Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§1624 Certification of awards; certification of claims

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 21— - SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1624

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must, as soon as it can, send copies of awards it makes for the United States or for U.S. citizens to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the Secretary of State. It must send those copies in the same order the awards were decided. If the Secretary of State asks, the Commission must also send him copies of the formal claim filings made under subsection (b) of section 1623 so they can be sent to the foreign government.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §1624

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The Commission shall, as soon as possible, and in the order of the making of such awards, certify to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the Secretary of State copies of the awards made in favor of the Government of the United States or of nationals of the United States under this subchapter. The Commission shall certify to the Secretary of State, upon his request, copies of the formal submissions of claims filed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1623 of this title for transmission to the foreign government concerned.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1955—Act Aug. 9, 1955, § 1, amended credit to section by designating act Mar. 10, 1950, as “title I”. Act Aug. 9, 1955, § 2, substituted “subchapter” for “chapter”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

References to This Subchapter Deemed To Include section 119 of H.R. 2076References to this subchapter deemed to include section 119 of H.R. 2076, see section 119(b) of H.R. 2076, as enacted into law by Pub. L. 104–91, set out as an Authority of Foreign Claims Settlement Commission note under section 1644 of this title.

Executive Documents

Abolition of International Claims Commission and

Transfer of Functions

International Claims Commission of the United States, including offices of its members, abolished and functions of Commission and of members, officers, and employees thereof transferred to Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1954, §§ 1, 2, 4, eff. July 1, 1954, 19 F.R. 3985, 68 Stat. 1279, set out as a note under section 1622 of this title. For provisions transferring Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States as a separate agency within the Department of Justice, see section 1622a et seq. of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 1624

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73