Nicaragua Property Dispute Settlement Act of 2002

Nicaragua Property Dispute Settlement Act of 2002 - Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 to require certain claims of expropriation of property by the Government of Nicaragua be filed by a U.S. citizen within 180 days after enactment of this Act in order to be taken into account for the prohibition on foreign assistance to Nicaragua as long as Nicaragua has not satisfied all expropriation claims against it. (Thus limits to those filed within such time period the number of claims which the Government of Nicaragua must satisfy for the prohibition on U.S. assistance to be lifted.)

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5128 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5128

To amend section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1994 and 1995 to require that certain claims of expropriation by 
the Government of Nicaragua be filed within a specified time period for 
 purposes of the prohibition on foreign assistance to that government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2002

 Mr. Ballenger (for himself and Mr. Delahunt) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1994 and 1995 to require that certain claims of expropriation by 
the Government of Nicaragua be filed within a specified time period for 
 purposes of the prohibition on foreign assistance to that government.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nicaragua Property Dispute 
Settlement Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR EXPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY BY THE GOVERNMENT 
              OF NICARAGUA.

    Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2370a) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Certain Claims for Expropriation by Government of 
Nicaragua.--Any claim of a United States person against the Government 
of Nicaragua for any action that--
            ``(1) is described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of 
        subsection (a)(1), and
            ``(2) was taken during the period beginning on January 1, 
        1956, and ending on January 9, 2002,
shall not be taken into account for purposes of the prohibition on 
assistance set forth in subsection (a), unless the claim is made in 
writing with the United States Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua within 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this subsection.''.
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