Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§1645m Fees for Services; Limitation; Penalty
Title 22 › CHAPTER 21 — SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS › SUBCHAPTER VII — CLAIMS AGAINST VIETNAM › § 1645m
Summary
Anyone who helps a claimant with a claim filed with the Commission cannot take more than 10% of any award. Any deal that says more is not legal and has no effect. Anyone, anywhere, who asks for or gets more than 10% is guilty of a misdemeanor and can be fined up to $5,000, jailed up to 12 months, or both.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §1645m
Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No remuneration on account of services rendered on behalf of any claimant, in connection with any claim filed with the Commission under this subchapter, shall exceed 10 per centum of the total amount paid pursuant to any award certified under the provisions of this subchapter on account of such claim. 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.
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22 U.S.C. § 1645m
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102