[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 152 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 152

  To provide for the relief and payment of an equitable claim to the 
          estate of Dr. Beatrice Braude of New York, New York.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 1997

  Mr. Moynihan (for himself and Mr. D'Amato) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the relief and payment of an equitable claim to the 
          estate of Dr. Beatrice Braude of New York, New York.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF EQUITABLE CLAIM TO THE ESTATE OF DR. BEATRICE 
              BRAUDE.

    (a) Payment.--From funds appropriated to the Department of Justice 
for fiscal year 1997, the Attorney General of the United States shall 
pay $200,000 to the estate of Dr. Beatrice Braude of New York, New York 
as an equitable claim as found by the hearing officer of the Court of 
Federal Claims pursuant to Congressional reference proceedings under 
sections 1492 and 2509 of title 28, United States Code, and 
subsequently stipulated by the Department of Justice, relating to the 
discharge and disbarment of Dr. Beatrice Braude from Federal 
employment.
    (b) Full Settlement.--The payment made under subsection (a) shall 
constitute full settlement of all legal and equitable claims by the 
estate of Dr. Beatrice Braude of New York, New York, against 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.
    (d) Attorney's Fees.--No part of the amount appropriated in this 
section in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to 
or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in 
connection with this section, and the same shall be unlawful, any 
contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Violation of the provisions 
of this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed 
$1,000.
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