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[CITE: 22USC277d-21]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
 
       SUBCHAPTER IV--INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
 
Sec. 277d-21. Attorneys' fees; penalties

    The Commissioner, in rendering an award in favor of any claimant 
under section 277d-19 of this title, may, as part of such award, 
determine and allow reasonable attorneys' fees which shall not exceed 10 
per centum of the amount awarded, to be paid out of but not in addition 
to the amount of award, to the attorneys representing the claimant. Any 
attorney who charges, demands, receives, or collects for services 
rendered in connection with such claim any amount in excess of that 
allowed by the terms of this section, if award be made, shall be fined 
not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

(Pub. L. 88-300, Sec. 5, Apr. 29, 1964, 78 Stat. 185.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 277d-17, 277d-18, 277d-22, 
277d-24, 277d-25 of this title.
