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 90 STAT. 2512

PUBLIC LAW 94-542—OCT. 18, 1976 "(5) payments or applications for payments shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. "SETTLEMENT

22 USC 1644i.

PERIOD

"SEC. 609. The Commission shall complete its affairs in connection with the settlement of claims pursuant to this title not later than three years following the final date for the filing of claims as provided in section 602 of this title. "TRANSFER or RECORDS

22 USC 1644J.

"SEC. 610. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to transfer or otherwise make available to the Commission such records and documents relating to claims authorized by this title as may be required by the Commission in carrying out its functions under this title. APPROPRIATIONS

22 USC 1644k.

"SEC. 611. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to enable the Commission and the Treasury Department of pay their respective administrative expenses incurred in carrying out their functions under this title. ((FEES

22 USC 1644Z.

FOR SERVICES

"SEC. 612. No remuneration on account of services rendered on behalf of any claimant, in connection with any claim filed with the Commission under this title, shall exceed 10 per centum of the total amount paid pursuant to any award certified under the provisions of this title on account of such claims. Any agreement to the contrary shall be unlawful and void. Whoever, in the United States or elsewhere demands or receives, on account of services so rendered, any remuneration in excess of the maximum permitted by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both. a APPLICATION o r OTHER LAWS

22 USC 1644m. 22 USC 1623, 1626.

"SEC. 613. To the extent they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this title, the following provisions of title I of the Act shall be applicable to this title: subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (h),and (j) of section 4; subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section 7. 'SEPARABILITY

22 USC 1644 note.

"SEC. 614. If any provisions of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected. 'PROTESTS

22 USC 1623 note. 50 USC app. 20171, 2017J. 50 USC app. 2001 note. 5 USC app. II, 22 u s e 1622 note.

"SEC. 615. Notwithstanding the provision of sections 210 and 211 of the War Claims Act of 1948 (Act of July 3, 1948), as amended by Public Law 87-846, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission established by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1954 (68 Stat. 1279) is authorized and directed to receive and consider protests relating to awards made by the Commission during the ten calendar days immediately

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