Private Law 98–14

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Harvey E. Ward of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, the sum of $15,475.59, pursuant to the findings of the United States Claims Court in Ward against United States, Congressional Reference Case numbered 6–76 (1982), in full satisfaction of all claims of the said Harvey E. Ward against the United States for withheld disability retirement pay from service in the United States Coast Guard.

Sec. 2.

No part of any amount appropriated by 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 this claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine in an amount not exceeding $1,000.