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SUBCHAPTER E-RECEIPT, ADMINISTRATION AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 87-587 (CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES TO PROPERTY DUE TO THE RAISING OF THE WATER LEVEL OF LAKE ONTARIO CAUSED BY GUT DAM)

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SUBCHAPTER F-RECEIPT, ADMINISTRATION AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS UNDER TITLE II OF THE WAR CLAIMS ACT OF 1948, AS AMENDED BY PUBLIC LAW 87-846 AND PROTESTS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 94-542

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SUBCHAPTER A-RULES OF PRACTICE

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500.4 Petitions for additional remuneration pursuant to section 317(b) of Title III of the Act.

500.5 Order allowing fees in excess of ten

percentum of amount paid on account of claims under Title III of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended.

500.6 Suspension of attorneys.

500.7 Restrictions on former employees.

AUTHORITY: Sec. 2, 62 Stat. 1240, as amended, sec. 3, 64 Stat. 13, as amended; 50 U.S.C. App. 2001, 22 U.S.C. 1622.

SOURCE: 28 FR 13495, Dec. 13, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

§ 500.1 Appearance and practice.

(a) An individual may appear in his own behalf; a member of a partnership may represent the partnership; a bona fide officer of a corporation, trust or association may represent the corporation, trust or association; an officer or employee of the United States Department of Justice, when designated by the Attorney General of the United States, may represent the United States in a claim proceeding.

(b) A person may be represented by an attorney at law admitted to practice in any State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia. With respect to Philippine war damage claims under the provisions of Pub. L. 87-616 (76 Stat. 411), a person may also be represented by an attorney at law in good standing with the Philippine Bar Association or the Philippine Supreme Court. However, such attorney may be required to furnish a certificate to this effect.

(c) In cases falling within the purview of Subchapter B of this chapter, persons designated by veterans' service, and other organizations to appear before the Commission in a representative capacity on behalf of claimants shall be deemed duly authorized to practice before the Commission

when the designating organization shall have been issued a letter of accreditation by the Commission. Petitions for accreditation shall be in writing, executed by duly authorized officer or officers, addressed to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, Washington, D.C. Upon receipt of a petition setting forth pertinent facts as to the organization's history, purpose, number of posts or chapters and their locations, approximate number of paid-up membership, statements that the organization will not charge any fee for services rendered by its designees in behalf of claimants and that it will not refuse on the grounds of non-membership to represent any claimant who applies for such representation if he has an apparently valid claim, accompanied by a copy of the organization's constitution, or charter, by-laws, and its latest financial statement, the Commission in its discretion will consider and in appropriate cases issue or deny letters of accreditation.

(d) A person may not be represented before the Commission except as authorized in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this section.

§ 500.2 Notice of entry or withdrawal of counsel in claims.

(a) Counsel entering an appearance in a claim originally filed by claimant in his own behalf or requesting a substitution of attorneys, and counsel filing a claim on behalf of a claimant under Pub. L. 87-616, shall be required to file an authorization by claimant.

(b) When counsel seeks to withdraw from the prosecution of a claim, it must appear that he has duly notified his client (claimant).

(c) When a claimant advises the Commission that counsel no longer represents him, a copy of the Commission's acknowledgment shall be forwarded to such counsel.

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nection with any claim falling within the purview of Subchapter B and Subchapter F of this chapter shall exceed ten per centum of the amount allowed on account of such claim, except that the Commission in its discretion may fix a lesser per centum with respect to any claim filed thereunder.

(b) The total remuneration on account of services rendered or to be rendered to or on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim falling within the purview of Title III of the Act1 shall not exceed ten per centum of the total amount paid on account of such claim, except that the Commission may upon petition, as prescribed in § 500.4, in its discretion enter an order authorizing such remuneration in an amount which exceeds the maximum otherwise permitted.

(c) The total remuneration on account of services rendered or to be rendered to or on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim falling within Title I, Title IV, Title VI, or Title VII of the International Claims Settlement Act shall not exceed ten per centum of the total amount paid on account of such claim.

(d) No remuneration on account of any services rendered on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim filed with the Commission under Title V of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended (claims against the Government of Cuba and the Chinese Communist regime), shall exceed 10 per centum of so much of the total amount of such claim, as determined by the Commission under Title V of the Act, as does not exceed $20,000, plus 5 per centum of so much of such amount, if any, as exceeds $20,000.

