Volume 79 · 211
Public Law 89–65
To remove the present $9,000 limitation which prevents the Secretary of the Air Force from settling and paying certain claims arising out of the crash of a United States aircraft at Wichita, Kansas.
Approved July 7, 1965
Statutory text
AN ACT
To remove the present $9,000 limitation which prevents the Secretary of the Air Force from settling and paying certain claims arising out of the crash of a United States aircraft at Wichita, Kansas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the $5,000 limitation contained in section 2733 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to claims arising out of the crash of a United States Air Force aircraft at Wichita, Kansas, on January 16, 1965.
Sec. 2.
With respect to claims filed as a result of an aircraft crash
Report to Congress.
described in the first section of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall, within thirty months after the date of the enactment of this Act, report to Congress on—
each claim settled and paid by him under this Act with a brief statement concerning the character and equity of each such claim, the amount claimed, and the amount, approved and paid; and
each claim submitted under this Act which has not been settled, with supporting papers and a statement of findings of facts and recommendations with respect to each such claim.
Sec. 3.
Payments made pursuant to this Act for death, personal injury, and property loss claims shall not be subject to insurance subrogation claims in any respect. No payments made pursuant to this Act shall include any amount for reimbursement to any insurance company or compensation insurance fund for loss payments made by such company or fund.
Sec. 4.
No part of the amounts awarded under this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with these claims, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of
Penalty.
this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved July 7, 1965.