§ 1641p. — 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: 22USC1641p]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 21--SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS
SUBCHAPTER III--CLAIMS AGAINST BULGARIA, HUNGARY, RUMANIA, ITALY, AND
THE SOVIET UNION
Sec. 1641p. Fees of agents, attorneys, or representatives
(a) Maximum remuneration; penalty for violation
The total remuneration paid to all agents, attorneys-at-law or in
fact, or representatives, for services rendered on behalf of any
claimant in connection with any claim filed with the Commission shall
not exceed 10 per centum of the total amount paid under this subchapter
on account of such claim, or such greater amount as may be determined
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Any agreement to the
contrary shall be unlawful and void. Whoever, in the United States or
elsewhere, demands or receives, on account of services so rendered, any
remuneration which, together with all remuneration paid to other persons
on account of such services and of which he has notice, is in excess of
the maximum permitted by this section, shall be fined not more than
$5,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both.
(b) Petition for payment in excess of maximum; determination by
Commission not subject to review
Not later than three months after the Commission has completed its
affairs in connection with the settlement of all claims payable from the
fund from which an award is payable, any agent, attorney-at-law or in
fact, or representative who believes that the total remuneration for
services rendered in connection with the claim upon which such award is
made should exceed the maximum otherwise permitted by this section may,
pursuant to such procedure as the Commission shall prescribe by
regulation, petition the Commission for an order authorizing the payment
of remuneration in excess of such maximum. The Commission shall issue
such an order only upon a finding that there exist special circumstances
of unusual hardship which require the payment of such excess; and such
order shall state the amount of the excess which may so be paid. The
determination of the Commission in ruling upon such petition shall be
within the sole discretion of the Commission and shall not be subject to
review by any court.
(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title III, Sec. 317, as added Aug. 9, 1955, ch.
645, Sec. 3, 69 Stat. 574.)
