Title 50War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§4140 Claim filing period

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 51— - WAR CLAIMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - TITLE II OF WAR CLAIMS ACT OF 1948 › § 4140

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must publish in the Federal Register, within 60 days after this subchapter or its funding becomes law (whichever is later), a claims deadline ending within 18 months.

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Title 50, §4140

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Within sixty days after the enactment of this subchapter or of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under this subchapter, whichever date is later, the Commission shall give public notice by publication in the Federal Register of the time when, and the limit of time within which claims may be filed, which limit shall not be more than eighteen months after such publication.

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References in Text

The enactment of this subchapter, referred to in text, probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 87–846, which was approved Oct. 22, 1962. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 2017i of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Protests Relating to Awards by Commission; Notice by Publication in Federal RegisterNotwithstanding the provisions of this section and section 4141 of this title, receipt and consideration of filed and published protests relating to awards made by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission which result in modification of such awards shall be certified and paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of the War Claims Fund in accordance with section 4143 of this title. See section 615 of act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, as added by Pub. L. 94–542, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2512, set out as a note under section 1623 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

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50 U.S.C. § 4140

Title 50War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73