[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 868 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 868


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 19, 2003

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1994 and 1995 to require that certain claims for expropriation by 
 the Government of Nicaragua meet certain requirements 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 2003''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR EXPROPRIATION 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.--(1) Any action of the types set forth in subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (C) of subsection (a)(1) that was taken by the Government of 
Nicaragua during the period beginning on January 1, 1956, and ending on 
January 9, 2002, shall not be considered in implementing the 
prohibition under subsection (a) unless the action has been presented 
in accordance with the procedure set forth in paragraph (2).
    ``(2) An action shall be deemed presented for purposes of paragraph 
(1) if it is--
            ``(A) in writing; and
            ``(B) received by the Department of State on or before 120 
        days after the date specified in paragraph (3) at--
                    ``(i) the headquarters of the Department of State 
                in Washington, D.C.; or
                    ``(ii) the Embassy of the United States of America 
                to Nicaragua.
    ``(3) The date to which paragraph (2) refers is a date after the 
enactment of this subsection that is specified by the Secretary of 
State, in the Secretary's discretion, in a notice published in the 
Federal Register.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 18, 2003.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.