[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3545 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3545

   For the relief of the survivors of the late Secretary of Commerce 
 Ronald H. Brown and the survivors of each Federal employee killed in 
                       the plane crash with him.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 1996

  Mr. Forbes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   For the relief of the survivors of the late Secretary of Commerce 
 Ronald H. Brown and the survivors of each Federal employee killed in 
                       the plane crash with him.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT TO SURVIVORS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall, in accordance 
with this Act, make a payment to the survivor or survivors of the late 
Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown and to the survivor or survivors 
of each Federal employee killed in the plane crash with him, in the 
following order of precedence:
            First, to the widow or widower of the decedent.
            Second, if there is no widow or widower, to the child or 
        children of the decedent and descendants of deceased children 
        by representation.
            Third, if none of the above, to the parents of the decedent 
        or the survivor of them.
            Fourth, if none of the above, to such other next of kin of 
        the decedent as the Secretary of the Treasury shall determine 
        under the laws of the domicile of the decedent at the date of 
        death.
    (b) Provisions Governing the Making of Payments.--Any payment under 
this Act with respect to a decedent--
            (1) shall be equal to (or, if applicable, shall in total be 
        equal to) twice the final annual basic pay of the decedent;
            (2) shall be payable to the survivor (or, if applicable, to 
        each survivor) in a lump sum;
            (3) shall be payable out of amounts in the Treasury of the 
        United States not otherwise appropriated;
            (4) shall not be payable except upon appropriate written 
        application submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury;
            (5) shall bar recovery by any other person; and
            (6) shall not, with respect to any individual identified 
        under subsection (a), be subject to income taxes.
    (c) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act, including 
provisions specifying the time, form, and manner in which any 
application under this Act may be submitted. In no event, however, 
shall the deadline for the submission of an application under this Act 
be fixed any earlier than 12 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
    (d) Limitation on Agents and Attorneys Fees.--It shall be unlawful 
for any amount in excess of 10 percent of any lump-sum payment under 
this Act to be paid to or received by any agent or attorney for any 
services rendered in connection with such payment. Any person who 
violates this subsection shall be guilty of an infraction and shall be 
subject to a fine in the amount provided in title 18 of the United 
States Code.
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