Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73not60

§2438 Payment by Czechoslovakia of Amounts Owed United States Citizens and Nationals

Title 19 › Chapter 12— TRADE ACT OF 1974 › Subchapter IV— TRADE RELATIONS WITH COUNTRIES NOT RECEIVING NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT › Part 1— Trade Relations With Certain Countries › § 2438

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

An agreement signed on July 5, 1974 about settling claims by U.S. citizens and nationals against Czechoslovakia must be renegotiated. The new version must be included when any agreement with Czechoslovakia is sent to Congress under this part of the law. The United States must not release any gold that belongs to Czechoslovakia and is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the United States under the Paris Reparations Agreement of January 24, 1946, or otherwise, until Congress approves the agreement.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §2438

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(a)The arrangement initialed on July 5, 1974, with respect to the settlement of the claims of citizens and nationals of the United States against the Government of Czechoslovakia shall be renegotiated and shall be submitted to the Congress as part of any agreement entered into under this subchapter with Czechoslovakia.

(b)The United States shall not release any gold belonging to Czechoslovakia and controlled directly or indirectly by the United States pursuant to the provisions of the Paris Reparations Agreement of January 24, 1946, or otherwise, until such agreement has been approved by the Congress.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 2438

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60