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PUBLIC LAW 87-846-OCT. 22, 1962 '(i

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TRANSFER O F RECORDS

"SEC, 216. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to transfer or otherwise make available to the Commission such records and documents relating to claims authorized by this title as may be required by the Commission in carrying out its functions under this title. "ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

"SEC. 217. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as may be necessary (but not to exceed the total covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts under section 39 subsection (d) of the Trading With the Enemy Act) to enable the Commission and the Treasury Department to pay their administrative expenses in carrying out their respective functions under this title."' SEC. 104. (a) Section 2 of the W a r Claims Act of 1948, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: " (d) The term of office of members of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission holding office on the date of enactment of this subsection shall expire at the end of the one-year period which begins on such date, but during such one-year period each such member shall continue to hold office at the pleasure of the President. The President shall thereafter appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, three members of the Commission. The term of office of each member of the Commission shall be three years, except that of the members first appointed after the end of the one-year period which begins on the date of enactment of this subsection, one shall be appomted for a term of three years, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of one year." (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the reappointment as a member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of any person holding office as a member of such Commission on the date of enactment of this Act.

62 Stat. 1246. 50 USC app. 3 9.

50 USC a p p. 2001. eommission members, terms of office.,

Appointment.

TITLE II SEC. 201. That the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended, is amended as follows: SEC. 202. Section 39 of the Trading With the Enemy Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (d) The Attorney General is authorized and directed to cover into the Treasury from time to time for deposit in the W a r Claims Fund such sums from property vested in him or transferred to him under this Act as he shall determine in his discretion not to be required to fulfill obligations imposed under this Act or any other provision of law, and not to be the subject matter of any judicial action or proceeding. There shall be deducted from each such deposit 5 per centum thereof for expenses incurred by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission and by the Treasury Department in the administration of title II of the W a r Claims Act of 1948. Such deductions shall be made before any payment is made pursuant to such title. All amounts so deducted shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts." SEC. 203. Section 9(a) is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and the following: Provided further, That upon a determination made by the President, in time of war or during any national emergency declared by the President, that the interest and welfare of the United States

50 USC app. 39.

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50 USC app. 9.

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