Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§1644g Claims Fund; establishment; deductions

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 21— - SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - CLAIMS AGAINST GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC › § 1644g

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Treasury may set up a Claims Fund in the U.S. Treasury (the Claims Fund is defined in section 1644a(5)) to pay unpaid claims by nationals of the United States against the German Democratic Republic, as allowed in this part of the law. From any money put into that fund, the Treasury must take 5 percent to repay the U.S. government for costs the Commission and the Treasury incur in running the program, and that 5 percent must be put into the Treasury’s miscellaneous receipts.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §1644g

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(a)The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to establish in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be designated the Claims Fund as defined under section 1644a(5) of this title for the payment of unsatisfied claims of nationals of the United States against the German Democratic Republic as authorized in this subchapter.

(b)The Secretary of the Treasury shall deduct from any amounts covered into the Claims Fund, an amount equal to 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 subchapter. The amounts so deducted shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 1644g

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73