Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§1642e Claims Based on Ownership Interest in Corporations or Other Legal Entities

Title 22 › CHAPTER 21 — SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS › SUBCHAPTER IV — CLAIMS AGAINST CZECHOSLOVAKIA › § 1642e

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Claims based on owning any part of a corporation or entity that is a U.S. national are denied. A direct owner can get payment if the company was not a U.S. national on the date it was taken; the owner’s percent doesn't matter. An indirect owner gets payment only if at least 25 percent of the company was owned by U.S. nationals at that time. Any award is based on the company’s total loss and equals the claimant’s share of ownership of that total loss.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §1642e

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(a)Nationals of United States

A claim under section 1642c of this title, based upon an ownership interest in any corporation, association, or other entity which is a national of the United States shall be denied.

(b)Direct ownership

A claim under section 1642c of this title, based upon a direct ownership interest in a corporation, association, or other entity for loss by reason of the nationalization or other taking of such corporation, association, or other entity, or the property thereof, shall be allowed, subject to other provisions of this subchapter, if such corporation, association, or other entity on the date of the nationalization or other taking was not a national of the United States, without regard to the per centum of ownership vested in the claimant in any such claim.

(c)Indirect ownership

A claim under section 1642c of this title, based upon an indirect ownership interest in a corporation, association, or other entity for loss by reason of the nationalization or other taking of such corporation, association, or other entity, or the property thereof, shall be allowed, subject to other provisions of this subchapter, only if at least 25 per centum of the entire ownership interest thereof at the time of such nationalization or other taking was vested in nationals of the United States.

(d)Computation of award

Any award on a claim under subsection (b) or (c) of this section shall be calculated on the basis of the total loss suffered by such corporation, association, or other entity, and shall bear the same proportion to such loss as the ownership interest of the claimant bears to the entire ownership interest thereof.

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22 U.S.C. § 1642e

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110