50 U.S.C. § 4109 — Hearings on claims; finality of decision

Page 1033 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 4110 § 4108. Fee limitation for representing claimants; penalties No remuneration on account of services ren- dered or to be rendered to or on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim filed with the administering agency under this sub- chapter shall exceed 10 per centum (or such less- er per centum as may be fixed by the admin- istering agency with respect to any class of claims) of the amount allowed by the admin- istering agency on account of such claim. Any agreement to the contrary shall be unlawful and void. Whoever, in the United States or else- where, pays or offers to pay, or promises, to pay, or receives, on account of services rendered or to be rendered in connection with any such claim, any remuneration in excess of the maximum permitted by this section, shall be deemed 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, and, if any such payment shall have been made or granted, the administering agency shall take such action as may be necessary to recover the same, and, in addition thereto any such claimant shall forfeit all rights under this sub- chapter. (July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title I, § 10, 62 Stat. 1246; Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 102, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1107.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the origi- nal ‘‘this title’’, meaning title I of act July 3, 1948, ch. 826, 62 Stat. 1240, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 2009 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi- fication and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS 1962—Pub. L. 87–846 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text in two places as reference to this subchapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For provisions transferring Foreign Claims Settle- ment Commission of the United States to Department of Justice, as a separate agency, see section 1622a et seq. of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS War Claims Commission, including offices of its members, abolished and functions transferred to For- eign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1954, §§ 2, 4, eff. July 1, 1954, 19 F.R. 3985, 68 Stat. 1279, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, also, section 4101 of this title and notes there- under. § 4109. Hearings on claims; finality of decision The Commission shall notify all claimants of the approval or denial of their claims, and, if ap- proved, shall notify such claimants of the amount for which such claims are approved. Any claimant whose claim is denied, or is approved for less than the full allowable amount of such claim, shall be entitled, under such regulations as the Commission may prescribe, to a hearing before the Commission or its representatives with respect to such claim. Upon such hearing, the Commission may affirm, modify, or revise its former action with respect to such claim, in- cluding a denial or reduction in the amount theretofore allowed with respect to such claim. The action of the Commission in allowing or de- nying any claim under this subchapter shall be final and conclusive on all questions of law and fact and not subject to review by any other offi- cial of the United States or by any court by mandamus or otherwise, and the Comptroller General is authorized and directed to allow cred- it in the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer for payments in accordance with such ac- tion. (July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title I, § 11, 62 Stat. 1246; Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 102, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1107.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the origi- nal ‘‘this title’’, meaning title I of act July 3, 1948, ch. 826, 62 Stat. 1240, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 2010 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi- fication and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS 1962—Pub. L. 87–846 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as ref- erence to this subchapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For provisions transferring Foreign Claims Settle- ment Commission of the United States to Department of Justice, as a separate agency, see section 1622a et seq. of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS War Claims Commission, including offices of its members, abolished and functions transferred to For- eign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States by 68 Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1954, §§ 2, 4, eff. July 1, 1954, 19 F.R. 3985, 68 Stat. 1279, set out in the Appen- dix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employ- ees. See, also, section 4101 of this title and notes there- under. § 4110. War Claims Fund (a) Composition; expenditure There is hereby created on the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the War Claims Fund. The War Claims Fund shall consist of all sums covered into the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of section