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68 Stat. 868 Public Law 671 chapter 1009 AN ACT To provide for the partition and distribution of the assets of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah between the mixed-blood and full-blood members thereof; and for the termination of Federal supervision over the property of the mixed-blood members of said tribe; to provide a development program for the full-blood members of said tribe; and for other purposes.August 27, 1954 [[S. 3532](/us/bill/83/s/3532)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Ute Indians, Utah.

Distribution of assets. Termination of Federal supervision. That the purpose of this Act is to provide for the partition and distribution of the assets of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah between the mixed-blood and full-blood members thereof; for the termination of Federal supervision over the trust, and restricted property, of the mixed-blood members of said tribe; and for a development program for the full-blood members thereof, to assist them in preparing for termination of Federal supervision over their property.

Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act—Definitions.

(a)“Tribe” means the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah.

(b)“Full-blood” means a member of the tribe who possesses one-half degree of Ute Indian blood and a total of Indian blood in excess of one-half, excepting those who become mixed-bloods by choice under the provisions of section 4 hereof.

(c)“Mixed-blood” means a member of the tribe who does not possess sufficient Indian or Ute Indian blood to fall within the full-blood class as herein defined, and those who become mixed-bloods by choice under the provisions of section 4 hereof.

(d)“Secretary” means Secretary of the Interior.

(e)“Superintendent” means the Superintendent of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah.

(f)“Asset” means any property of the tribe, real, personal or mixed, whether held by the tribe or by the United States in trust for the tribe, or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States.

