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 PRIVATE LAWS FIRST SESSION, NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

Private Law 93-1 AN ACT For the relief of certain former employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

June 19, 1973 [H. R. 4 7 0 4 ] _

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That -each of the an^*o'th?'s°"^^' following former employees of the Securities and P^xchange Commission is relieved of liability to the United States in the amount appearing beside his name, which amount is the overpayment of travel expenses and per diem allowance made as a result of administrative error for the period September 1, 1970, through March 10, 1971, inclusive, or any portion or portions of such period: Stanley Diller, $3,241.18; Donald E. Farrar, $5,696.32; William F. Ilicks, $3,445.59; Keith B. Johnson, $2,735.10; Seymour Smidt, $3,119.72. I n the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States full credit shall be given for amounts for which liability is relieved by this section. SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each person named in the first section of this Act 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 such section. (b) 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 be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 19, 1973. 1097

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