[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4013 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4013

                    For the relief of Maria Manzano.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2007

Mr. Walsh of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
                    For the relief of Maria Manzano.

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

SECTION 1. COMPENSATION OF MARIA MANZANO.

    (a) Payment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of funds 
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $35,246.22 to Maria Manzano of 
Temple Hills, Maryland, in full settlement of all claims of Maria 
Manzano against the United States arising out of the improper 
disclosure of the records of the grievance proceedings brought in 1971 
by an employee of the Laboratory Division of the Department of State 
asserting a complaint against Maria Manzano, a supervisor in such 
Division.
    (b) No Inference of Liability.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed as an inference of liability on the part of the United 
States.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEYS' AND AGENTS' FEES.

    (a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for an amount exceeding 10 
percent of the amount paid pursuant to section 1 to be paid to, or 
received by, any agent or attorney for any service rendered in 
connection with the payment under this Act.
    (b) Enforcement.--Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be 
guilty of an infraction and shall be fined under title 18, United 
States Code.
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