§ 1631j. — Fees of agents, attorneys, or representatives.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC1631j]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 21--SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS
SUBCHAPTER II--VESTING AND LIQUIDATION OF BULGARIAN, HUNGARIAN, AND
RUMANIAN PROPERTY
Sec. 1631j. Fees of agents, attorneys, or representatives
No property or proceeds shall be returned under this subchapter, nor
shall any payment be made or judgment awarded in respect of any property
vested in any officer or agency designated by the President under this
subchapter unless satisfactory evidence is furnished to said designee,
or the court, as the case may be, that the aggregate of the fees to be
paid to all agents, attorneys at law or in fact, or representatives, for
services rendered in connection with such return or payment or judgment
does not exceed 10 per centum of the value of such property or proceeds
or of such payment. Any agent, attorney at law or in fact, or
representative, believing that the aggregate of the fees should be in
excess of such 10 per centum may, in the case of any return of, or the
making of any payment in respect of, such property or proceeds by the
President or such officer or agency as he may designate, petition the
district court of the United States for the district in which he resides
for an order authorizing fees in excess of 10 per centum and shall name
such officer or agency as respondent. The court hearing such petition or
a court awarding any judgment in respect of any such property or
proceeds, as the case may be, shall approve an aggregate of fees in
excess of 10 per centum of the value of such property or proceeds only
upon a finding that there exist special circumstances of unusual
hardship which require the payment of such excess. Any person accepting
any fee in excess of an amount approved under this section, or retaining
for more than thirty days any portion of a fee, accepted prior to such
approval, in excess of the fee as approved, shall be guilty of a
violation of this subchapter.
(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title II, Sec. 211, as added Aug. 9, 1955, ch.
645, Sec. 3, 69 Stat. 568.)