(g)“Adult” means a member of the tribe who has attained the age of twenty-one years. Sec. 3. For the purposes of this Act Ute Indian blood shall be determined in accordance with the constitution and bylaws of the tribe and all tribal ordinances in force and effect on the effective date of this Act. Sec. 4. Any member of the tribe whose name appears on the proposed roll of full-blood members as provided in section 8 hereof and any person whose name is added to such proposed roll as the result of an appeal to the Secretary may apply to the Superintendent to become identified with and a part of the mixed-blood group: *Provided*, That such application is made within thirty days subsequent to the publication of such proposed roll or in the event of an appeal within thirty days subsequent to notification of the decision on said appeal: *And provided further*, That before such transfer is made upon the official rolls the Secretary shall first certify that, in his opinion, such change in status is not detrimental to the best interest of the person seeking such change. Sec. 5. Effective on the date of publication of the final rolls as provided in section 8 hereof the tribe shall thereafter consist exclusively of full-blood members. Mixed-blood members shall have no interest therein except as otherwise provided in this Act. Sec. 6. The mixed-blood members of the tribe, including those residingMixed-blood members. Right to organize. on and off the reservation, shall have the right to organize for their common welfare, and may adopt an appropriate constitution and bylaws which shall become effective when ratified by a majority 68 Stat. 869 vote of the adult mixed-blood members of the tribe at a special election authorized and called by the Secretary under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. Such constitution may provide for the selection of authorized representatives who shall have power to take any action that is required by this Act to be taken by the mixed-blood members as a group: *Provided*, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring said mixed-blood Indians to so organize if such organization is by them deemed unnecessary. In the event no such approved organization is effected, any action taken by the adult mixed-blood members, by majority vote, whether in public meeting or by referendum, but in either event, after such notice as may be prescribed by the Secretary, shall be binding upon said mixed-blood members of the tribe for the purposes of this Act. Sec. 7. The mixed-blood members of the tribe as a group may employLegal counsel. legal counsel to accomplish the legal work required on behalf of said group under the terms of this Act, and for any other purpose by them deemed necessary or desirable; the choice of counsel and fixing of fees to be subject to the approval of the Secretary until Federal supervision over all of the members of said group and their property is terminated in the manner provided in section 16 of this Act. Sec. 8. The tribe shall have a period of thirty days from the date ofTribal roll. enactment of this Act in which to prepare and submit to the Secretary a proposed roll of the full-blood members of the tribe, and a proposed roll of the mixed-blood members of the tribe, living on the date of enactment of this Act. If the tribe fails to submit such proposed rolls within the time specified in this Act, the Secretary shall prepare such proposed rolls for the tribe. Said proposed rolls shall be published inPub1ication in FR. the Federal Register, and in a newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties of Uintah and Duchesne in the State of Utah. Any person claiming membership rights in the tribe, or an interest in its assets, or a representative of the Secretary on behalf of any such person, within sixty days from the date of publication in the Federal Register, or in either of the papers of general circulation, as herein before provided, whichever publication date is last, may file an appeal with the Secretary contesting the inclusion or omission of the name of any person on or from either of such proposed rolls. The Secretary shall review such appeals and his decisions thereon shall be final and conclusive. After disposition of all such appeals to the Secretary, and after all transfers have been made pursuant to section 4 hereof the roll of the full-blood members of the tribe, and the roll of the mixed-blood members of the tribe, shall be published in the Federal Register, and such rolls shall be final for the purposes of this Act. Sec. 9. The business committee of the tribe for and on behalf of theDisposal of lands. full-blood members of said tribe, and the duly authorized representatives for the mixed-blood members of said tribe, acting jointly, are hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the Secretary, to sell, exchange, dispose of, and convey to any purchaser deemed satisfactory to said committee and representatives, any or all of the lands of said tribe described as follows, to wit: Description Section Acres Township 1 North, Range 1 East: NW/4 SW/4 35 40.00 Township 1 North, Range 1 West: W/2 NE/4 20 80. 