[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 448 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 448

                 For the relief of Ricke Kaname Fujino.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 24, 1999

  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 Ricke Kaname Fujino.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT REQUIRED.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any previous order or 
dismissal of any suit, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and 
directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, to Ricke Kaname Fujino of Honolulu, Hawaii in full 
satisfaction of all of his claims against the United States for the 
taking of property of Ricke Kaname Fujino pursuant to Vesting Order No. 
2724 issued under the authority of the Trading with the Enemy Act on 
December 3, 1943, a sum equal to the lesser of--
            (1) the fair market value of the property on the date of 
        enactment of this Act, or
            (2) $8,000,000.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION.

    Notwithstanding any contract to the contrary, it shall be unlawful 
to pay or deliver to any agent or attorney, and for any agent or 
attorney to receive, on account of services rendered in connection with 
the claims paid pursuant to section 1, any amount exceeding 10 percent 
of the amount so paid. Violation of the provisions of this section is a 
misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000.
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