[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 215 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 215

         For the relief of Bertha Berg, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 12 (legislative day, January 10), 1995

  Mr. Inouye 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 Bertha Berg, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that Bertha Berg--
            (1) was born of German parents on Lihue, Kauai in December 
        of 1897;
            (2) received United States citizenship through the 
        annexation of the Territory of Hawaii by the United States;
            (3) lost her United States citizenship through marriage to 
        a German citizen;
            (4) renounced her German citizenship in 1930 and was 
        repatriated;
            (5) was arrested in Honolulu on December 8, 1941, and 
        detained as an alien enemy at the Sand Island Detention Camp on 
        Oahu, on suspicion of being dangerous to the internal security 
        of the United States and the territory of Hawaii;
            (6) was found to be engaged in subversive activities and to 
        be disloyal to the United States by the Board of Officers and 
        Civilians on December 26, 1941;
            (7) was confined to the Sand Island Detention Camp until 
        March 3, 1943, whereupon she was moved to the Honouliuli 
        Internment Camp;
            (8) was paroled from the Honouliuli Internment Camp on June 
        26, 1943;
            (9) was released from parole on February 2, 1944; and
            (10) as compensation for being interned by the United 
        States Government at the Sand Island Detention Camp and the 
        Honouliuli Internment Camp between 1941 and 1943, and subject 
        to conditions of parole between 1943 and 1944, should receive 
        the same amount of compensation that eligible interns of 
        Japanese descent are awarded under section 105 of the Civil 
        Liberties Act of 1988 (50 U.S.C. App. 1989b-4).

SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIM AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Payment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $20,000 to 
Bertha Berg.
    (b) Basis.--Payment under subsection (a) shall be full compensation 
for any physical, psychological, and economic injuries sustained by 
Bertha Berg as a result of being--
            (1) involuntarily detained at the Sand Island Detention 
        Camp and the Honouliuli Internment Camp between 1941 and 1943; 
        and
            (2) subject to conditions of parole between 1943 and 1944.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY AND AGENT FEES.

    (a) In General.--Not more than 10 percent of the payment specified 
in section 2 may be paid to or received by an agent or attorney as 
consideration for a service rendered in connection with this Act.
    (b) Enforceability of Contract.--A contract that violates 
subsection (a) is unenforceable.
    (c) Criminal Penalty.--Violation of subsection (a) is a misdemeanor 
punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.
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