[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 259 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 259

               For the relief of the Persis Corporation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 23 (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 the Persis Corporation.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE RELIEF.

    Upon transfer to the Smithsonian Institution, within 60 days 
following the date of the enactment of this Act, of all right, title, 
and interests held by the Persis Corporation, of Honolulu, Hawaii, in 
the collection known as the Honolulu Advertiser Collection of ``The 
Stamps and Postal History of Hawaii'' that consists of approximately 
3,500 items, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed 
to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to 
the Persis Corporation a sum equal to the lesser of--
            (1) the fair market value of the collection; or
            (2) $8,250,000.

SEC. 2. ATTORNEY FEES.

    It shall be unlawful for more than 10 percent of the amount 
appropriated in section 1 to be paid to, delivered to, or received by 
any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection 
with this claim. Violation of the provisions of this section is a 
misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000.
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