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PUBLIC LAW 87-846-OCT. 22, 1962

" (C) child or children of the deceased (in equal shares) if there is no widow or husband; and " (D) parents of the deceased (in equal shares) if there is no widow, husband, or child; "(2) injury or permanent disability sustained by any person, who being then a civilian national of the United States and a passenger on any vessel engaged in commerce on the high seas, was injured or permanently disabled as a result of military action by Germany or Japan which occurred during the period beginning September 1, 1939, and ending December 11, 1941; awards under this paragraph shall be payable solely to the person so injured or disabled; "(3) the loss or destiniction, as a result of such action, of property on such vessel, as determined by the Commission to be reasonable, useful, necessary, or proper under the circumstances, which property was owned by any civilian national of the United States who was then a passenger on such vessel; and in the case of the death of any person suffering such loss, awards under this paragraph shall be made only to or for the benefit of the persons designated in paragraph (1) of this subsection and in the order of priority named therein. "'niANSFERS AND ASSIGNMENTS

"SEC. 203. The transfer or assignment for value of any property forming the subject matter of a claim under subsection (a) or (b) of section 202 subsequent to its damage, loss, or destruction shall not operate to extinguish any claim of the transferor otherwise compensable under either of such subsections. If a claim which could otherwise be allowed under subsection (a) or (b) of section 202 has been assigned for value prior to the enactment of this title, the assignee shall be the party entitled to claim thereunder. "NATIONALri^ o r CLAIMANTS

"SEC. 204. No claim shall be allowed under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 202 of this title unless the property upon which it is based was owned by a national or nationals of the United States on the date of loss, damage, or destruction and unless the claim was owned by a national or nationals of the United States continuously thereafter until the date of filing with the Commission pursuant to this title. Where any person who lost United States citizenship solely by reason of marriage to a citizen or subject of a foreign country reacquired such citizenship before the date of enactment of this title, then if such individual, but for such marriage would have been a national of the United States at all times on and after the date of such loss, damage, or destruction until the filing of the claim, such individual shall be treated for all purposes of this title as having been a national of the United States at all such times. "CLAIMS OF STOCKHOLDERS

"SEC. 205. (a) A claim under section 202 of this title based upon an ownership interest in any corporation, association, or other entity which is a national of the United States shall be denied. "(b) A claim under section 202 of this title, based upon a direct ownership interest in a corporation, association, or other entity which suffered a loss within the meaning of said section, shall be allowed, subject to other provisions of this title, if such corporation, association, or other entity on the date of the loss was not a national of the

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