Privacy Act: [ JUSTICE/FCSC--16] Hungary Claims Against (1st Program)--FCSC....

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   #.DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


   #..Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

   #..JUSTICE/FCSC-1

   #....System name: 

       Indexes of Claimants (Alphabetical)--FCSC.
     System location: 
       Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E Street, Northwest, 
   Suite 6002, Washington, DC 20579.
     Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
       Maintained on all individuals who filed claims for compensation 
   under the statutes administered by the Foreign Claims Settlement 
   Commission.
     Categories of records in the system: 
       Microfilm copies of index cards and computer-generated paper 
   indexes containing names of claimants, claim and decision numbers, 
   date and disposition of claims, addresses and dates of birth.
     Authority for maintenance of the system: 
       5 U.S.C. 301.
   Purpose(s):
       To enable Commission personnel and interested members of the 
   public to ascertain whether any named individual, corporation, or 
   other legal entity has submitted a claim to the Commission.
     Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
   categories of users and the purposes of such uses: 
         --Used by authorized Commission personnel for identification of 
   individual claims and to obtain information concerning disposition of 
   claims.
         --The information contained in this system of records (except 
   for that pertaining to the system ``Justice/FCSC-27: Germany, 
   Holocaust Survivors Claims Against'', described below) 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.
         --The information contained in this system of records will be 
   disclosed to the Office of Management and Budget, in connection with 
   the review of private relief legislation as set forth in OMB Circular 
   No. A-19, at any stage of the legislative coordination and clearance 
   process as set forth in that circular.
         --A record from this system of records may be disclosed as a 
   routine use to a Member of Congress or to a congressional staff 
   member in response to an inquiry of the congressional office made at 
   the request of the individual about whom the record is maintained.
         --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,
       ii. Any employee of the FCSC in his or her official capacity,
       iii. Any employee of the FCSC in his or her individual 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: 
       Microfilm rolls stored in steel drawers. Computer-generated paper 
   indexes stored on shelves in cardboard binders.
     Retrievability: 
       By name of individual.
     Safeguards: 
       Security guards in building. Records maintained in locked rooms 
   accessible only to authorized Commission personnel.
     Retention and disposal: 
       Permanent records. Disposition will be made 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, Northwest, Suite 6002, Washington, DC 20579. Telephone: 
   202/616-6986 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: 
       Individual on whom the record is maintained and information 
   obtained by actions taken by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 
   as a result of adjudication of individual claims.

   #..JUSTICE/FCSC-2

   #....System name: 

       Bulgaria, Claims Against (2nd Program)--FCSC.
     System location: 
       Washington National Records Center, 4205 Suitland Road, 
   Washington, DC 20409.
     Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
       U.S. nationals who suffered property losses in Bulgaria between 
   August 9, 1955, and July 2, 1963.
     Categories of records in the system: 
       Claim application form containing name and address of claimant 
   and representative, if any, date and place of birth or 
   naturalization; nature and amount of claim; description, ownership, 
   and value of property; and evidence to support claim for the purpose 
   of receiving compensation.
     Authority for maintenance of the system: 
       Title III, International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as 
   amended, and U.S.-Bulgarian Claims Agreement of July 2, 1963.
   Purpose(s):
       To enable the Commission to carry out its statutory 
   responsibility to determine the validity and amount of the claims 
   submitted to it.
     Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
   categories of users and the purposes of such uses: 
         --Records were used for the purpose of adjudicating claims of 
   individuals; issuance of decisions concerning eligibility to receive 
   compensation under the Act; notifications to claimants of rights to 
   appeal; and preparation of certifications of awards, if any, to the 
   Treasury Department for payment by authorized FCSC personnel. Names 
   and other data furnished by claimants used for verifying citizenship 
   status with INS.
         --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 FCSC to carry out its functions indicates a violation 
   or potential violation of law, whether civil, criminal or regulatory 
   in nature, and whether arising by general statute or particular 
   program statute, or by regulation, rule 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 the responsibility of 
   investigating or prosecuting such violation or charged with enforcing 
   or implementing the statute, or rule, regulation or order issued 
   pursuant thereto.
         --The information contained in this system of records will be 
   disclosed to the Office of Management and Budget, in connection with 
   the review of private relief legislation as set forth in OMB Circular 
   No. A-19, at any stage of the legislative coordination and clearance 
   process as set forth in that circular.
         --A record from this system of records may be disclosed as a 
   routine use to a Members of Congress or to a congressional staff 
   member in response to an inquiry of the congressional office made at 
   the request of the individual about whom the record is maintained.
         --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 individual 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. File folders retrieved from 
   Records Center by claim number. Alphabetical index used for 
   identification of claim (see system ``Justice/FCSC-1'' above).
     Safeguards: 
       Under security safeguards at Washington National Records Center.
     Retention and disposal: 
       Records maintained under 5 U.S.C. 301. Disposal of records will 
   be made in accordance with 44 U.S.C. 3301-3314 when such records are 
   determined no longer useful. This system of records was retired to 
   the Washington National Records Center after the completion of the 
   claims program on December 24, 1971.
     System manager(s) and address: 
       Administrative Office, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 600 
   E Street, Northwest, Suite 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:  
       Individual on whom the record is maintained.

   #..JUSTICE/FCSC-3

   #....System name:  

       Certification of Awards--FCSC.
     System location: 
       Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E Street, Northwest, 
   Suite 6002, Washington, DC 20579.
     Categories of Individuals covered by the system: 
       Individuals receiving awards under the International Claims 
   Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, and War Claims Act of 1948, as 
   amended.
     Categories of records in the system: 
       Names and addresses of claimants and amounts of awards certified 
   to Treasury Department for payment. Name and address of claimant's 
   representative, if any, also included in certification voucher.
     Authority for maintenance of the system:  
       International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, and War 
   Claims Act of 1948, as amended.
   Purpose(s): 
       Maintained as a record of the names, addresses, and amounts 
   awarded to individuals in the Commission's claims programs.
     Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
   categories of users and the purposes of such uses: 
         --Award certifications prepared by authorized FCSC personnel 
   and forwarded to Treasury Department for payment in accordance with 
   statutory authority and Treasury Department regulations and 
   procedures.
         --The information contained in this system of records (except 
   for that pertaining to the system ``Justice/FCSC-27: Germany, 
   Holocaust Survivors Claims Against'') is considered by the Commission 
   to be public information which may be disclosed as a routine use to 
   interested persons who make inquiries about a 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.
         --The information contained in this system of records will be 
   disclosed to the Office of Management and Budget, in connection with 
   the review of private relief legislation as set forth in OMB Circular 
   No. A-19, at any stage of the legislative coordination and clearance 
   process as set forth in that circular.
         --A record from this system of records may be disclosed as a 
   routine use to a member of Congress or to a congressional staff 
   member in response to an inquiry of the congressional office made at 
   the request of the individual about whom the record is maintained.
         --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 individual 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: 
       Contained in file folders.
     Retrievability: 
       By voucher number and date of certification.
     Safeguards: 
       Building has building guards. Records are maintained in file 
   cabinets in locked rooms.
     Retention and disposal: 
       Records maintained under 5 U.S.C. 301. Disposal of records will 
   be made 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, Northwest, Suite 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: 
       From award portion of decisions as determined by FCSC.

   #..JUSTICE/FCSC-4

   #....System name: 

       China, Claims Against--FCSC.
     System location: 
       Washington National Records Center, 4205 Suitland Road, 
   Washington, DC 20409.
     Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
       U.S. nationals with claims for property losses, death and 
   disability in mainland China arising between October 1, 1949, and May 

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