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[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.)
