sides or transacts business. Such court, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 696, 81st Congress, approved August 16, 1950, 50 U.S.C. App. 2001 (d), may issue an order requiring such person to appear at the designated place of hearing, examination or investigation, then and there to give or produce testimony or documentary evidence concerning the matter in question. Any failure to obey such an order may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. All processes in any such case may be served in the judicial district wherein such person resides or transacts business or wherever such person may be found.

§ 501.3 Service of process.

(a) By whom served. The Commission shall serve all orders, notices and other papers issued by it, together with any other papers which it is required by law to serve.

(b) Kinds of service. Subpoenas, orders, rulings, and other processes of the Commission, may be served by delivering in person, by first class or registered mail, or by telegraph or by publications.

(c) Personal service. Service by delivering in person may be accomplished by:

(1) Delivering a copy of the document to the person to be served, to a member of the partnership to be served, to an executive officer, or a director of the corporation to be served or to a person competent to accept service; or

(2) By leaving a copy thereof at the residence, principal office or place of business of such person, partnership, or corporation.

(3) Proof of service. The return receipt for said order, other process or supporting papers, or the verification by the person serving, setting forth the manner of said service, shall be proof of the service of the document.

(4) Service upon attorney or agent. When any party has appeared by an authorized attorney or agent, service upon such attorney or agent shall be deemed service upon the party.

(d) Service by first class mail. Service by first class mail shall be regarded as complete, upon deposit in the United States mail properly stamped and addressed.

(e) Service by registered mail. Service by registered mail shall be regarded as complete on the date the return post office registered receipt for said orders,

notices and other papers, is received by the Commission.

(f) Service by telegraph. Service by telegraph shall be regarded as complete when deposited with a telegraph company properly addressed and with charges prepaid.

(g) Service by publication. Service by publication is complete when due notice shall have been given in the publication for the time and in the manner provided by law or rule.

(h) Date of service. The date of service shall be the day upon which the document is deposited in the United States mail or delivered in person, as the case may be.

(1) Filing with Commission. Papers required to be filed with the agency shall be deemed filed upon actual receipt by the Commission accompanied by proof of service upon parties required to be served. Upon such actual receipt the filing shall be deemed complete as of the date of deposit in the mail or with the telegraph company as provided in paragraphs (e) and (f) of this section. § 501.4 Witnesses.

(a) Examination of witnesses. Witnesses shall appear in person and be examined orally under oath, except that for good cause shown, testimony may be taken by deposition.

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(b) Witness fees and mileage. nesses summoned by the Commission on its own behalf or on behalf of a claimant or interested party shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are allowed and paid witnesses in the District Courts of the United States. Witness fees and mileage shall be paid by the Commission or by the party at whose request the witness appears.

(c) Transcript of testimony. Every person required to attend and testify or to submit documents or other evidence shall be entitled to retain or, on payment of prescribed costs, procure a copy of transcript of his testimony or the documents produced.

address of the person before whom it is desired that the deposition be taken. If such deposition is being offered in connection with a hearing or examination, the application for deposition shall be made to the Commission at least 15 days prior to the proposed date of such hearing or examination.

(2) Application to take a deposition may be made during a hearing or examination, or subsequent to a hearing or examination only where it is shown for good cause that such testimony is essential and that the facts as set forth in the application to take the deposition were not within the knowledge of the person signing the application prior to the time of the hearing or examination.

(3) The Commission or its representative shall, upon receipt of the application and a showing of good cause, make and cause to be served upon the parties an order which will specify the name of the witness whose deposition is to be taken, the time, the place, and where practicable the designation of the officer before whom the witness is to testify. Such officer may or may not be the one specified in the application. The order shall be served upon all parties at least 10 days prior to the date of the taking of the deposition.

(b) Who may take. Such deposition may be taken before the designated officer or, if none is designated, before any officer authorized to administer oaths by the laws of the United States. If the examination is held in a foreign country, it may be taken before a secretary of an embassy or legation, consulgeneral, consul, vice consul, or consular agent of the United States.

(c) Examination and certification of testimony. At the time and place specified in said order the officer taking such deposition shall permit the witness to be examined and cross-examined under oath by all parties appearing, and his testimony shall be reduced to writing by, or under the direction of, the presiding officer. All objections to questions or evidence shall be deemed waived unless made in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section. The officer shall not have power to rule upon any objections but he shall note them upon the deposition. The testimony shall be subscribed by the witness in the presence of the officer who shall attach his certificate stating that the witness was duly sworn by him, that the deposition is a true record of the testimony and exhibits

given by the witness and that said officer is not counsel or attorney to any of the interested parties. The officer shall immediately seal and deliver an original and two copies of said transcript, together with his certificate, by registered mail to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, Washington, D.C., or to the field office designated.

