§1641d Claims of nationals of the United States against the Soviet Union

Summary

The Commission must decide if certain claims are valid and how much money should be paid, using U.S. and international law. It covers two kinds of claims: (1) claims by U.S. nationals against a Russian person that come from a U.S. court judgment or order to attach property made before November 16, 1933, where the claimant had a lien on U.S. property later taken or sold by the U.S. government under the Litvinov Assignment. Awards for these claims cannot be more than the money actually recovered from that property, and if that money is less than all related claims, each claimant gets a share equal to their fraction of the total. (2) claims by U.S. nationals against the Soviet Government that arose before November 16, 1933. Any judgment entered by a U.S. or state court must be accepted by the Commission for issues the court already decided. The Commission must handle the claims in (1) before other claims under this law.