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PUBLIC LAW 285-AUG. 9, 1955
"SEC. 307. The amount of any award made pursuant to this title based on a claim of a national of the United States other than the national of the United States to whom the claim originally accrued shall not exceed the amount of the actual consideration last paid therefor either prior to January 1, 1953, or between that date and the filing of the claim, whichever is less. "SEC. 308. The Commission shall as soon as possible, and in the order of the making of such awards, certify to the Secretary of the Treasury, in terms of United States currency, each award made pursuant to this title. "SEC. 309. All payments authorized under this title shall be disbursed exclusively from the claims fund attributable to the country with respect to which the claims are allowed pursuant to this title. All amounts covered into the Treasury to the credit of the claims funds created by section 302 are hereby permanently appropriated for the making of the payments authorized under this title. "SEC. 310. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall make payments on account of awards certified by the Commission pursuant to this title as follows: "(1) Payment in full of the principal amount of each award made pursuant to section 305(a)(1) and each award of $1,000 or less made pursuant to section 303 or 304; "(2) Payment in full of the principal amount of each award of $1,000 or less made pursuant to section 305(a)(2); "(3) Payment in the amount of $1,000 on account of the principal of each award of more than $1,000 in amount made pursuant to section 303, 304, or 305 (a)(2); "(4) After completing the payments under the preceding paragraphs of this subsection from any one fund, payments from time to time, in ratable proportions, on account of the then unpaid principal of all awards in the principal amount of more than $1,000, according to the proportions which the unpaid principal of such awards bear to the total amount in the fund available for distribution on account of such awards at the time such payments are made; " (5) After payment has been made in full of the principal amounts of all awards from any one fund, pro rata payments from the remainder of such fund then available for distribution on account of accrued interest on such awards as bear interest. "(b) Such payments, and applications for such payments, shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. "(c) For the purposes of making any such payments, an 'award' shall be deemed to mean the aggregate of all awards certified in favor of the same claimant and payable from the same fund. " (d) With respect to any claim which, at the time of the award, is vested in persons other than the person to whom the claim originally accrued, the Commission may issue a consolidated award in favor of all claimants then entitled thereto, which award shall indicate the respective interests of such claimants therein; and all such claimants shall participate, in proportion to their indicated interests, in the payments provided by this section in all respects as if the award had been in favor of a single person. "SEC. 311. (a) If a corporation or other legal entity has a claim on which an award may be made under this title, no award may be made to any other person under this title with respect to such claim. "(b) A claim based upon an interest, direct or indirect, in a corporation or other legal entity which directly suffered the loss with respect to which the claim is asserted, but which was not a national of the United States at the time of the loss, shall be acted upon without regard
Award amount.
Certification Treasury,
Payments by Treasury.
"Award".
Interest in corporation.
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