[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 21, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H2666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             BARBARA MAKUCH

  The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 486) for the relief of Barbara 
Makuch.
  There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill as follows:

                                H.R. 486

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

     SECTION 1. PAYMENT.

       In consideration of the fact that Barbara Makuch--
       (1) served 22 years as a foreign counterintelligence agent 
     and dedicated her life to assist the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation in its efforts at the height of the Cold War to 
     combat communism, the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti 
     (KGB), and the Soviet Union,
       (2) was presented the Louis E. Peters Memorial Service 
     Award, the highest civilian award presented by the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation, for her valorous service, and
       (3) has not received employment assistance or health, 
     social security, or pension benefits, despite assurances that 
     she would receive such benefits upon her retirement,

     the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of funds not 
     otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000 to Barbara 
     Makuch of East Amherst, New York, in compensation for the 
     lifetime aggregate value of benefits earned but not received 
     by Barbara Makuch.

     SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIM.

       The sum paid under section 1 shall be in full satisfaction 
     of any claims that Barbara Makuch may have against the United 
     States arising out of her service for the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation.

     SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY FEES.

       Not more than 10 percent of the sum paid under section 1 
     shall be paid to or received by any agent or attorney for 
     services rendered in connection with the recovery of such 
     sum. Any person who violates this section shall be fined 
     under 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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