Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§1644g Claims Fund; Establishment; Deductions
Title 22 › CHAPTER 21 — SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS › SUBCHAPTER VI — CLAIMS AGAINST GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC › § 1644g
Summary
The Secretary of the Treasury must create a Claims Fund in the U.S. Treasury to pay unpaid claims by U.S. citizens against the German Democratic Republic under this subchapter. When money is put into that Fund, the Treasury must take 5 percent to cover the Commission’s and Treasury Department’s costs; the deducted amount is credited to the Treasury’s miscellaneous receipts.
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Title 22, §1644g
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(a)The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to establish in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be designated the Claims Fund as defined under section 1644a(5) of this title for the payment of unsatisfied claims of nationals of the United States against the German Democratic Republic as authorized in this subchapter.
(b)The Secretary of the Treasury shall deduct from any amounts covered into the Claims Fund, an amount equal to 5 per centum thereof as reimbursement to the Government of the United States for expenses incurred by the Commission and by the Treasury Department in the administration of this subchapter. The amounts so deducted shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.
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22 U.S.C. § 1644g
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102