Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§1645c Ownership of claims by nationals
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 21— - SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - CLAIMS AGAINST VIETNAM › § 1645c
Summary
Only claims tied to property that a U.S. national owned, in whole or in part, on the date it was lost can be considered. The claim counts only for the portion that one or more U.S. nationals have held continuously from the loss date until the claim was filed with the Commission.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §1645c
Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
A claim may be favorably considered under section 1645b of this title only if the property right on which it is based was owned, wholly or partially, directly or indirectly, by a national of the United States on the date of loss and only to the extent that the claim has been held by one or more nationals of the United States continuously from the date that the loss occurred until the date of filing with the Commission.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 1645c
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73