Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§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 Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must accept and decide claims by U.S. nationals (people or companies from the United States) against Vietnam for losses that happened on or after April 29, 1975 when property was seized, nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise taken or targeted, and no restoration or fair payment was made. Those claims must be filed during the time the Commission sets in a notice in the Federal Register. That filing period cannot be longer than two years from the notice date, and the notice must be published within sixty days after December 28, 1980 or within sixty days after the date Congress provides funding for the Commission, whichever comes later.

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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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22 U.S.C. § 1645b

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60