[Title 28 CFR V]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 28 - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION]
[Chapter I - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE]
[Part 0 - ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE]
[Subpart V - 1--Foreign Claims Settlement Commission]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
28JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION12002-07-012002-07-01false1--Foreign Claims Settlement CommissionVSubpart VJUDICIAL ADMINISTRATIONDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Subpart V-1--Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Source: Order No. 960-81, 46 FR 52349, Oct. 27, 1981, unless
otherwise noted.
Sec. 0.128 Organization.
The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States is a
separate agency within the Department of Justice. It is composed of a
full-time Chairman, and two part-time Commissioners. All functions,
powers, and duties of the Commission not directly related to
adjudicating claims are vested in the Chairman of the Commission,
including the functions set forth in section 3 of Reorganization Plan
No. 1 of 1954 and the authority to issue rules and regulations. The
Attorney General provides necessary administrative support and services
to the Commission.
Sec. 0.128a General functions.
The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission has been authorized to
determine claims of United States nationals for loss of property in
specific foreign countries as a result of nationalization or other
taking by the government of those countries by the International Claims
Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, (22 U.S.C. 1621-1645o); and to
determine claims of U.S. nationals and organizations in territories of
the United States for damage and loss of property as a result of
military operations during World War II and claims of U.S. military
personnel and civilian American citizens for having been held in a
captured status in specified areas during World War II, the Korean
conflict and the Vietnam conflict by the War Claims Act of 1948, as
amended (50 U.S.C. app. 2001-2017p).
Sec. 0.128b Regulations.
All rules of practice and regulations applicable to the management
of the affairs of and the adjudication of claims by the Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission of the United States are published in 45 CFR
chapter V.