Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 1.djvu/841

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PUBLIC LAW 104-114 —MAR. 12, 1996 110 STAT. 817 action was timely filed with the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission under title V of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 but was denied by the Commission, the court shall accept the findings of the Commission on the claim as conclusive in the action under this section. (C) A United States national, other than a United States national bringing an action under this section on a claim certified under title V of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, may not bring an action on a claim under this section before the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. (D) An interest in property for which a United States national has a claim certified under title V of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 may not be the subject of a claim in an action under this section by any other person. Any person bringing an action under this section whose claim has not been so certified shall have the burden of establishing for the court that the interest in property that is the subject of the claim is not the subject of a claim so certified. (6) INAPPLICABILITY OF ACT OF STATE DOCTRINE.— N O court of the United States shall decline, based upon the act of state doctrine, to make a determination on the merits in an action brought under paragraph (1). (7) LICENSES NOT REQUIRED. —(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action under this section may be brought and may be settled, and a judgment rendered in such action may be enforced, without obtaining any license or other permission from any agency of the United States, except that this paragraph shall not apply to the execution of a judgment against, or the settlement of actions involving, property blocked under the authorities of section 5(b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act that were being exercised on July 1, 1977, as a result of a national emergency declared by the President before such date, and are being exercised on the date of the enactment of this Act. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and for purposes of this title only, any claim against the Cuban Government shall not be deemed to be an interest in property the transfer of which to a United States national required before the enactment of this Act, or requires after the enactment - . of this Act, a license issued by, or the permission of, any agency of the United States. (8) PUBLICATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later than Federal Register, 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney publication. General shall prepare and publish in the Federal Register a concise summary of the provisions of this title, including a statement of the liability under this title of a person trafficking in confiscated property, and the remedies available to United States nationals under this title. (b) AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY. — An action may be brought under this section by a United States national only where the amount in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $50,000, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorneys' fees. In calculating $50,000 for purposes of the preceding sentence, the applicable amount under subclause (I), (II), or (III) of subsection (a)(l)(A)(i) may not be tripled as provided in subsection (a)(3). (c) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.—