(d) Admissibility in evidence. The deposition shall be admissible in evidence, subject to such objections to the questions and answers as were noted at the time of taking the deposition, or within ten (10) days after the return thereof, and would be valid were the witness personally present at the hearing.

(e) Errors and irregularities. All errors or irregularities occurring shall be deemed waived unless a motion to suppress the deposition or some part thereof is made with reasonable promptness after such defect is, or with due diligence might have been, ascertained.

(f) Scope of use. The deposition of a witness, if relevant, may be used if the Commission finds: (1) That the witness has died since the deposition was taken; or (2) that the witness is beyond a distance greater than 100 miles radius of Washington, D.C., the designated field office or the designated place of the hearing; or (3) that the witness is unable to attend because of other good cause shown.

(g) Interrogatories and cross-interrogatories. Depositions may also be taken and submitted on written interrogatories in substantially the same manner as depositions taken by oral examinations. When a deposition is taken upon interrogatories and cross-interrogatories, none of the parties shall be present or represented, and no person, other than the witness, and his representative or attorney, a stenographic reporter and the presiding officer, shall be present at the examination of the witness, which fact shall be certified by such officer, who shall propound the interrogatories and cross-interrogatories to the witness in their order and reduce the testimony to writing in the witness' own words.

(h) Fees. A witness whose deposition is taken pursuant to the regulations in this part and the officer taking the deposition, shall be entitled to the same fees and mileage allowed and paid for like service in the United States District Court for the district in which the deposition is taken. Such fees shall be paid

by the Commission or by the party at whose request the deposition is being taken.

§ 501.6 Documentary evidence.

Documentary evidence may consist of books, records, correspondence or other documents pertinent to any hearing, examination, or investigation within the jurisdiction of the Commission. The application for the issuance of subpoenas duces tecum shall specify the books, records, correspondence or other documents sought. The production of documentary evidence shall not be required at any place other than the witness' place of business. The production of such documents shall not be required at any place if, prior to the return date specified in the subpoena, such person either has furnished the issuer of the subpoena with a properly certified copy of such documents or has entered into a stipulation as to the information contained in such documents.

§ 501.7 Time.

(a) Computation. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by the regulations by order of the Commission, or by any applicable statute, the day of the act, event, or default after which the designated period of time begins to run is not to be included. The last day of the period so computed is to be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is neither a Saturday, Sunday nor a holiday. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than 7 days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shall be excluded in the computation.

(b) Enlargement. When by the regulations in this chapter or by a notice given thereunder or by order of the Commission an act is required or allowed to be done at or within a specific time, the Commission for good cause shown may, at any time in its discretion (1) with or without motion or notice, previous order or (2) upon motion permit the act to be done after the expiration of the specified period.

Sec. 502.735-3

502.735-4 502.735-5

Disciplinary and other remedial action.

Gifts, entertainment, and favors. Outside employment and other activity.

502.735-6 Specific provisions of agency regulations governing special Government employees.

502.735-7 Statements of employment and financial interest.

502.735-8 Supplementary statements.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 502 issued under E.O. 11222 of May 8, 1965, 30 F.R. 6469, 3 CFR 1965 Supp.; 5 CFR 735.101 et seq.

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 502 appear at 32 F.R. 13508, Sept. 27, 1967, unless otherwise noted.

§ 502.735-1 Adoption of regulations.

Pursuant to 5 CFR 735.104(f), the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States (referred to hereinafter as the Commission) hereby adopts the following sections of Part 735 of Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations: $$735.101-102 735.201a, 735.202 (a), (d), (e), (f)-735.210, 735.302, 735.303(a), 735.304, 735.305 (a), 735.402 (a), 735.404, 735.405, 735.407-735.411, 735.412 (b) and (d). These adopted sections are modified and supplemented as set forth in this part.

§ 502.735-2 Review of statements of

employment and financial interests. Each statement of employment and financial interests submitted under this part shall be reviewed by the General Counsel. When this review indicates a conflict between the interests of an employee or special Government employee of the Commission and the performance of his services for the Government, the General Counsel shall have the indicated conflict brought to the attention of the employee or special Government employee, grant the employee or special Government employee an opportunity to explain the indicated conflict, and attempt to resolve the indicated conflict. If the indicated conflict cannot be resolved, the General Counsel shall forward a written report on the indicated conflict to the Chairman of the Commission through the counselor for the agency designated under 5 CFR 735.105 (a). § 502.735-3 Disciplinary and other remedial action.

An employee or special Government employee of the Commission who violates any of the regulations in this part

An employee of the Commission may engage in outside employment or other outside activity not incompatible with the full and proper discharge of the duties and responsibilities of his Government employment: Provided, however, That no professional officer or employee of the Commission shall engage in the private practice of his profession, and no officer or employee, regardless of the nature of his duties with the Commission, shall engage in the private practice of law, except upon the prior approval in writing by the Chairman of the Commission. § 502.735-6 Specific provisions of agency regulations governing special Government employees.

