§1644b Receipt and Determination of Claims; Notice by Publication in Federal Register

Summary

The Commission must accept and decide claims by U.S. people or companies against the German Democratic Republic when the government nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise took or targeted property or property rights that were owned wholly or partly by U.S. nationals, including losses that happened in the GDR or in East Berlin. It must decide these claims using applicable law, including international law. The Commission will publish a notice in the Federal Register that sets the deadline to file claims. That notice must be published within 60 days after October 18, 1976, or within 60 days after laws that provide money for the Commission’s administrative costs, whichever is later. The filing period the notice sets may not be more than 12 months after the notice is published.