§4114 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

Allows the Commission to take, check, and pay claims from people, businesses, and banks tied to the Philippines during World War II. Eligible people include those who were in the U.S. military on or after December 7, 1941, their survivors, U.S. nationals on December 7, 1941 who were still nationals on August 31, 1954, and survivors of deceased nationals who would have been nationals on August 31, 1954. Eligible businesses are those more than 50% owned on both December 7, 1941 and August 31, 1954 by the people above. Eligible banks are those that reestablished frozen accounts or credits of those people or of such businesses that were more than 50% owned on December 7, 1941 and at the time the accounts were reestablished. Claims must be filed within one year after August 31, 1954. If a claimant is legally unable to act, or is dead, payments follow the rules set elsewhere in the law, but no payment can go to anyone who knowingly helped a government hostile to the United States during World War II. Each approved claim is sent to the Secretary of the Treasury to be paid from the War Claims Fund. If a claim is $500 or less, it must be paid in full. If it is more than $500, payment comes in two parts. The first part is $500 plus 66 2/3 percent of the amount over $500. The last part is figured on September 1, 1956 and paid from whatever money is left in the War Claims Fund then. If there is enough money left on that date, the remaining amounts are paid in full. If there is not enough, the final payments are cut back fairly across all unpaid claims.

Title 50, §4114

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(a)(1)The Commission is authorized to receive and to determine, according to law, the amount and validity, and provide for the payment of any claim filed by—

(A)any individual who—

(i)on or after December 7, 1941, was a member of the military or naval forces of the United States;

(ii)is the survivor of any deceased individual described in subparagraph (i);

(iii)was a national of the United States on December 7, 1941, and is a national of the United States on August 31, 1954; or

(iv)is the survivor of any deceased individual who was a national of the United States on December 7, 1941, and would be a national of the United States on August 31, 1954, if living; or

(B)any partnership, firm, corporation, or other legal entity, in which more than 50 per centum of the ownership was vested, directly or indirectly, both on December 7, 1941, and on August 31, 1954, in individuals referred to in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph;

(2)The Commission is authorized to receive and to determine, according to law, the amount and validity, and provide for the payment of any claim filed by any bank or other financial institution doing business in the Philippines which reestablished sequestered accounts, deposits, or other credits of—

(A)any individual referred to in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; or

(B)any partnership, firm, corporation, or other legal entity, in which more than 50 per centum of the ownership was vested, directly or indirectly, both on December 7, 1941, and on the date of reestablishment of such sequestered credits, in individuals referred to in such subparagraph (A);

(b)Claims must be filed under this section within one year after August 31, 1954.

(c)Where any individual entitled to payment under this section is under any legal disability, payment may be made in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e) of section 4104 of this title. In the case of the death of any individual entitled to payment of any claim under this section, payment of such claim shall be made to the individuals specified, and in the order provided, in subsection (d) of section 4105 of this title; except that no payment shall be made under this section to any individual who voluntarily, knowingly, and without duress, gave aid to or collaborated with or in any manner served any government hostile to the United States during World War II.

(d)Each claim allowed under this section shall be certified to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment out of the War Claims Fund established under section 4110 of this title. The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay such claims as follows:

(1)In the case of each claim allowed in an amount equal to or less than $500, such claim shall be paid in full; and

(2)In the case of each claim allowed in an amount greater than $500, such claim shall be paid in two installments. The first installment shall be paid in an amount equal to $500 plus 66⅔ per centum of the amount of such claim allowed in excess of $500. The last installment shall be computed as of September 1, 1956, under the next sentence of this paragraph, and, as so computed, shall be paid from the sums remaining in the War Claims Fund on that date. If the sums remaining in the War Claims Fund on September 1, 1956, are sufficient to satisfy all claims allowed under this section and not paid in full, the unpaid portion of each such claim shall be paid in full; if the sums remaining in the War Claims Fund on September 1, 1956, are not sufficient to satisfy all claims allowed under this section and not paid in full, the last installment payable on each such claim shall be reduced ratably, and, as so reduced, shall be paid from the War Claims Fund.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 2016 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

1962—Pub. L. 87–846 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text of subsec. (c) as reference to section 4104 of this title and reference to section 4105 of this title and in subsec. (d) as reference to section 4110 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For provisions transferring Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States to Department of Justice, as a separate agency, see section 1622a et seq. of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

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