Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§1641o Time Limitation on Completion of Affairs of Commission

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must finish settling claims against Russian nationals within two years, and finish all other claims under this subchapter within four years, counted from August 9, 1955 or from the date a law is passed that gives the Commission money for its administrative costs, whichever date comes later. For property taken in Bulgaria and Rumania and claims against Italy (those under paragraph (4) of section 1641b and subsections (b) and (c) of section 1641c), the Commission must finish within two years after July 24, 1968 or after a law provides money for the related administrative costs, whichever is later. For property taken in Hungary (paragraph (5) of section 1641b), the Commission must finish within two years after the deadline set under subsection (c) of section 1641e.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §1641o

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(a)Claims against Russian nationals
The Commission shall complete its affairs in connection with the settlement of claims pursuant to section 1641d(a)(1) of this title not later than two years, and all other claims pursuant to this subchapter not later than four years, following August 9, 1955, or following the date of enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for the payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under this subchapter, whichever date is later.
(b)Property taken in Bulgaria and Rumania; claims against Italy
The Commission shall complete its affairs in connection with the settlement of claims pursuant to paragraph (4) of section 1641b of this title and subsections (b) and (c) of section 1641c of this title not later than two years following July 24, 1968, or following 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 and subsections (b) and (c) of section 1641c of this title, whichever is later.
(c)Property taken in Hungary
The Commission shall complete its affairs in connection with the settlement of claims pursuant to paragraph (5) of section 1641b of this title not later than two years following the deadline established under subsection (c) of section 1641e of this title.

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Amendments

1974—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93–460 added subsec. (c). 1968—Pub. L. 90–421 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 1641o

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110