[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 7, 1994]
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                            LLOYD B. GAMBLE

  The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 3344) for the relief of Lloyd B. 
Gamble.
  There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows:

                               H.R. 3344

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.

       (a) Payment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out 
     of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to 
     Lloyd B. Gamble of Fairfax, Virginia, the sum of $253,488.
       (b) Basis.--The payment required by subsection (a) shall be 
     to compensate Lloyd B. Gamble for the injuries sustained by 
     him as a result of the administration to him, without his 
     knowledge, of lysergic acid diethylamide by United States 
     Army personnel in 1957.

     SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS.

       The payment made pursuant to section 1 shall be in full 
     satisfaction of all claims Lloyd B. Gamble may have against 
     the United States for any injury described in such section.

     SEC. 3. INELIGIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS.

       Upon payment of the sum referred to in section 1, Lloyd B. 
     Gamble shall not be eligible or any compensation or benefits 
     from the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of 
     Defense for any injury described in such section.

     SEC. 4. LIMITATION OF AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS FEES.

       It shall be unlawful for an amount of more than 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 to 
     Lloyd B. Gamble in connection with the benefits provided by 
     this Act. Any person who violates this section shall be 
     guilty of an infraction and shall be subject to a fine in the 
     amount provided in title 18, United States Code.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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