[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 92 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25912-25913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12103]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission


Privacy Act of 1974; New System of Records Notice; Iran 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 June 22, 1999, and designated ``FCSC-29, Iran, 
Claims of less than $250,000 Against.'' These records originated as 
duplicates of records included within the system of records ``State-54, 
U.S./IRAN Claims Records,'' established October 26, 1982 (47 FR 47510), 
and were used by the FCSC between 1990 and 1995 to determine the 
validity and amount of claims of U.S. nationals of less than $250,000 
each against the Islamic Republic of Iran that were covered by a lump-
sum claims settlement agreement between the United States and Iran 
effective June 22, 1990. This system was renamed ``Records of the 
Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for International Claims and 
Investment Disputes'' on October 28, 1993 (58 FR 58032). As part of the 
review mandated by the President's Memorandum on Privacy and Personal 
Information in Federal Records of May 14, 1998, the FCSC has concluded 
that it should publish this system of records notice to more accurately 
reflect the existence and nature of the records in question as a 
separately identifiable system of records.
    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 June 22, 1999. This 
records system will be added to the Commission's current Privacy Act 
Systems of Records.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The system of records designated ``JUSTICE/FCSC-29, 
Iran, Claims of less than $250,000 Against'' shall be established and 
become effective on June 22, 1999, 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,

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600 E Street NW, Room 6002, Washington, DC 20579, telephone (202) 616-
6975, fax (202) 616-6993.
JUSTICE/FCSC-29

SYSTEM NAME:
    Iran, Claims of less than $250,000 Against.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Washington National Records Center, 4205 Suitland Road, Washington, 
DC 20409.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    United States nationals, including private individuals, 
partnerships, corporations, and other legal entities, with claims 
against the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran valued at less 
than $250,000 each for nationalization, expropriation, or other taking 
of property by that government.

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, including description of property; and 
other evidence establishing entitlement to compensation for claim.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    Title V of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1986 and 1987 (Pub.L. 99-93, approved August 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 437 (50 
U.S.C. 1701 note), and the U.S.-Iranian Settlement Agreement in Claims 
of Less than $250,000, Case No. 86 and Case No. B38, Award No. 483, 
effective June 22, 1990.
    Purpose: To enable the Commission to carry out its statutory 
responsibility to determine the validity and amount of the claims 
before it.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF THE USES:
    Records were used for the purpose of determining the validity and 
amount of claims; issuance of decisions concerning eligibility to 
receive compensation under the statute and Agreement; notifications to 
claimants of rights to appeal; preparation of decisions for 
certification to the Secretary of Treasury for payment. Names and other 
information furnished by claimants was for verifying citizenship status 
with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. As required by the 
authorizing statute, the information contained in this system of 
records, other than the names of claimants and the text of the 
Commission's decisions on their claims, is maintained as confidential 
information which is 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.

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 (system ``Justice-FCSC 1''). File folders 
retrieved from Records Center by claim number.

SAFEGUARDS:
    Under security safeguards at Washington National Records Center.

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 MANAGERS AND ADDRESS:
    Administrative Officer, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E 
Street, NW, Room 6002, Washington, DC 20579; telephone 202-616-6975, 
fax 202-616-6993.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
    Set forth in part 504 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    Same as above.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Claimant on whom the record is maintained.
Judith H. Lock,
Administrative Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-12103 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]
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