Volume 82 · 1379
Private Law 90–212
For the relief of James W. Adams and others.
Approved April 24, 1968
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of James W. Adams and others.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following employees of the Bureau of Reclamation who received the overpayment of per diem compensation listed opposite their names for the period from July 15, 1963, through August 14, 1963, which overpayment resulted from administrative error in authorizing a retroactive increase in the per diem rate, are hereby relieved of all liability to refund to the United States the amount of such overpayment.
| Employees | Overpayment |
|---|---|
| James W. Adams | $176.75 |
| James L. Erickson | 192.25 |
| Allen D. Milner | 192.25 |
| Ansen L. Phillips | 121.25 |
| Donald W. Stackhouse | 192.25 |
| James A. Stradley | 192.25 |
In the audit mid settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing office of the. United States, full credit shall be given for the amount for which liability is relieved by this Act.
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriate, to each of the said employees, the sum of any amount received or withheld from him on account of the payments referred to in the first section of this Act, No part of the amount appropriated in this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved April 24, 1968.