# 50 U.S.C. § 4106: Religious organizations

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4106

## Section

- **Citation:** 50 U.S.C. § 4106
- **Heading:** Religious organizations
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 9, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE > CHAPTER 51—WAR CLAIMS > SUBCHAPTER I—TITLE I OF WAR CLAIMS ACT OF 1948

## Text

The Commission is authorized to receive, adjudicate according to law, and provide for the payment of any claim filed by any religious organization functioning in the Philippine Islands and affiliated with a religious organization in the United States, or by the personnel of any such Philippine organization, for reimbursement of expenditures incurred, or for payment of the fair value of supplies used, by such organization or such personnel for the purpose of furnishing shelter, food, clothing, hospitalization, medicines and medical services, and other relief in the Philippines to members of the armed forces of the United States or to civilian American citizens (as defined in section 4104 of this title ) at any time subsequent to December 6, 1941 , and before August 15, 1945 . Any claim allowed under the provisions of this section shall be certified to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment out of the War Claims Fund established by section 4110 of this title .

( July 3, 1948, ch. 826 , title I, § 7, 62 Stat. 1245 ; Apr. 9, 1952, ch. 167, § 2 , 66 Stat. 48 ; Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 985 , 70 Stat. 1063 ; Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 102 , Oct. 22, 1962 , 76 Stat. 1107 .)

## Nearby sections

- [50 U.S.C. § 4101 Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4101.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 4102 Jurisdiction of Commission](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4102.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 4103 Claims of employees of contractors](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4103.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 4104 Internees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4104.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 4105 Prisoners of war](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4105.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 4106 Religious organizations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4106.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 4107 Reports to Congress](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4107.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 4108 Fee limitation for representing claimants; penalties](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4108.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 4109 Hearings on claims; finality of decision](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4109.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 4110 War Claims Fund](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4110.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 4111 Payments to certain members of religious orders](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4111.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 4112 United States citizens serving in allied forces](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4112.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 4113 Detention benefits to merchant seamen](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4113.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 4114 Philippines](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t50_s4114.md)

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