22 USC § 1645h - Claims Fund; establishment; deductions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s1645h"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 1645h - Claims Fund; establishment; deductions"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "1645h"
section_name: "Claims Fund; establishment; deductions"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "CLAIMS AGAINST VIETNAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title VII, § 709, as added Pub. L. 96–606, Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3536.)"
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# § 1645h. Claims Fund; establishment; deductions

**(a)** The Secretary of the Treasury may establish in the Treasury of the United States the Claims Fund for the payment of unsatisfied claims of nationals of the United States against Vietnam, as authorized by this subchapter.

**(b)** The Secretary of the Treasury shall deduct from any amounts covered into the Claims Fund an amount equal to 5 per centum thereof as reimbursement to the Government of the United States for expenses incurred by the Commission and by the Treasury Department in the administration of this subchapter. The amounts so deducted shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title VII, § 709, as added Pub. L. 96–606, Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3536.)