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 760 Detention benefits.

Rate.

Entitlement.

Certification for payment.

Time for filing.

Appropriation.

62 Stat. 1242. s o u s e app. 2004(a). 66 Stat. 49. s o u s e app. 2004(e).

PUBLIC LAW 615-AUG. 21, 1954

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"(2) The Commission is authorized to receive and to determine, according to law, the amount and validity, and provide for the payment of any claim filed by, or on behalf of, any civilian American citizen for detention benefits for any period of time subsequent to June 25, 1950, during which he was held by any such hostile force as a prisoner, internee, hostage, or in any other capacity, or remained in hiding to avoid being captured or interned by any such hostile force. "(3) The detention benefit allowed to any person under the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be at the rate of $60 for each calendar month during which such person was at least eighteen years of age and at the rate of $25 per month for each calendar month during which such person was less than eighteen years of age. "(4) The detention benefits allowed under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be allowed to the person entitled thereto, or, in the event of his death, only to the following persons: " (A) widow or husband if there is no child or children of the deceased; " (B) widow or dependent husband and child or children of the deceased, one-half to the widow or dependent husband and the other half to the child or children in equal shares; " (C) child or children of the deceased (in equal shares) if there is no widow or dependent husband. "(5) Any claim allowed by the Commission under this subsection shall be certified to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment out of funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection, and shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the person entitled thereto, except that where any person entitled to payment under this subsection is under any legal disability, payment may be made in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e) of this section. "(6) Each claim filed under this subsection must be filed not later than one year from whichever of the following dates last occurs: " (A) The date of enactment of this subsection; " (B) The date the civilian American citizen by whom the claim is filed returned to the jurisdiction of the United States; or " (C) The date upon which the Commission, at the request of a potentially eligible survivor, makes a determination that the civilian American citizen has actually died or may be presumed to be dead, in the case of any civilian American citizen who lias not returned to the jurisdiction of the United States. The Commission shall complete its determinations with respect to each claim filed under this subsection at the earliest practicable date, but in no event later than one year after the date on which such claim was filed. "(7)(A) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this si;bsection, including necessary administrative expenses. ''(B) The Commission shall determine, from time to time, the share of its administrative expenses attributable to the performance of its functions under this subsection and make the appropriate adjustments in its accounts, and determinations and adjustments nuide pursuant to this subparagraph shall be final and conclusive.'' (b) Subsection (a) of such section 5 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "As used in'' the following: "subsections (b) and (c) Subsection (e) of such section 5 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "under this section" the following: "(except under subsection (g)) ' '.

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