The Department of State Appropriations Act of 1937, referred to in subsec. (d)(3), probably means the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1937, which is title I of act May 15, 1936, ch. 405, 49 Stat. 1309. Provisions relating to acceptance by the Secretary of State of reimbursement for expenses incurred in pursuing certain private claims against foreign governments were added to that act by Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 142(b), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1350, and are classified to section 2661 of this title.

Section 2668a of this title, referred to in subsec. (e)(1), was in the original “chapter 34 of the Act of February 27, 1896 (22 U.S.C. 2668a; 29 Stat. 32)”. Section 2668a of this title contains the only provisions of the Act which are classified to the Code.

A prior section 38 of act Aug. 1, 1956, was renumbered section 39 by section 128 of Pub. L. 99–93, and subsequently renumbered, and set out as a Short Title of 1956 Amendment note under section 2651 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 111(1), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 654.

2002—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107–228 added subsec. (e).

1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277 inserted “personal and” before “other support services” in first sentence.

1994—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 103–236 added subsecs. (c) and (d).