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Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-110

§4236 Individual Compensation of Eligible Aleuts

Title 50 › CHAPTER 52 — RESTITUTION FOR WORLD WAR II INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS AND ALEUTS › SUBCHAPTER II — ALEUTIAN AND PRIBILOF ISLANDS RESTITUTION › § 4236

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must pay each eligible Aleut $12,000 from the Fund, in addition to any payment under section 4235, if money is appropriated for it. The Secretary may ask the Attorney General and the Administrator to help find eligible Aleuts. The Attorney General must help and may use the International Committee of the Red Cross and other groups. For tax purposes, the payment is treated as damages for human suffering and does not count as income or resources for benefits listed in section 3803(c)(2)(C) of title 31. Getting the $12,000 fully settles any claims against the United States from the relocation in section 4232(5). Congress may appropriate the sums needed to the Fund.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §4236

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(a)Payments to eligible Aleuts
In addition to payments made under section 4235 of this title, the Secretary shall, in accordance with this section, make per capita payments out of the Fund to eligible Aleuts. The Secretary shall pay, subject to the availability of funds appropriated to the Fund for such payments, to each eligible Aleut the sum of $12,000.
(b)Assistance of Attorney General
The Secretary may request the Attorney General to provide reasonable assistance in locating eligible Aleuts residing outside the affected Aleut villages, and upon such request, the Attorney General shall provide such assistance. In so doing, the Attorney General may use available facilities and resources of the International Committee of the Red Cross and other organizations.
(c)Assistance of Administrator (d) Clarification of treatment of payments under other laws
The Secretary may request the assistance of the Administrator in identifying and locating eligible Aleuts for purposes of this section.
(e)Payment in full settlement of claims against United States
The payment to an eligible Aleut under this section shall be in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States arising out of the relocation described in section 4232(5) of this title.
(f)Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1989c–5 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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50 U.S.C. § 4236

Title 50, War and National Defense

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110