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Compromise, determination.

Joint action. 37 Stat. 995.

Effective date.

PUBLIC LAW 92-95-AUG. 11, 1971

[85 STAT.

shall be subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 for each such violation for each day that such violation persists. However, the maximum civil penalty S'hall not exceed $200,000 for any related series of violations. "Any such civil penalty may be compromised by the commission. I n determining the amount of such penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the appropriateness of such penalty to the size of the business of the person charged, the gravity of the violation, and the good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve compliance, after notification of a violation, shall be considered. The amount of such penalty when finally determined, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, may be deducted from any sums owing by the District of Columbia to the person eharged or may be recovered in a civil action in the District of Columbia courts." (c) Paragraph 96 (D.C. Code, sec. 43-207) is amended by adding the following new paragraph: "The commission may act jointly or concurrently with any oiRcial board or commission of the United States or any State thereof in any proceeding relating to the regulation of any public service company. Any such action may be under an interstate compact or agreement, or under the concurrent power of the States to regulate interstate commerce, or as an agency of the Federal Government, or otherwise." SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment. Approved August 11, 1971.

Public Law 92-95 August 11, 1971 [H. R.9433

Disabled veterans. Mortgage protection life insurance. 72 Stat. 1168. 38 USC 801,

Effective date.

AN ACT

To provide mortgage protection life insurance for senace-connected disabled veterans who have received grants for specially adapted housing. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 21 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 806. Mortgage Protection Life Insurance " (a) The Administrator is authorized, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U.S.C. 5), to purchase from one or more life insurance companies a policy or policies of mortgage protection life insurance on a group basis to provide the benefits specified in this section. " (b) Any policy of insurance purchased by the Administrator under this section shall be placed in effect on a date determined by the Administrator and shall automatically insure any eligible veteran who is or has been granted assistance in securing a suitable housing unit under this chapter against the death of the veteran, unless the veteran elects in writing not to be insured under this section or fails to timely respond to a request from the Administrator for information on which his premium can be based. "(c) The initial amount of insurance provided hereunder shall not exceed the lesser of the following amounts: (1) $30,000, (2) the amount of the loan outstanding on such housing unit on the date insurance under this section is placed in effectj or (3) in the case of a veteran granted assistance in securing a housing unit on or after such date the amount of the original loan. The amount of such insurance shall be reduced according to the amortization schedule of the loan and at no time shall exceed the amount of the outstanding loan with interest. If

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