[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1617 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1617

                   For the relief of Charmaine Bieda.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 1997

  Mr. Kanjorski (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
                   For the relief of Charmaine Bieda.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF CLAIM.

    The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Charmaine Beida of Nanticoke, 
Pennsylvania, the sum of $10,000,000. The payment required by this 
section shall be in full satisfaction of all claims that Charmaine 
Bieda may have against the United States relating to the murder of her 
daughter, Charlene Michelle Bieda Moore, by Bruce Moore, the husband of 
Charlene Moore, on December 19, 1984, while Charlene and Bruce Moore 
were serving in the United States Army and after Charlene Moore had 
requested that the Army protect her from Bruce Moore and had informed 
their superiors that he was abusing her.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AGENT AND ATTORNEY FEES.

    It shall be unlawful for an amount exceeding 10 percent of the 
payment required by section 1 to be paid to or received by any agent or 
attorney for any service rendered in connection with the payment. 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.
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