Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§1641e Filing of Claims; Notice in Federal Register

Title 22 › CHAPTER 21 — SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS › SUBCHAPTER III — CLAIMS AGAINST BULGARIA, HUNGARY, RUMANIA, ITALY, AND THE SOVIET UNION › § 1641e

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must publish in the Federal Register when people can file claims and how long they have to do it. For claims under paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of section 1641b, that notice must appear within sixty days after August 9, 1955, or within sixty days after a law gives the Commission funds for these tasks, whichever is later. The filing period set in the notice cannot exceed one year, except claims under section 1641d are limited to six months. For property taken in Bulgaria and Rumania (paragraph (4)) and for Hungary (paragraph (5)), the notice must appear within thirty days after July 24, 1968, or October 20, 1974, respectively, or within thirty days after such funding is provided, and the filing period may not exceed six months. If a U.S. national was mailed a Hungary notice but did not receive it because a government office used a nonexistent address, that person may still file; the Commission must publish the filing time for those claims within thirty days after October 20, 1974, with a filing window of no more than six months.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §1641e

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(a)Time period
Within sixty days after August 9, 1955, or within sixty days after the date of enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 1641b of this title, whichever date is later, the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register the time when and the limit of time within which claims may be filed under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 1641b of this title, which limit shall not be more than one year after such publication, except that with respect to claims under section 1641d of this title this limit shall not exceed six months.
(b)Property taken in Bulgaria and Rumania
Within thirty days after July 24, 1968, or the enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under paragraph (4) of section 1641b of this title, whichever is later, the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register the time when and the limit of time within which claims may be filed under paragraph (4) of section 1641b of this title, which limit shall not be more than six months after such publication.
(c)Property taken in Hungary
Within thirty days after October 20, 1974, or thirty days after enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under paragraph (5) of section 1641b of this title, whichever date is later, the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register the time when, and the limit of time within which, claims may be filed with the Commission under paragraph (5) of section 1641b of this title, which limit shall not be more than six months after such publication.
(d)Failure to receive notice on Hungarian claims
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any national of the United States who was mailed notice by any department or agency of the Government of the United States with respect to filing a claim against the Government of Hungary arising out of any of the failures referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 1641b of this title, and who did not receive the notice as the result of administrative error in placing a nonexistent address on the notice, may file with the Commission a claim under any such paragraph. The Commission shall publish in the Federal Register, within thirty days after October 20, 1974, when the limit of time within which any such claim may be filed with the Commission, which limit shall not be more than six months after such publication.

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Amendments

1974—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–460, § 1(4)(A), substituted “paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 1641b of this title” for “this subchapter”. Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 93–460, § 1(4)(B), added subsecs. (c) and (d). 1968—Pub. L. 90–421 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 1641e

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110