For the relief of Adela T. and Darryl Bailor.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum (determined by the Attorney General) to Adela T. and Darryl Bailor as full compensation for all claims against the United States for injuries suffered by Adela T. Bailor as a result of a rape and beating on May 9, 1991, by an inmate of the Federal correctional system in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1709 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1709

             For the relief of Adela T. and Darryl Bailor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2001

Ms. Carson of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
             For the relief of Adela T. and Darryl Bailor.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PAYMENT.

    In consideration of--
            (1) the inability of Adela T. and Darryl Bailor to receive 
        compensation under the Tort Claims Procedure described in 
        chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code;
            (2) the moral responsibility of the United States to 
        protect the right of its law-abiding citizens to be free from 
        attacks by violent felons in the custody of the United States; 
        and
            (3) the recommendation of the United States Court of 
        Appeals for the 7th Circuit in the case entitled Adela T. 
        Bailor and Darryl Bailor v. the Salvation Army and the United 
        States of America, No. 94-2660, that Adela T. and Darryl Bailor 
        seek private legislative relief,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, out of funds not otherwise 
appropriated, to Adela T. and Darryl Bailor of Colorado Springs, 
Colorado, the amount determined by the Attorney General under section 
2(b), as full compensation for the injuries Adela T. Bailor suffered as 
a result of a brutal rape and beating on May 9, 1991, by an inmate of 
the Federal correctional system in the custody of the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons.

SEC. 2. AMOUNT.

    (a) Transmittal of Claims.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, Adela T. and Darryl Bailor, or their 
representatives, shall transmit to the Attorney General all claims for 
compensation for the injuries referred to in section 1.
    (b) Determination of the Attorney General.--Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, with appropriate 
consideration given to the claims transmitted under subsection (a), the 
Attorney General shall determine the amount that the United States 
owes, using Indiana tort law, to Adela T. and Darryl Bailor for the 
injuries referred to in section 1.
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