§6082. Liability for trafficking in confiscated property claimed by United States nationals — Inbound Citations
22 U.S.C. § 6082
Cited by 3 provisions in release 119-102.
Citations to 22 U.S.C. § 6082 as a whole
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and only for purposes of section 6082 of this title, a United State1 district court, for fact-finding purposes, may refer to the Commission, and the Commission may determine, questions of the amount and ownership of a claim by a United States national (as defined in section 6023 of this title), resulting from the confiscation of property by the Government of Cuba described in section 1643b(a) of this title, whether or not the United States national qualified as a national of the United States (as defined in section 1643a(1) of this title) at the time of the action by the Government of Cuba.
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(a) Upon submitting a determination to the appropriate congressional committees under section 6063(c)(1) of this title that a transition government in Cuba is in power, the President, after consultation with the Congress, is authorized to take steps to suspend the economic embargo of Cuba and to suspend the right of action created in section 6082 of this title with respect to actions thereafter filed against the Cuban Government, to the extent that such steps contribute to a stable foundation for a democratically elected government in Cuba.
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An action under section 6082 of this title may not be brought more than 2 years after the trafficking giving rise to the action has ceased to occur.