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PRIVATE LAW 92-63-DEC. 22, 1971

ing section 1310 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, as amended (5 U.S.C. 3101), footnote, the advancement in grade of 8i^stat^274^^' Corbie F. Cochran, an employee of the Department of the Army, Fort Eustis, Virginia, from GS-6 to GS-9, effective April 29, 1964, shall be deemed to have been in conformity with law, such advancement in contravention of said section 1310, having been made as a result of administrative error without fault or knowledge of its illegality on the employee's part. SEC, 2. (a) That the said Corbie F. Cochran, is relieved of any liability to the United States arising out of the advancement described in section 1 of this Act. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, credit shall be given for the amount for which liability is relieved by this subsection. (b) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said Corbie F. Cochran, an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts paid by him or withheld from amounts otherwise due him in partial liquidation of his liability to the United States referred to in subsection (a) of this section. 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 Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 22, 1971.

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