Private Law 92–128

That the Secretary

Capt. Claire E. Brou, USAF.

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to Captain Claire E. Brou (retired, United States Air Force (FR 3195973)), of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, the sum of $100,000, in full settlement as recognition and assumption of the compassionate responsibility of the United States for all her claims arising in connection with injuries she sustained in April 1968, due to extraordinary circumstances, while undergoing a diagnostic study at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Such injuries left her partially paralyzed and permanently disabled.

Sec. 2.

No part of the amount appropriated in the first section of this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with such claims, 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.

Sec. 3.

The payment of the compassionate compensation provided for in this Act shall not be interpreted as interfering with or barring any rights of the said Claire E. Bron to compensation or benefits as a retired officer or accruing to her by reason of her military service, and its acceptance by her shall be in addition to any such rights to compensation or other benefits from the United States.