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50 USC § 4112 - United States citizens serving in allied forces 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s4112"
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title: "50 USC § 4112 - United States citizens serving in allied forces"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "4112"
section_name: "United States citizens serving in allied forces"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "WAR CLAIMS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "TITLE I OF WAR CLAIMS ACT OF 1948"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title I, § 15, as added Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1162, title I, § 103, 68 Stat. 1034; amended Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 102, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1107.)"
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# § 4112. United States citizens serving in allied forces

**(a)** **Right to compensation** December 7, 1941section 4105 of this title

The Commission is authorized to receive and to determine, according to law, the amount and validity, and provide for the payment of any claim for compensation filed by or on behalf of any individual who, being then an American citizen, served in the military or naval forces of any government allied with the United States during World War II who was held as a prisoner of war for any period of time subsequent to , by any government of any nation with which such allied government has been at war subsequent to such date. Compensation shall be payable under this section in accordance with the standards established by, and at the rates prescribed in, subsection (b) of , and paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (d) of such section 4105.

**(b)** **Deductions** The amount payable under this section shall be reduced by such sum as the individual entitled to compensation under this section has received or is entitled to receive from any government by reason of the same detention.

**(c)** **Payments on death** section 4105 of this title

In the event of death of the individual entitled to compensation under this section, payment may be made to the persons specified in paragraph (4) of subsection (d) of .

**(d)** **Filing date for claims** August 31, 1954

Claims for benefits under this section must be filed within one year after .

**(e)** **Certification of claim for payment** section 4110 of this title

Any claim allowed under the provisions of this section shall be certified to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment out of the War Claims Fund established by .

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**Source Credit**: (July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title I, § 15, as added Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1162, title I, § 103, 68 Stat. 1034; amended Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 102, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1107.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 2014 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Amendments

1962— made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text of subsecs. (a) and (c) as reference to  and in subsec. (e) as reference to .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

For provisions transferring Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States to Department of Justice, as a separate agency, see section 1622a et seq. of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.