[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 71 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 71

       For the relief of Ricke Kaname Fujino of Honolulu, Hawaii.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 7, 2003

  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 of Honolulu, Hawaii.

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

SECTION 1. COMPENSATION PAYMENT.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any previous order or 
dismissal of an order, 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 under Vesting Order No. 2724 
issued under the authority of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 
App. 1 et seq.) 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 under 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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