§4236 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must pay each eligible Aleut $12,000 from the Fund, in addition to any other payments, if money for those payments is available. The Secretary can ask the Attorney General and the Administrator to help find eligible Aleuts, including people living outside the affected villages; the Attorney General may use the Red Cross and other groups to help. These payments are treated for federal tax as damages for human suffering and will not count as income or resources when checking eligibility for certain federal benefits. Getting the $12,000 settles any claims against the United States related to the relocation. Congress may provide whatever money is needed.

Title 50, §4236

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(a)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)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)The Secretary may request the assistance of the Administrator in identifying and locating eligible Aleuts for purposes of this section.

(d)Amounts paid to an eligible Aleut under this section—

(1)shall be treated for purposes of the internal revenue laws of the United States as damages for human suffering, and

(2)shall not be included as income or resources for purposes of determining eligibility to receive benefits described in section 3803(c)(2)(C) of title 31 or the amount of such benefits.

(e)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)There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

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.

§4236 Individual Compensation of Eligible Aleuts

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Title 50, §4236

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