---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 1631l"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "1631l"
heading: "Determination of expenses and time for filing suit, notice of claim and debt claim"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/1631l"
units:
  - "Chapter 21 — Settlement of International Claims"
  - "Subchapter II — Vesting and Liquidation of Bulgarian, Hungarian, and Rumanian Property"
---

# §1631l. Determination of expenses and time for filing suit, notice of claim and debt claim


Prior to covering the net proceeds of liquidation of any [property](/usc/22/1631.md?p=2) into the Treasury pursuant to [section 1631a(a) of this title](/usc/22/1631a.md?p=a), the designee of the President under this subchapter shall determine—

- (1) the amount of his administrative expenses attributable to the performance of his functions under this subchapter with respect to such [property](/usc/22/1631.md?p=2) and the proceeds thereof. The amount so determined, together with an amount not exceeding that expended or incurred for the conservation, preservation, or maintenance of such [property](/usc/22/1631.md?p=2) and the proceeds thereof, and for taxes in respect of same, shall be deducted and retained by the designee from the proceeds otherwise covered into the Treasury; and
- (2) that the time for the institution of a suit under [section 1631f(a) of this title](/usc/22/1631f.md?p=a), for the filing of a notice of claim under [section 1631f(b) of this title](/usc/22/1631f.md?p=b), and for the filing of debt claims under [section 1631g of this title](/usc/22/1631g.md) has elapsed.

The determinations of the designee under this section shall be final and conclusive.


## Source credit

(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title II, § 213, as added Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 645, § 3, 69 Stat. 570.)