War Claims Act of 1948

War Claims Act of 1948

Long title	AN ACT To amend the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended; to create a commission to make an inquiry and report with respect to war claims; and to provide for relief for internees in certain cases
Enacted by	the 80th United States Congress
Effective	July 3, 1948
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–896
Statutes at Large	62 Stat. 1240
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 4960 Passed the House on   Passed the Senate on   Signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on

The War Claims Act of 1948, or Public Law 80-896 (62 Stat. 1240; 50 U.S.C.), is a United States federal law passed by the 80th United States Congress on July 3, 1948.

Synopsis

It created the War Claims Commission to adjudicate claims and pay out compensation to American prisoners of war and civilian internees of World War II. It authorized ten prisoner of war and civilian internee compensation programs, and four war damage and loss compensation programs. Payments and administrative expenses for all but three of the programs were paid by the liquidation of Japanese and German assets seized by the U.S. after World War II.^[1] Payments to prisoners of war were at the rate of US$1 to $2.50 per day of imprisonment, payments to civilian internees of Japan amounted to $60 for each month of internment. Civilians were also eligible for compensation for disability or death. The act did not authorize compensation for civilian internees held by Germany.

The Act also added Section 39 to the Trading with the Enemy Act 1917, to the effect that no compensation should be paid for property confiscated after 17 December 1941.^[2]

See also

• War Powers Act of 1941

References

This United States federal legislation article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This page was last edited on 10 March 2024, at 02:57