§1641c Claims of Nationals of the United States Against Italy

Summary

The Commission must accept and decide claims by U.S. nationals against the government of Italy for losses from the war Italy fought from June 10, 1940, to September 15, 1947, when those losses were not covered by the peace treaty. After the principal amounts of earlier awards are paid from the Italian Claims Fund, the Commission will decide claims by people who were U.S. citizens on August 9, 1955 and, if awards are made, send them to the Secretary of the Treasury to be paid from what remains in the Italian Claims Fund even if the usual filing time has passed. The Commission will also decide or reopen claims of people who were eligible to file on August 9, 1955 but did not file or filed late, except no awards will go to anyone already paid under the peace treaty, subsection (a), or section 4132 of title 50. The Commission will also decide claims by U.S. nationals on September 3, 1943 and July 24, 1968 for losses in territory Italy ceded under the peace treaty, again excluding those already paid under the treaty or subsection (a). Within 30 days after July 24, 1968, or 30 days after Congress provides funds for these work expenses (whichever is later), the Commission must publish the filing period in the Federal Register, and that filing period cannot end more than six months after publication. Awards from these later filings will be certified to the Treasury for payment from remaining fund balances after subsection (a) awards are paid. Once all certified awards are paid, the Secretary of the Treasury must move any unused money left in the Italian Claims Fund into the War Claims Fund created by section 4110 of title 50.