---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 1631h"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "1631h"
heading: "Hearings on claims; rules and regulations; delegation of powers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/1631h"
units:
  - "Chapter 21 — Settlement of International Claims"
  - "Subchapter II — Vesting and Liquidation of Bulgarian, Hungarian, and Rumanian Property"
---

# §1631h. Hearings on claims; rules and regulations; delegation of powers


The officer or agency designated by the President under this subchapter to entertain claims under sections [1631f(b)](/usc/22/1631f.md?p=b) and [1631g](/usc/22/1631g.md) of this title shall have power to hold such hearings as may be deemed necessary; to prescribe rules and regulations governing the form and contents of claims, the proof thereof, and all other matters related to proceedings on such claims; and in connection with such proceedings to issue subpenas, administer oaths, and examine witnesses. Such powers, and any other powers conferred upon such officer or agency by sections [1631f(b)](/usc/22/1631f.md?p=b) and [1631g](/usc/22/1631g.md) of this title may be exercised through subordinate officers designated by such officer or agency.


## Source credit

(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title II, § 209, as added Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 645, § 3, 69 Stat. 568.)