[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 808 Engrossed in House (EH)]

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 808

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                                 AN ACT

                  For the relief of James B. Stanley.





103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                               H. R. 808

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                                 AN ACT


 
                  For the relief of James B. Stanley.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.

    (a) Payment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $400,577 to James B. 
Stanley.
    (b) Basis.--The payment required by subsection (a) shall be to 
compensate James B. Stanley for the physical, psychological, and 
economic injuries sustained by him as a result of the administration to 
him, without his knowledge, of lysergic acid diethylamide by United 
States Army personnel in 1958.

SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS.

    The payment made pursuant to section 1(a) shall be in full 
satisfaction of all claims James B. Stanley may have against the United 
States for--
            (1) the injuries received by him as described in section 1; 
        and
            (2) for any injuries received by him subsequent to his 
        discharge from the United States Army that are the result of 
        the injuries described in section 1.

SEC. 3. INELIGIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS.

    James B. Stanley shall not be eligible for any compensation or 
benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of 
Defense for any injury received by him as described in section 1.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION OF ATTORNEYS' OR AGENTS' FEES.

    It shall be unlawful for an amount of more than 10 per centum of 
the amount paid pursuant to section 1 to be paid to or received by any 
attorney or agent of James B. Stanley for any service rendered in 
connection with the payment made by this Act. Any person who violates 
this section shall be guilty of an infraction and shall be subject to a 
fine in the amount provided in title 18, United States Code.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 21, 1993.

            Attest:






                                                                 Clerk.