PARIS — France agreed on Friday to compensate Holocaust victims who had been deported via its state railway during World War II.

Under the deal, negotiated by the United States and France, France will pay American and other Holocaust survivors out of a $60 million fund. In return, the United States is expected to help ease obstacles impeding the French national railway company, the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français, from participating in railway projects that had been held up by American lawmakers, survivors and their heirs as a way to press for a resolution of the compensation issue.

The agreement, which comes after years of litigation and negotiations, is expected to be signed on Monday by Patrizianna Sparacino-Thiellay, the French ambassador at large for human rights in charge of Holocaust issues, and Stuart Eizenstat, the United States special adviser on Holocaust issues, Agence France-Presse reported.

According to the news agency, Mr. Eizenstat said France would pay $60 million to the United States in a lump sum. The money is expected to be distributed to the several thousand survivors, family members and their heirs, officials said. The deal still needs approval by the French Parliament.