1.Compensation of the Donahue
family
(a)The
Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of funds not otherwise appropriated,
the amount of $6,335,100.00, the judgment entered by the United States District
Court for the District of Massachusetts on May 6, 2009, plus interest as
provided by section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, to compensate
Patricia Donahue, individually and in her capacity as administratrix of the
estate of Michael J. Donahue, Michael T. Donahue, Shawn Donahue, and Thomas
Donahue (the Donahues), for costs related to and damages arising
from the murder of Michael J. Donahue in Massachusetts in May 1982 as described
in Docket No. 01–10433–RCL, filed in the United States District Court for the
District of Massachusetts, and Docket Nos. 09–1950 and 10–1766 filed in the
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
(b)The payment under subsection (a) shall be in full
satisfaction of all claims of the Donahues against the United States in
connection with the matter described in such subsection.
(c)No inference of
liabilityNothing in this Act shall be construed as an inference
of liability on the part of the United States.
2.Limitation on
attorneys’ and agents’ fees
(a)It shall be unlawful for an amount exceeding 25 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, as set forth in the Federal Tort Claims Act, (28 U.S.C. 2678 of title
28, United States Code).
(b)Any
person who violates subsection (a) shall be guilty of an infraction and shall
be fined under title 18, United States Code.