§6083 Proof of Ownership of Claims to Confiscated Property

Summary

A court must accept a certification from the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission under title V of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 as final proof that someone owns confiscated property. If a claim has not been certified, the court may appoint a special master, including the Commission, to decide who owns the claim and how much it is worth. Those decisions are only evidence for the case and are not the same as a title V certification. The court must not treat foreign or international agency or court rulings that set a value or say a claim is invalid as final proof, unless the matter was decided by binding international arbitration to which the United States or the claimant submitted the claim. Nothing here or in section 514 added by subsection (b) requires or allows claims of Cuban nationals who became U.S. citizens after their property was taken to be included among claims certified to the Secretary of State for future negotiation or official support when relations with Cuba are restored. It also does not change certifications made under title V before March 12, 1996.