50 USC § 4138 - Certain awards prohibited

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title: "50 USC § 4138 - Certain awards prohibited"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "4138"
section_name: "Certain awards prohibited"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "WAR CLAIMS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "TITLE II OF WAR CLAIMS ACT OF 1948"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title II, § 208, as added Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 103, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1110.)"
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# § 4138. Certain awards prohibited

69 Stat. 57022 U.S.C. 164122 U.S.C. 1641b(1)section 4139 of this title

No award shall be made under this subchapter to or for the benefit of (1) any person who has been convicted of a violation of any provision of chapter 115, title 18, or of any other crime involving disloyalty to the United States, or (2) any claimant whose claim under this subchapter is within the scope of title III of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended () [ et seq.], except any claimant whose award under section 303(1) of title III of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended [], is recertified pursuant to subsection (b) of .

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**Source Credit**: (July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title II, § 208, as added Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 103, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1110.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, referred to in text, is , . Title III of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1641 et seq.) of chapter 21 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 2017g of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.