An Act to authorize the payment of the balance of awards for war damage compensation made by the Philippine War Damage Commission under the terms of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of April 30, 1946, and to authorize the appropriation of $73 million for that purpose
PL 87-616 (H.R.11721), enacted 08/30/1962

76 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-616-AUG. 30, 1962 
411 
71 Stat. 274. 
4 2 ' u s e 2017. 
including an order limiting the liability of the persons indemnified, 
orders staying the paj^ment of claims and the execution of court judg-
ments, orders apportioning the payments to be made to claimants, 
orders permitting partial payments to be made before final determina-
tion of the total claims, and an order setting aside a part of the funds 
available for possible latent injuries not discovered until a later time." 
SEC. 8. Section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended 
by adding thereto the following new subsections: 
"c. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for advance 
Appropriation, 
planning, construction design, and architectural services in connection 
with any plant or facility not otherwise authorized, and for the restora-
tion or replacement of any plant or facility destroyed or otherwise 
seriously damaged, and the Commission is authorized to use available 
funds for such purposes. 
"d. Funds hereafter authorized to be appropriated for any project 
to be used in connection with the development or production of special 
nuclear material or atomic weapons may be used to start another 
project not otherwise authorized if the substituted project is within 
the limit of cost of the project for which substitution is to be made, 
and the Commission certifies that— 
"(1) the substituted project is essential to the common defense 
and security; 
"(2) the substituted project is required by changes in weapon 
characteristics or weapon logistic operations; and 
"(3) the Commission is unable to enter into a contract with 
any person on terms satisfactory to it to furnish from a privately 
owned plant or facility the product or services to be provided by 
the new project." 
SEC. 9. Section 109 of the Atomic Enery Act of 1954 is amended 
by striking out the words "lip.(2) or llv.(2)" and substituting 
therefor the words "lit. (2) or llaa. (2)". 
SEC. 10. Subsection 145f. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is 
amended by striking out the comma after the word "investigation". 
SEC. 11. Section 152 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended 
by striking out the word "allowances" in the first paragraph thereof 
and substituting therefor the word "allowance". 
SEC. 12. Subsection 161n. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is 
amended by striking out the words "145e." and substituting therefor 
the words "145f.". 
Approved August 29, 1962. 
68 Stat. 939. 
42 u s e 2139. 
75 Stat. 476. 
42 u s e 216S. 
72 Stat. 337. 
42 u s e 2201. 
Public Law 87-616 
AN ACT 
To authorize the payment of the balance of awards for war damage compensation 
made by the Philippine War Damage Commission under the terms of the Philip-
pine Rehabilitation Act of April 30, 1946, and to authorize the appropriation 
of $73,000,000 for that purpose. 
August 30, 1962 
[H. R. 11721] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission (hereafter in this Act referred to as 
the "Commission") shall provide, out of funds appropriated pursuant 
to this Act, for the payment of the unpaid balance of awards hereto-
fore made by the Philippine War Damage Commission under title I 
of the Philippine Eehabilitation Act of 1946. No payment shall be 
made under this Act to any person, or to his successors in interest, on 
account of any award unless payment was made on such award under 
the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, and the maximum amount 
paid under this Act, when added to amounts paid under the Philippine 
Foreign Claims 
Settlement Com-
mission. 
Payment of bal-
ance of awards 
to Philippines. 
60 Stat. 128. 
50 u s e app. 
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F. R. 
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PUBLIC LAW 87-616-AUG. 30, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
Rehabilitation Act of 1946 and section 7 of the War Claims Act of 
62 Stat. 1245; 
1948 on account of any claim shall not exceed the aggregate amount 
70 itat.' 1063. 
^^ claims approved in favor of such claimant after reduction under the 
souse spp. 
last proviso of section 102(a) of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act 
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of 1946. All payments under this Act in amounts over 25,000 pesos 
or equivalent value in dollars shall be subject to the provisions of sec-
tion 104(c) of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946. 
SEO. 2. Within sixty days after the enactment of this Act, or of legis-
lation appropriating for administration expenses incurred in carrying 
out this Act, whichever is later, the Commission shall prescribe and 
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publish in the Federal Register and give appropriate publicity in the 
Republic of the Philippines concerning the period, not in excess of 
twelve additional months, within which application must be filed 
under this Act. 
The Commission shall complete its determination and 
take final action with respect to applications filed under this Act not 
later than one year after the last date on which applications may be 
filed. 
SEC. 3. The Commission shall give maximum publicity in the Repub-
lic of the Philippines to the provisions of this Act, and through utili-
zation of the records of the former Philippine War Damage Commis-
sion shall attempt to notify individual claimants of their right to 
file applications for payment under this Act, by mailing notice thereof 
to the last known address of such claimants as shown by such records. 
SEC. 4. The Commission shall notify all applicants of the approval 
or denial of their applications and, if approved, shall notify such 
applicants of the amount for which such applications are approved. 
Any applicant whose application is denied, or is approved for less than 
the amount of such application, shall be entitled, under such regula-
tions as the Com^nission may prescribe, to a hearing before the Com-
mission or its representative with respect to such application. 
Upon 
such hearing, the Commission may affirm, modify, or reverse its forijier 
action with respect to such application, including a denial or reduc-
tion in the amount of award tneretofore approved. 
All findings of 
the Commission concerning the persons to whom compensation pur-
suant to this Act is payable, and the amounts thereof, shall be con-
clusive and not be reviewable by any court. 
SEC. 5. (a) Each award made under this Act shall be certified to 
the Secretary of the Treasury in terms of United States currency on 
the basis of the rate of exchange (that is, P/2 equals $1) which was 
applied in the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, for payment out 
oi sums appropriated pursuant to section 8 of this Act. 
Such pay-
ments shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Sec-
retary of the Treasury may prescribe. 
Payments authorized under 
this Act shall be made in United States dollars or in Philippine pesos 
at the option of the Secretary of the Treasury; however, notwithstand-
ing the last sentence of the first section of this Act, payment shall not 
be made outside of the Republic of the Philippines to any claimant 
residing outside the Republic of the Philippines unless he establishes 
to the satisfaction of the Commission that since the date of the loss or 
damage on account of which the original award was made he has here-
tofore invested in such manner as furthered the rehabilitation or eco-
nomic development of the Philippines an amount not less than the 
claims approved in his favor after reduction under the last proviso j 
60_stat, 129. 
of sectiou 102(a) of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946. 
After 
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Jill approved claims have been paid-up to the maximum permitted, 
the balance of the appropriation shall revert to the United States 
Treasury. 
Payment shall not be made under this Act on any claim, 
filed under the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946 or under this' 
Act which was acquired from a predecessor in interest by purchase, 
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PUBLIC LAW 87-617-AUG. 31, 1962 
413 
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.