22 U.S.C. § 1643l — Determination of ownership of claims referred by district courts of the United States

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and only for purposes of section 6082 of this title, a United State 1 district court, for fact-finding purposes, may refer to the Commission^*, and the Commission may determine, questions of the amount and ownership of a claim by a United States national (as defined in section 6023 of this title), resulting from the confiscation of property^* by the Government of Cuba^* described in section 1643b(a) of this title, whether or not the United States national qualified as a national of the United States^* (as defined in section 1643a(1) of this title) at the time of the action by the Government of Cuba.