50 USC § 4141 - Claims settlement period

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s4141"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 4141 - Claims settlement period"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "4141"
section_name: "Claims settlement period"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title II, § 211, as added Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 103, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1111.)"
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# § 4141. Claims settlement period

The Commission shall complete its affairs in connection with the settlement of claims pursuant to this subchapter not later than four years following the enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title II, § 211, as added Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 103, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1111.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Protests Relating to Awards by Commission; Notice by Publication in Federal Register

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and , receipt and consideration of filed and published protests relating to awards made by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission which result in modification of such awards shall be certified and paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of the War Claims Fund in accordance with . See section 615 of , as added by , ; , set out as a note under , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.