[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 55 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 55

                 For the relief of Ricke Kaname Fujino.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2001

  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 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 that property on the date of 
        the 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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