[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46828-46829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22663]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Privacy Act of 1974; New System of Records Notice; Holocaust 
Survivors 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 October 1, 1996, and designated ``FCSC-37, 
Germany, Holocaust Survivors' Claims Against.'' 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. Comments must be 
submitted on or before October 1, 1996. This records system will be 
added to the Commission's current Privacy Act Systems of Records.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The system of records designated ``FCSC-37, Germany, 
Holocaust Survivors' Claims Against'' shall be established and become 
effective on October 1, 1996, as published herein unless amended by 
notice published prior to that date. The existing systems of records 
continue in effect.

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-37
    Germany, Holocaust Survivors' Claims Against.
    Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E Street NW., Room 6002, 
Washington, DC 20579.
    Natural persons who assert claims for loss of liberty or damage to 
body or health as a result of National Socialist measures of 
persecution conducted directly against them.
    Claim information, including name and address of claimant and 
representative, if any; date and place of birth or naturalization; 
nature and valuation of claim, including description of measures of 
persecution; other evidence establishing entitlement to compensation 
for claim.
    Pub. L. 104-99, and the Agreement Between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the Federal Republic of 
Germany Concerning Final Benefits to Certain United States Nationals 
Who Were Victims of National Socialist Measures of Persecution of 
September 19, 1995.
    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; preparation of decisions for 
certification to the Secretary of State for use in diplomatic 
settlement negotiations with Germany; and preparation of certifications 
of awards to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment. Names and other 
information furnished by claimants may be used for verifying 
citizenship status with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. As 
required by the authorizing statute, the information contained in this 
system of records will be maintained as confidential information which 
will be exempt from disclosure to the public.
    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 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.
    Paper records maintained in file folders.
    Filed numerically by claim number. Alphabetical index used for 
identification of claim.

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    At FCSC: Building employees security guards.
    Records are maintained in a locked room accessible to authorized 
FCSC personnel and other persons when accompanied by such personnel.
    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.
    Administrative Officer, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E 
Street, NW., Room 6002, Washington, DC 20579; telephone 202-616-6975, 
fax 202-616-6993.
    Same as above.
    Same as above.
    Claimant on whom the record is maintained.
Delissa A. Ridgway,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 96-22663 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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