Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§1645b Receipt and Determination of Claims; Notice by Publication in Federal Register

Title 22 › CHAPTER 21 — SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS › SUBCHAPTER VII — CLAIMS AGAINST VIETNAM › § 1645b

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must take and decide claims by U.S. nationals against Vietnam for losses that happened on or after April 29, 1975 when property owned wholly or partly by those U.S. nationals was nationalized, expropriated, otherwise taken, or hit by special measures, and no restoration or fair payment was made. Claims must be filed in a time period the Commission will announce in the Federal Register. That filing period can be at most two years and must be published within 60 days after December 28, 1980, or within 60 days after Congress provides funds for the Commission’s administrative expenses, whichever date is later.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §1645b

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The Commission shall receive and determine in accordance with applicable substantive law, including international law, the validity and amounts of claims by nationals of the United States against Vietnam arising on or after April 29, 1975, for losses incurred as a result of the nationalization, expropriation, or other taking of (or special measures directed against) property which, at the time of such nationalization, expropriation, or other taking, was owned wholly or partially, directly or indirectly, by nationals of the United States to whom no restoration or adequate compensation for such property has been made. Such claims must be submitted to the Commission within the period specified by the Commission by notice published in the Federal Register (which period shall not be more than a period of two years beginning on the date of such publication) within sixty days after December 28, 1980, or of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under this subchapter, whichever date is later.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 1645b

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102