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Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60

§4109 Hearings on Claims; Finality of Decision

Title 50 › Chapter 51— WAR CLAIMS › Subchapter I— TITLE I OF WAR CLAIMS ACT OF 1948 › § 4109

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must tell each claimant if their claim is approved or denied. If it approves the claim, it must say how much will be paid. If a claim is denied or paid for less than the full allowed amount, the claimant can ask for a hearing under rules the Commission sets. The hearing can be before the Commission or its representatives. After the hearing, the Commission can keep, change, or reverse its earlier decision. The Commission’s decision is final on facts and law and cannot be reviewed by other U.S. officials or by a court. The Comptroller General must record payments that follow the Commission’s decision in the officers’ accounts.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §4109

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The Commission shall notify all claimants of the approval or denial of their claims, and, if approved, shall notify such claimants of the amount for which such claims are approved. Any claimant whose claim is denied, or is approved for less than the full allowable amount of such claim, shall be entitled, under such regulations as the Commission may prescribe, to a hearing before the Commission or its representatives with respect to such claim. Upon such hearing, the Commission may affirm, modify, or revise its former action with respect to such claim, including a denial or reduction in the amount theretofore allowed with respect to such claim. The action of the Commission in allowing or denying any claim under this subchapter shall be final and conclusive on all questions of law and fact and not subject to review by any other official of the United States or by any court by mandamus or otherwise, and the Comptroller General is authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer for payments in accordance with such action.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of act July 3, 1948, ch. 826, 62 Stat. 1240, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 2010 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

1962—Pub. L. 87–846 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to this subchapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For provisions transferring Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States to Department of Justice, as a separate agency, see section 1622a et seq. of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

War Claims Commission, including offices of its members, abolished and functions transferred to Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States by 68 Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1954, §§ 2, 4, eff. July 1, 1954, 19 F.R. 3985, 68 Stat. 1279, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, also, section 4101 of this title and notes thereunder.

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 4109

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60