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Private Law 91–222

For the relief of Irene Sadowska Sullivan.

Approved December 30, 1970

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Irene Sadowska Sullivan.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That notwithstanding

Irene S. Sullivan.

any provisions of title II of the War Claims Act of 1948, as amended (50 U.S.C., App. 2017–2017j, limiting the period within

76 Stat. 1107.

which claims may be filed thereunder, including section 211 of such Act (50 U.S.C., App. 2017j), the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States is authorized and directed (1) to receive, consider, and act upon any claims of Irene Sadowska Sullivan, of Scottsdale, Arizona, filed within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, relating to the loss of a tenement building owned by her father, a United States citizen, in Warsaw, Poland, as if such claims had been filed within the time and in the manner provided in such Act, the said Irene Sadowska Sullivan having filed a valid claim relating to such building prior to the date of expiration of the general war claims program, but not having been able to complete her documentation of such claim until after such date; and (2) to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury its determination as to the amount of any award to which the said Irene Sadowska Sullivan would have been entitled on the basis of such claims if they had been filed within the time and in the manner provided in such Act.

Sec. 2.

Upon receipt by the Secretary of the Treasury of the certification described in the first section of this Act, the Secretary shall pay, out of any money now or hereafter deposited in the War Claims Fluid, to the said Irene Sadowska Sullivan, the amount of any award so certified by the Commission: Provided, That 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 section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.

Approved December 30, 1970.

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