Volume 84
Private Law 91–230
For the relief of Samuel R. Stephenson.
Approved December 31, 1970
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Samuel R. Stephenson.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That Samuel R.
Samuel R. Stephenson.
Stephenson (Serial Number AF 1474 1025) of Bessemer, Alabama, is relieved of liability to the United States in the amount of $447.59, representing the total amount of overpayments of various allowances and other benefits made to him by the Department of the Air Force during the period beginning June 19, 1962, and ending April 30, 1968, as a result of administrative error. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, credit shall be given for amounts for which liability is relieved by this section.
Sec. 2.
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to said Samuel R. Stephenson an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts paid by him, or withheld from sums otherwise due him, with respect to the indebtedness to the United States specified in the first section of this Act.
No part of the amount appropriated in subsection (a) of this section 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 subsection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall lie fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved December 31, 1970.