Chapter 803. To apply the pension laws to the Coast Guard
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CHAP. 803.— An Act To apply the pension laws to the Coast Guard. July 2, 1930.[[H. R. 12099](/us/bill/71/hr/12099).][[Public, No. 497](/us/pl/71/497).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Staten of America in Congress assembled*, That the provisionsCoast Guard.Provisions of general pension law extended to members, etc., of.[R. S., secs. 4692, 4693, p. 913; secs. 4702, 4703, p. 916](/us/rs/s4692/4693/p913/s4702/4703/p916).[U. S. C., pp. 1198, 1201](/us/usc/pp1198/1201). of sections 4692, 4693, 4702, and 4703, Revised Statutes of the United States, with subsequent amendatory Acts, commonly known as the general pension law, be extended to the officers and enlisted men of the Coast Guard and their widows, children, and other dependents, under the same regulations and restrictions as are or may be provided by law with respect to officers and enlisted men of the Army and Navy.
Sec. 2. The benefits provided by this Act shall include claims forClaims allowed. pension based upon diseases contracted, or death or injury incurred, in service and in line of duty, from and after the date of approval of this Act: *Provided, however*, That the date of commencement of*Proviso*.When pension commences.*Post*, p. 1016. pension granted hereunder shall commence from date of filing application in the Bureau of Pensions, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.
Sec. 3. That no claim agent or attorney or other person shall contractAttorney’s fees.*Post*, p. 1016. for, demand, receive, or retain a fee of more than $10 for services in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting a claim for original pension under this Act; and no more than $2 in a claim for increase848 of pension, which fee shall be payable only on the order of the CommissionerAdditional unlawful. of Pensions; and any person who shall, directly or indirectly, otherwise contract for, demand, receive, or retain a fee for services in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting any claim under this Act, or shall wrongfully withhold from the pensioner or claimant the whole or any part of the pension allowed or due such pensioner or claimant under this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,Punishment for. and upon conviction thereof shall for each and every offense be fined not exceeding $500 or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Approved, July 2, 1930.