(e) The total remuneration on account of services rendered or to be rendered to or on behalf of any applicant in connection with any application filed under Pub. L. 87-616 (76 Stat. 411) shall not exceed five per centum of the amount paid by the Commission on account of such application.

(Pub. L. 96-606)

[28 FR 13495, Dec. 13, 1963, as amended at 30 FR 13869, Nov. 2, 1965; 33 FR 232, Jan. 6, 1968; 46 FR 26062, May 11, 1981]

§ 500.4 Petitions for additional remuneration pursuant to section 317(b) of Title III of the Act. 1

A petition under section 317(b) of the Act for an order authorizing the payment of remuneration in excess of the maximum prescribed by section 317(a) of the Act shall be in writing and verified by the petitioner. It shall include (a) a fully itemized statement of all services at any time rendered by the petitioner on behalf of the claimant in connection with the claim with respect to which the petition is filed, whether rendered before or after the filing of the claim with the Commission, (b) a statement of all remuneration theretofore received by the petitioner on account of such services, and (c) an itemized statement to the best of petitioner's knowledge, information and belief, of all services theretofore at any time rendered by any other person or persons on behalf of the claimant in connection with such claim and of all remuneration paid on account of such other services; shall state in detail such special circumstances of unusual hardships as, in the opinion of the petitioner, justify payment in excess of the maximum remuneration otherwise permitted by section 317(a); shall be accompanied, as exhibits, by all documents including agreements relating to remuneration, available to petitioner evidencing the allegations of his petition; and shall state the total amount of remuneration which it is believed should be authorized.

§ 500.5 Order allowing fees in excess of ten percentum of amount paid on account of claims under Title III of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended.

The Commission may, upon the petition described in § 500.4 and supporting affidavit, after consultation with the claimant and consideration of the evidence, in its sole discretion, upon a finding that there exist special circumstances of unusual hardship which require the payment of a fee in excess of the maximum amount otherwise al

'Refers to the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended.

lowable, issue an order authorizing such excess, the said order to specify the amount of such excess.

[28 FR 13495, Dec. 13, 1963, as amended at 30 FR 13869, Nov. 2, 1965]

§ 500.6 Suspension of attorneys.

(a) The Commission may disqualify, or deny, temporarily or permanently, the privilege of appearing or practicing before it in any way to any person who is found after a hearing in the matter

(1) Not to possess the requisite qualifications to represent others before the Commission; or

(2) To be lacking in character or integrity or to have engaged in unethical or improper professional conduct; or

(3) To have violated sections 10 and 214 of the War Claims Act of 1948, as amended, or sections 4(f), 317(a), 414, and 512 of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, or § 500.3 of Part 500 of the regulations.

(b) Contemptuous or contumacious conduct at any hearing shall be ground for exclusion from said hearing and for summary suspension without a hearing for the duration of the hearing.

[28 FR 13495, Dec. 15, 1963, as amended at 30 FR 13870, Nov. 2, 1965]

§ 500.7 Restrictions on former employees.

(a) No former officer or employee of the executive branch of the United States Government, of any independent agency of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, shall act in any way as agent or attorney for anyone other than the United States in connection with any matter before the Commission if he participated in the matter personally and substantially through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or otherwise, while so employed.

(b) No former officer or employee of the executive branch of the United States Government, of any independent agency of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, shall, for a period of one year following such service, appear personally before the Commission as agent or attorney for

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§ 501.1 Extent of authority.

(a) Subpoenas, oaths and affirmations. The Commission or any member thereof may issue subpoenas, administer oaths and affirmations, take affidavits, conduct investigations and examine witnesses in connection with any hearing, examination, or investigation within its jurisdiction.

(b) Certification. The Commission or any member thereof may, for the purpose of any such hearing, examination, or investigation, certify the correctness of any papers, documents, and other matters pertaining to the administration of any laws relating to the functions of the Commission.

§ 501.2 Subpoenas.

(a) Issuance. A member of the Commission or a designated employee may, on his own volition or upon written application by any party and upon a showing of general relevance and reasonable scope of the evidence sought, issue subpoenas requiring persons to appear and testify or to appear and produce documents. Applications for the issuance of subpoenas duces tecum shall specify the books, records, correspondence, or other documents sought. The subpoena shall show on its face the name and address of the

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