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97 STAT. 1486 PRIVATE LAW 98-5—NOV. 29, 1983 Nov. 29, 1983 [H.R. 726] James A. Ferguson. Violation. Private Law 98-5 98th Congress An Act For the relief of James A. Ferguson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That James A. Ferguson of San Antonio, Texas, is relieved of all liability to the United States in the amount of $1,912.16 which represents the amount claimed to be overpaid to him when, because he was misin- formed by the United States Air Force concerning the limitation on federally compensable moving expenditures contained in the last sentence of section 5724(b) of title 5, United States Code, he expended sums from his travel advance in excess of that limitation to cover the costs of commercially transporting his mobile home to his new permanent duty station in 1978. SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to James A. Ferguson an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts paid by him, or withheld from sums otherwise due him, in complete or partial satisfaction of the liability to the United States specified in the first section. (b) No more than 10 per centum of the amount appropriated in subsection (a) shall be paid to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with the liability dealt with in this Act. Any person violating the provisions of this subsec- tion shall be fined not more than $1,000. Approved November 29, 1983. Nov. 30, 1983 [H.R. 724] Carlos M. Gatson. 8 USC 1151. 8 USC 1154. Private Law 98-6 98th Congress An Act For the relief of Carlos Mebrano Gatson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in the admin- istration of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Carlos Mebrano Gatson, the father of a citizen of the United States, shall be deemed to be an immediate relative within the meaning of section 201(b) of such Act, and the provisions of section 204 of that Act shall not be applicable in this case. Approved November 30, 1983.