Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60
§4135 Claims of Stockholders
Title 50 › Chapter 51— WAR CLAIMS › Subchapter II— TITLE II OF WAR CLAIMS ACT OF 1948 › § 4135
Summary
Claims for ownership in a U.S.-national entity are denied. Direct claims are allowed if the entity was not a U.S. national on the date of loss, regardless of percent. Indirect claims are allowed only if at least 25% of the entity was then owned by U.S. nationals. Awards equal the owner’s share of the total loss.
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Title 50, §4135
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(a)A claim under section 4132 of this title based upon an ownership interest in any corporation, association, or other entity which is a national of the United States shall be denied.
(b)A claim under section 4132 of this title, based upon a direct ownership interest in a corporation, association, or other entity which suffered a loss within the meaning of said section, shall be allowed, subject to other provisions of this subchapter, if such corporation, association, or other entity on the date of the loss was not a national of the United States, without regard to the per centum of ownership vested in the claimant in any such claim.
(c)A claim under section 4132 of this title, based upon an indirect ownership interest in a corporation, association, or other entity which suffered a loss within the meaning of said section, shall be allowed, subject to other provisions of this subchapter, only if at least 25 per centum of the entire ownership interest thereof at the time of such loss was vested in nationals of the United States.
(d)Any award on a claim under subsection (b) or (c) of this section shall be calculated on the basis of the total loss suffered by such corporation, association, or other entity, and shall bear the same proportion to such loss as the ownership interest of the claimant bears to the entire ownership interest thereof.
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 2017d of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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50 U.S.C. § 4135
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60