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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "22 U.S.C. § 1642m"
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description: "Fees of attorneys; limitation; penalty"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 22
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title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
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chapter_number: "21"
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chapter_name: "SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS"
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section: "1642m"
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citation: "22 U.S.C. § 1642m"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc22@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s1642m"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 1642m - Fees of attorneys; limitation; penalty
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## Text
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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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(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title IV, § 414, as added Pub. L. 85–604, § 1, Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 530.)
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