[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2409 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2409

 For the relief of D.W. Jacobson, Ronald Karkala, and Paul Bjorgen of 
                        Grand Rapids, Minnesota.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

              August 19 (legislative day, August 18), 1994

Mr. Durenberger introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 For the relief of D.W. Jacobson, Ronald Karkala, and Paul Bjorgen of 
                        Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
    Section 1. The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of 
$3,391,404.50 jointly to D.W. Jacobson, Ronald Karkala, and Paul 
Bjorgen of Norwood Manufacturing, Inc. (now dissolved) of Grand Rapids, 
Minnesota, for damages incurred relating to the termination of a 
contract with the United States Postal Service for the manufacture of 
wooden pallets.
    Sec. 2. (a) The payment made pursuant to the first section of this 
Act shall constitute full settlement of all legal and equitable claims 
by D.W. Jacobson, Ronald Karkala, and Paul Bjorgen of Norwood 
Manufacturing, Inc. (now dissolved) of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, against 
the United States.
    (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as an inference of 
liability on the part of the United States.
    Sec. 3. No part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 
10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any 
agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with 
this Act, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary 
notwithstanding. Violation of the provisions of this section is a 
misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000.
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