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PRIVATE LAW 107-2—OCT. 1, 2002 116 STAT. 3119 Private Law 107-2 107th Congress An Act For the relief of retired Sergeant First Class James D. Benoit and Wan Sook Oct. 1, 2002 Benoit. [S. 1834] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO PAY CLAIMS. (a) PAYMENT REQUIRED. — The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to James D. Benoit and Wan Sook Benoit, jointly, the sum of $415,000, in full satisfaction of all claims described in subsection (b), such amount having been determined by the United States Court of Federal Claims as being equitably due the said James D. Benoit and Wan Sook Benoit pursuant to a referral of the matter to that court by Senate Resolution 129, 105th Congress, 1st session, for action in accordance with sections 1492 and 2509 of title 28, United States Code. (b) COVERED CLAIMS. —Subsection (a) applies with respect to Applicability. all claims of the said James D. Benoit, Wan Sook Benoit, and David Benoit. the estate of David Benoit against the United States for compensation and damages for the wrongful death of David Benoit, the minor child of the said James D. Benoit and Wan Sook Benoit, pain and suffering of the said David Benoit, loss of the love and companionship of the said David Benoit by the said James D. Benoit and Wan Sook Benoit, and the wrongful retention of remains of the said David Benoit, all resulting from a fall sustained by the said David Benoit, on June 28, 1983, from an upper level window while occup5ang military family housing supplied by the Army in Seoul, Korea.