(a) Special Government employees of the Commission shall adhere to the standards of conduct applicable to employees as set forth in this part and adopted under § 502.735-1, except 5 CFR 735.203(b).

(b) Special Government employees of the Commission may teach, lecture, or write in a manner not inconsistent with 5 CFR 735.203 (c).

(c) Pursuant to 5 CFR 735.305 (b), the Commission authorizes the same exceptions concerning gifts, entertainment, and favors for special Government employees as are authorized for employees by § 502.735-4.

CFR 735.403 (a), employees in the following named positions shall submit statements of employment and financial interest:

(1) Executive Director.

(2) Attorneys in Charge of Divisions.

(b) Each statement of employment and financial interest required by this section shall be submitted to the General Counsel of the Commission.

(c) An employee who believes that his position has been improperly included in this section as one requiring the submission of a statement of employment and financial interests may obtain a review of his complaint under the Commission's grievance procedure.

§ 502.735-8 Supplementary statements. Notwithstanding the filing of the annual supplementary statement required by 5 CFR 735.406, each employee shall at all times avoid acquiring a financial interest that could result, or taking an action that would result, in a violation of the conflicts-of-interest provisions of section 208 of Title 18, United States Code, or the regulations in this part or adopted under § 502.735-1.

Fees-policy and services available.
Fees for services.

Payment of fees and charges.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of Part 503 issued under sec. 3, Administrative Procedure Act, 81 Stat. 54; 7 U.S.C. 2243.

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 503 appear at 32 F.R. 9569, July 1, 1967, unless otherwise noted.

§ 503.1

Organization and authority— Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.

(a) The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States is an

independent agency of the Federal Government created by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1954 (68 Stat. 1279), effective July 1, 1954. Its duties and authority are defined in the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended (64 Stat. 12; 22 U.S.C. 1621-1642) and the War Claims Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1240; 50 U.S.C. 2001-2016).

(b) The Commission has jurisdiction to determine claims of U.S. nationals against foreign governments for compensation for losses and injuries sustained by such nationals, pursuant to programs which may be authorized under either of said Acts. Available funds have their sources in international settlements or liquidation of foreign assets in this country by the Department of Justice or Treasury, and from public funds when provided by the Congress.

(c) The three members of the Commission are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate to serve for 3-year terms of office as provided by the Act of October 22, 1962 (76 Stat. 1107; 50 U.S.C. 2001). The President designates the Chairman.

(d) All functions of the Commission are vested in the Chairman with respect to the internal management of the affairs of the Commission, including but not limited to: (1) The appointment of personnel employed under the Commission; (2) the direction of employees of the Commission and the supervision of their official duties; (3) the distribution of business among employees and organizational units under the Commission; (4) the preparation of budget estimates; and (5) the use and expenditures of funds of the Commission available for expenses of administration.

(e) The Chairman pursuant to his responsibility hereby directs that every effort be expended to facilitate the maximum service to the public with respect to the obtaining of information and records in the spirit and the letter of the provisions of Public Law 87-487 amending section 3 of the Administrative Procedures Act, effective July 4, 1967.

(f) Requests for information, decisions, or records may be made in person or in writing to the Clerk, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.

(g) The offices of the Commission are located at 1111 20th Street NW. (Vanguard Building), Washington, D.C. An information center for the convenience of the public is located on the fourth floor.

§ 503.2

Material to be published in the Federal Register pursuant to Public Law 89-487.

The Commission shall separately state and concurrently publish the following materials in the FEDERAL REGISTER for the guidance of the public:

(a) Descriptions of its central and field organization and the established places at which, the officers from whom, and the methods whereby, the public may secure information, make submittals or requests, or obtain decisions.

(b) Statements of the general course and method by which its functions are channeled and determined, including the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available.

(c) Rules of procedure, descriptions of forms available or the places at which forms may be obtained, and instructions as to the scope and contents of all papers, reports, or examinations.

(d) Substantive rules of general applicability adopted as authorized by law, and statements of general policy or interpretations of general applicability formulated and adopted by the agency.

(e) Every amendment, revision, or repeal of the foregoing.

§ 503.3 Effect of nonpublication.

Except to the extent that a person has actual and timely notice of the terms thereof, no person shall in any manner be required to resort to, or be adversely affected by, any matter required to be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER and not so published.

§ 503.4 Incorporation by reference.

For purposes of this part, matter which is reasonably available to the class of persons affected thereby shall be deemed published in the FEDERAL REGISTER When incorporated by reference therein with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register.

§ 503.5 Public records.

The Commission shall, in accordance with this part, make the following materials available for public inspection and copying:

(a) Proposed and Final Decisions (including dissenting opinions) and all orders made with respect thereto.

(b) Those statements of policy and interpretations which have been adopted by the Commission.

To prevent unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, the Commission may