[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1409 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1409

         For the relief of Sheila Heslin of Bethesda, Maryland.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 1997

Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Bennett) 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 Sheila Heslin of Bethesda, Maryland.

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

SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN LEGAL EXPENSES.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General of the United States shall 
pay from funds appropriated to the Department of Justice (which would 
otherwise be available for the payment of expenses of private counsel 
as authorized under the subheading ``Fees and Expenses'' under the 
heading ``GENERAL ADMINISTRATION'' under title II of the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriation Act, 1990 (28 U.S.C. 509 note; Public Law 101-162; 103 
Stat. 997)), to Ms. Sheila Heslin of Bethesda, Maryland, the reasonable 
legal expenses relating to evidence and testimony provided by Ms. 
Heslin pursuant to Federal campaign finance reform investigations 
conducted by the United States Senate, the United States House of 
Representatives, the United States Department of Justice, and the 
Office of the Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency.
    (b) Gratuity.--The payment made under subsection (a) shall be a 
gratuity paid by the United States.
    (c) No Inference of Liability.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as an inference of liability on the part of the United 
States.
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