22 U.S.C. § 1643d

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 1643d - Claims based on ownership interest in or debt or other obligations owing by corporations or other legal entities

(a) Nationals of the United States; charge on property

A claim under section 1643b(a) of this title based upon an ownership interest in any corporation, association, or other entity which is a national of the United States shall not be considered. A claim under section 1643b(a) of this title based upon a debt or other obligation owing by any corporation, association, or other entity organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be considered, only when such debt or other obligation is a charge on property which has been nationalized, expropriated, intervened, or taken by the Government of Cuba, or the Chinese Communist regime.

(b) Direct ownership

A claim under section 1643b(a) of this title based upon a direct ownership interest in a corporation, association, or other entity for loss shall be considered, subject to the 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.

(c) Indirect ownership

A claim under section 1643b(a) of this title based upon an indirect ownership interest in a corporation, association, or other entity for loss shall be considered, subject to the 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) Computation of award

The amount of any claim covered by 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 at the time of loss bears to the entire ownership interest thereof.

22 U.S.C. § 1643d

Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title V, §505, as added Pub. L. 88-666, Oct. 16, 1964, 78 Stat. 1111; amended Pub. L. 89-262, §3, Oct. 19, 1965, 79 Stat. 988; Pub. L. 89-780, §4, Nov. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 1365.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS1966-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-780 provided for applicability of subsection to property nationalized or taken by the Chinese Communist regime. 1965-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-262 authorized consideration of claims based on debt or other obligation owing by corporations or other legal entities which is a charge on property nationalized, expropriated, intervened, or taken by Government of Cuba.