[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 894 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 894

  To provide compensation for injury and property damages suffered by 
   persons as a result of the bombing attack by the United States on 
      August 20, 1998, in Khartoum, Sudan, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2001

 Mr. Rohrabacher introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide compensation for injury and property damages suffered by 
   persons as a result of the bombing attack by the United States on 
      August 20, 1998, in Khartoum, Sudan, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT.

    The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, from amounts in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum as necessary up to a 
total amount of $50,000,000 in settlement of claims by persons 
suffering injury or property loss as a result of the missile attack in 
Khartoum, Sudan, on August 20, 1998, by the Armed Forces of the United 
States. Such payments shall be in full satisfaction of these claims.

SEC. 2. RELATION OF PAYMENT TO REFERRAL TO COURT OF CLAIMS.

    The Secretary of the Treasury shall not pay any claim filed against 
the United States or any agency thereof later than 60 days after 
reference of this bill to the Court of Claims pursuant to section 1492 
of title 28, United States Code.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEYS' FEES.

    No part of the amounts appropriated under section 1 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 the 
claim referred to in section 1, and the same shall be unlawful, any 
contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the 
provisions of this section shall be fined not more than $1,000.
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