[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 2, 1994]
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                           ELIZABETH M. HILL

  The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 810) for the relief of Elizabeth M. 
Hill.
  There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill as follows:

                                H.R. 810

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

     SECTION 1. SATISFACTION OF CLAIM AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

       The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of any money 
     in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Elizabeth M. 
     Hill--
       (1) the sum of $6,780, and
       (2) interest on such sum--
       (A) calculated at the rate determined in the manner 
     provided in subsections (a) and (b) of section 1961 of title 
     28, United States Code, and
       (B) payable for the period beginning on October 5, 1985, 
     and ending on the date on which such sum is paid.

     Such sum represents the amount that was recovered by the 
     United States under Public Law 87-693 (76 Stat. 593; 42 
     U.S.C. 2651 et seq.) in satisfaction of its claim against a 
     tortiously liable third person for the value of medical care 
     and treatment the United States furnished to Elizabeth M. 
     Hill, but would have been recovered by Elizabeth M. Hill if a 
     timely request for a waiver of such claim had been submitted 
     on her behalf.

     SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY'S AND AGENT'S FEES.

       Not more than 10 percent of the sums appropriated by 
     section 1 shall be paid to or received by any agent or 
     attorney for services rendered in connection with the claim 
     described in such section. Any person who violates this 
     section shall be fined not more than $1,000.

  Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge my colleagues to support 
H.R. 810, the Elizabeth M. Hill private relief bill. This bill is for 
the relief of Miss Hill who was injured in a 1977 automobile-bicycle 
accident, while her father was stationed with the United States Navy in 
Italy.
  I would like to begin by thanking Judiciary Chairman Brooks, 
Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations Chairman 
Bryant, Mr. Fish, ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, and Mr. 
Gekas, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and 
Governmental Relations, for working with me and bringing this bill to 
the floor today.
  This bill requires the Treasury to pay Elizabeth M. Hill $6,780 plus 
interest computed from October 2, 1979. This amount was recovered by 
the U.S. Government in 1979, in satisfaction of its claim against a 
tortiously liable third person, in reimbursement for medical care 
provided for Elizabeth Hill, a military dependent. This amount, part of 
a fixed total amount available for settlement in her 1977 automobile-
bicycle accident, would have been recovered by Elizabeth M. Hill if a 
timely request for a waiver of such claim had been submitted on her 
behalf and approved by the Secretary of the Navy. However, the Navy 
never informed the Hill's of their separate lawsuit.
  The Department of the Navy, on behalf of the Department of Defense, 
has gone on record as stating that they have no objection to this 
legislation.
  I believe Miss Hill's claim is valid and just. Again, I urge my 
colleagues to support H.R. 810 for the relief of Elizabeth M. Hill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
a third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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