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PUBLIC LAW 87-000—MMMM. DD, 1962
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PUBLIC LAW 87-846-OCT. 22, 1962

"No payment may be made to any organization designated under this section unless it has given firm and responsible assurances appyoved by the President that (1) the payment will be used on the basis of need in the rehabilitation and settlement of persons in the United States who suffered substantial deprivation of liberty or failed to enjoy the full rights of citizenship within the meaning of subdivisions (C) and (D) of subsection (a)(2) of this section; (2) it will make to the President, with a copy to be furnished to the Congress, such reports (including a detailed annual report on the use of the payment made to it) and permit such examination of its books as the President, or such officer or agency as he may designate, may from time to time require; and (3) it will not use any part of such payment for legal fees, salaries, or other administrative expenses connected with the filing of claims for such payment or for the recovery of any property or interest under this section." (b) The first sentence of section 33 of such Act is amended by striking out all that follows "whichever is later and inserting a period. (c) Section 39 of such Act is amended by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following new sentence: "Immediately upon the enactment of this sentence, the Attorney General shall cover into the Treasury of the United States, for deposit into the War Claims Fund, from property vested in or transferred to him under this Act, the sum of $500,000 to make payments authorized under section 32(h) of this Act." SEC. 205. A t the end of the Act, as amended, add the following section: "SEC. 40. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) hereof, all rights and interests of individuals in estates, trusts, insurance policies, annuities, remainders, pensions, workmen's compensation and veterans' benefits vested under this Act after December 17, 1941, which have not become payable or deliverable to or have not vested in possession in the Attorney General prior to December 31, 1961, are hereby divested: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not affect the right of the Attorney General to retain all such property rights and interests and to collect all income which is payable to or vested in possession in him prior to December 31, 1961. " (b) Nothing contained in this section shall divest or require the divestment of any portion of any such interest the beneficial owner of which is a natural person who has been convicted personally and by name by a court of competent jurisdiction of murder, ill treatment, or deportation for slave labor of prisoners of war, political opponents, hostages, or civilian population m occupied territories, or of murder or ill treatment of military or naval persons, or of plunder or wanton destruction without justified military necessity. "(c) A t the earliest practicable time after the effective date of this Act, the Attorney General shall transmit to the lawful owner or custodian of any interest divested by this section written notice of such divestment." SEC. 206. At the end of the Act, as amended, add the following new section: "SEC. 41. (a) Notwithstanding any statute of limitation, lapse of time, any prior decision by any court of the United States, or any compromise, release or assignment to the Alien Property Custodian, jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States Court of Claims to hear, determine, and report to the Congress concerning the claims against the United States for the proceeds received by the United States from the sale of the property vested under the provisions of the Trading With the Enemy Act by vesting order num-

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50 USC app. 33. so use app. 39.

50 USC app. 32.

50 USC app. 1,