[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17913-17914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9881]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission


Privacy Act of 1974; New System of Records Notice; Albanian 
Claims Program

AGENCY: Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; Justice.

ACTION: Notice of new system of records.

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SUMMARY: The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (FCSC) hereby 
publishes notice of the establishment of an additional records system 
to be effective as of May 24, 1996, and designated ``FCSC-36, Albania, 
Claims Against.'' This records system will be added to the Commission's 
current Privacy Act Systems of Records.

DATES: The system of records designated ``FCSC-36, Albania, Claims 
Against'' shall be established and become effective on May 24, 1996, as 
published herein unless amended by notice published prior to that date. 
The existing systems of records continue in effect. Comments must be 
submitted on or before May 24, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Any person interested in commenting on this system may do so 
by submitting comments in writing to the Administrative Office of the 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 
20579.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David E. Bradley, Chief Counsel, 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E Street NW, Room 6002, 
Washington, DC 20579, telephone (202) 616-6975, fax (202) 616-6993.
FCSC-36
System name:
    Albania, Claims Against.
System location:
    Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E Street NW, Room 6002, 
Washington, DC 20579.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
    Natural and juridical persons who assert claims for losses of 
property resulting from expropriation or other taking by the Government 
of Albania.
Categories of records in the system:
    Claim information, including name and address of claimant and 
representative, if any; date and place of birth or naturalization; 
nature and valuation of claim; description, ownership, and value of 
property; other evidence establishing entitlement to compensation for 
claim.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
    Title I, International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, 
and the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of Albania on the Settlement of Certain 
Outstanding Claims of March 10, 1995 (entered into force April 18, 
1995).
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
of users and the purposes of the uses:
    Records are used for the purpose of determining the validity and 
amount of claims; issuance of decisions concerning eligibility to 
receive compensation under the Act and Agreement; notifications to 
claimants of rights to appeal; and preparation of certifications of 
awards, if any, to the Treasury Department for payment. Names and other 
information furnished by claimants may be used for verifying 
citizenship status with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The 
information contained in this system of records is considered by the 
Commission to be public information which may be disclosed as a routine 
use to interested persons who make inquiries about the claims program 
or individual claims therein, including but not limited to Members of 
Congress or Congressional staff, staff of the Office of Management and 
Budget, other persons interested in the work of the Commission, and 
members of the news media.
    Law Enforcement: In the event that a system of records maintained 
by the FCSC to carry out its functions indicates a violation or 
potential violation of law, whether civil or criminal or regulatory in 
nature and whether arising by general statute or particular program 
statute or order issued pursuant thereto, the relevant records in the 
system of records may be referred, as a routine use, to the appropriate 
agency, whether Federal State, local or foreign, charged with enforcing 
or implementing the statute, rule, regulation or order issued pursuant 
thereto.
    A record, or any facts derived therefrom, may be disclosed in a 
proceeding before a court or adjudicative body before which the FCSC is 
authorized to appear or to the

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Department of Justice for use in such proceeding when:
    i. The FCSC, or any subdivision thereof, or
    ii. Any employee of the FCSC in his or her official capacity, or
    iii. Any employee of the FCSC in his or her official capacity where 
the Department of Justice has agreed to represent the employee, or
    iv. The United States, where the FCSC determines that the 
litigation is likely to affect it or any of its subdivisions, is a 
party to litigation or has an interest in litigation and such records 
are determined by the FCSC to be arguably relevant and necessary to the 
litigation and such disclosure is determined by the FCSC to be a use 
compatible with the purpose for which the records were collected.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
    Paper records maintained in file folders.
Retrievability:
    Filed numerically by claim number. Alphabetical index used for 
identification of claim.
Safeguards:
    At FCSC: Building employs security guards.
    Records are maintained in a locked room accessible to authorized 
FCSC personnel and other persons when accompanied by such personnel.
Retention and disposal:
    Records are maintained in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 301. Disposal of 
records will be in accordance with 44 U.S.C. 3301-3314 when such 
records are determined no longer useful.
System manager(s) and address:
    Administrative Office, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E 
Street, NW, Room 6002, Washington, DC 20579; telephone 202-616-6975, 
fax 202-616-6993.
Notification procedure:
    Same as above.
Contesting record procedures:
    Same as above.
Record source categories:
    Claimant on whom the record is maintained.
David E. Bradley,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-9881 Filed 4-22-96; 8:45 am]
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