Pub. L. 101-511, tit. VIII, sec. 8140

Sec. 8140. The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,124,000 to John Barren, of Peckville, Pennsylvania, for damages incurred as a result of the failure of health care employees at the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to admit and treat him properly for a service-connected psychiatric condition. The payment of such sum shall be in full satisfaction of any claim against the United States arising out of the admission and treatment of John Barren described in this section: Provided, That no more than 10 percent of the sum appropriated pursuant to this section shall be paid to or received by any agent or attorney for services rendered in connection with the claim104 STAT. 1913 described in this section: Provided further, That any person who violates this section shall be fined not more than $1,000.