FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
(Dollars in thousands)
  SALARIES AND EXPENSES
  Pos. FTE Amount
       
2006 Enacted (with Rescissions) 11 11 1,303
       
2007 President's Budget (Information Only) 11 11 1,559
       
2007 Continuing Resolution Level (Information Only) 11 11 1,303
       
2007 Estimate* 11 11 1,417
       
2008 Request 11 11 1,709
       
Change 2008 from 2007 Estimate 0 0 292
       
Adjustments to Base      
       
Increases:      
2008 pay raise (3.0%) 0 0 223
2007 pay raise annualization (2.2%) 0 0 12
GSA Rent 0 0 40
Change in Compensable Days 0 0 9
Thrift Savings Plan 0 0 5
Health Insurance 0 0 2
DHS Security 0 0 1
       
Subtotal Increases 0 0 292
       
Total Adjustments to Base 0 0 292
       
2008 Current Services 11 11 1,709
       
2008 Request 11 11 1,709
Change 2008 from 2007 Estimate 0 0 292
       
* The Department of Justice 2008 budget request was built on a starting point that recognized progress in enacting the FY 2007 appropriation. The starting point used (referred to throughout this document as the "Estimate") is the average of the Senate Committee and House passed marks, less one percent, unless noted otherwise.

 

FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(Dollars in thousands)
  2007 Estimate 2008 Current Services 2008 Request Total Program Changes
Comparison by activity and program Perm
Pos.		 FTE Amount Perm
Pos.		 FTE Amount Perm
Pos.		 FTE Amount Perm
Pos.		 FTE Amount
 
1. Foreign Claims 11 11 $ 1,407 11 11 $ 1,709 11 11 $ 1,709 0 0 $ 0
 
Total 11 11 1,407 11 11 1,709 11 11 1,709 0 0 0
 
The principal mission of the Foreign Settlement Claims Commission is to adjudicate claims of U.S. nationals against foreign governments, exercising jurisdiction conferred by the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, and other authorizing legislation. To date, the Commission has compiled and administered 44 international and war related claims programs including claims against 18 countries: Yugoslavia, Panama, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Italy, the former Soviet Union, the former Czechoslovakia, Poland, Cuba, China, the former German Democratic Republic, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Albania, and the Federal Republic of Germany.