 
Claims Fund created by section 13 of the War Claims Act of 1948, 
as amended." 
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(12) Section 306, title III, is amended by inserting " ( a ) " after the 2012. 
section number and adding at the end thereof the following subsection: 
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"(b) Within thirty days after enactment of this subsection or the 
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enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for 
payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its func-
tions under paragraph (4) of section 303 of this title, whichever is 
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later, the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register the time 
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when and the limit of time within which claims may be filed under 
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paragraph (4) of section 303 of this title, which limit shall not be more 
than six months after such publication." 
(13) Section 310, title III, is amended by adding at the end of sub- 
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section (a) thereof the following paragraph: 
" (6) Whenever the Commission is authorized to settle claims by 
the enactment of paragraph (4) of section 303 of this title with 
respect to Rumania and Bulgaria, no further payments shall be 
authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury on account of awards 
certified by the Commission pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or 
(3) of section 303 of the Bulgarian or Rumanian Claims Funds, 
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as the case may be, until payments on account of awards certified 
pursuant to paragraph (4) of section 303 with respect to such fund 
have been authorized in equal proportion to payments previously 
authorized on existing awards certified pursuant to paragraphs 
(1), (2), and (3) of section 303." 
(14) Section 316, title III, is amended by inserting " (a)" after the 
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section number and adding at the end thereof the following subsection: 
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"(b) The Commission shall complete its aifairs in connection with 
the settlement of claims pursuant to paragraph (4) of section 303 and 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 304 of this title not later than two 
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years following the date of enactment of such paragraph, or following 
the enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission 
for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its 
functions under paragraph (4) of section 303 and subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 304 of this title, whichever is later." 
Approved July 24, 1968. 
Public Law 90-422 
AN ACT 
July 24, 1968 
To extend for an additional three years the authorization of appropriations 
[s. 3245] 
under the State Technical Services Act of 1965. 
Be it eruwted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 10 of 
state Technical 
the State Technical Services Act of 1965 (15 ILS.C. 1360; 79 Stat. 682) iggs'^xtension. 
is amended by striking the period at the end of subsection (a) and 
inserting the following: "; $6,600,000 for the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1969; $10,00{),00() for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970; 
$1(),000,()()0 for tlie fiscal year ending June 30,1971." 
Approved July 24, 1968. 
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