00 SE/4 SW/4 21 40. 00 NE/4 NW/4; N/2 SW/4 28 120. 00 Total 240.00 68 Stat. 870 Description Section Acres Township 2 North. Range 1 West: E/2 SW/4 NE/4 35 20. 00 Township 1 South. Range 1 West: NW/4 SE/4 6 40. 00 Lot 3 7 40. 51 S/2 NE/4: NE/4 SE/4: W/2 SW/4 NW/4: W/2 NW/4 SW/4 16 160. 00 E/2 SE/4 17 80. 00 E/2 NE/4 20 80. 00 SE/4 SE/4 29 40. 00 Lot 2 30 40. 26 SW/4 NW/4: SW/4 SE/4 35 80. 00 SW/4 NE/4 36 40. 00 Total 600. 77 Township 1 South, Range 2 West: NW/4 SW/4 12 40. 00 S/2 NE/4: N/2 SE/4 14 160. 00 Total 200.00 Township 1 South. Range 3 West: SW/4 SE/4 8 40.00 NW/4 NW4 16 40.00 Total 80.00 Township 1 South, Range 8 West: W/2 W/4 80 00 NE/4 SE/4 4 40. 00 All 5 721. 00 All 6 695. 40 NE/4 NW/4 10 40. 00 NE/4 SW/4 12 40. 00 SW/4 NW/4 14 40. 00 Total 1, 666. 40 Township 2 South, Range 1 West: SW/4: SE/4 SE/4 1 120. 00 Lot 3: SE/4 NW/4 4 81. 28 Lots 1 & 2; E/2 NW/4; W/2 NE/4 7 237. 78 NW/4 NW/4 12 40. 00 SE/4 NE/4 13 40. 00 Total 519. 06 Township 2 South, Range 1 East: Lot 2; SE/4 NW/4 16 79. 71 Township 2 South, Range 2 West: S/2 S/2 2 160.00 N/2 12 320.00 Total 480. 00 Township 2 South, Range 3 West: E/2 NE/4 17 80. 00 NE/4 SW/4: S/2 SE/4 10 120. 00 NW3 SW/4 29 40. 00 Lots 1 & 2: NW/4: NE/4 30 316. 36 Lot 2 SE/4 NW/4 31 78. 40 Total 634.76 Township 2 South Range 4 West: SW/4 SW/4 1 40. 00 SE/4 SW/4; SW/4 SE/4 9 80. 00 W/2 NE/4 16 80. 00 NE/4 28 160. 00 N/2 SE/4 32 80. 00 Lots 3 & 4: N/2 SW/4 33 167. 31 NE/4 SW/4; N/2 SE/4; Lots 1 & 2 36 200. 46 Total 807.77 Township 2 South Range 5 West: NW/4 10 160. 00 NE/4 NE/4 20 40. 00 N/2 NE/4: SE/4 NE/4 33 120. 00 W/2 NW/4: SE/4 NW/4: N/2 SW/4: SE/4 BW/4: SE/4 34 320. 00 NW4 SE/4 36 40. 00 Total 680. 00 Township 2 South Range 7 West: NE/4 SE/4; SW/4 SW/4 13 80. 00 NE/4 NÉ/4; SW/4 NW/4: N/2 SW/4; SE/4 SW/4; W/2 SE/4; SE/4 SE/4 14 320. 00 W/2 NE/4: SE/4 NE/4 15 120. 00 N/2 NE/4 23 80. 00 N/2 N/2; SE/4 NE/4 24 200. 00 Total 800. 00 68 Stat. 871 Description Section Acres Township 2 South Range 8 West: SE/4 SW/4 31 40. 00 Township 3 South Range 1 East: Lot SE/4 NW/4: S/2 NE/4 7 158. 12 N/2 SW/4: SW/4 NE/4: NW/4 SE/4 16 160. 00 Lots 1, 2 & 3: NE/4 SW/4 18 155. 35 E/2 NE/4 30 80. 00 Total 553.47 Township 3 South Range 2 East: Lots 8 6 35. 10 SW/4 SW/4 25 40. 00 SE/4 NW/4; E/2 SW/4 36 120. 00 Total 195. 40 Township 3 South Range 2 West: N/2 SE/4 3 80. 00 Lots 1–8. Incl 22 331. 40 Lots 1–4. Incl.: S/2 N/2 23 338. 28 Lots 1–4. Incl.: N/2 24 341. 30 W/2 SE/4 25 80. 00 Total 1, 170. 94 Township 3 South Range 2 West: S/2 S/2 9 160. 00 S/2 SE/4 7 80. 00 SW/4 SW/4 8 40. 00 W/4 SW/4 15 80. 00 NE/4 SW/4; NW/4; SE/4 16 360. 00 SW/4 SW/4 17 40. 00 NE/4 NE/4 18 40. 00 N/2 NE/4 21 80. 00 N/2 NW/4 24 80. 00 W/2 SW/4 33 80. 00 Total 1, 040. 00 Township 3 South Range 3 West: S/2 NW/4; NE/4 SW/4; N/2 SE/4 2 200. 00 NW/4 SE/4; N/2 SW/4 17 120. 00 All (Lot: 1–4, Incl., E/2 W/2 E/2 19 033. 87 SW/4 SW/4 20 40. 00 E/2 SW/4 21 40. 00 N/2 NW/4; S/2 NE/4; NE/4 SE/4 29 200. 00 W/2 NE/4; NE/4 NW/4; Lot 1 38 158. 66 Total 1, 432. 53 Township 3 South Range 4 West: SW/4 NW/4 11 40. 00 S/2 SE/4; SE/4 SW/4; N/2 S/2 13 280. 00 NE/4; NE/4 NW/4 24 200. 00 SE/4 NE/4; W/2 NE/4; E/2 NW/4 26 200. 00 E/2 NE/4 30 80. 00 Total 800. 00 Township 3 South Range a West: Lots 1 & 2: SE/4 NE/4 3 118. 88 Lot 4: SW/4 NW/4; W/2 SW/4; SE/4 SW/4 9 199. 58 S/2 NE/4; N/2 SE/4 160. 00 NW/4: W/2 NE/4; NE/4 SW/4; NW/4 SE/4 320. 00 W/2 E/2 12 160. 00 W/2 E/2 13 160. 00 SW/4 NW/4; N/2 SW/4; SW/4 SW/4 21 160. 00 E/2 NE/4 34 80. 00 Total 1, 358. 44 Township 3 South Range 7 West: Lots 3 & 4 7 66. 55 S/2 13 320. 00 NW/4 SW/4 16 40. 00 E/4. SE/4 SW/4 SE/4: W/2 NW/4 17 200. 00 E/2 NE/4; Lots 1 & 2 18 147. 10 Total 773.7 1 68 Stat. 872 Description Section Acres To wash in 3 South Range 8 West: E/2: NW/4: NW/4: E/2 SW/4 35 560. 00 S/2 S/2 1 160. 00 SW/4 2 160. 00 W/2 SE/4 3 80. 00 Lot 3: SE/4 NW/4: NE/4 SW/4 6 120. 04 SE/4 9 160. 00 NE/4 10 160. 00 S/2 NW/4 11 80. 00 NW/4: SE/4 12 320. 00 N/2 NE/4: SE/4 NE/4: SE/4: NE/4 NW/4 13 329. 00 NE/4: S/4 14 480. 00 S/2 15 320. 00 W/2 NE/4; S/2 NW/4 27 160. 00 Total 3, 080. 04 Township 3 South Range 9 West: SW/4 NW/4: NW/4 SW/4 27 80. 00 Township 4 South Range 2 West: Lot 3: NE/4 SW/4: N/2 SE/4 7 159. 70 E/2 NE/4: SW/4 NE/4 12 120. 00 E/2 NW/4: SW/4 NW/4 16 130. 00 SE/4 NE/4: NW/4: NW/4 SW/4: N/2 SE/4 17 320. 00 Lot 1 18 39. 91 SE/4: S/2 NE/4: S/2 SW/4 21 320. 00 S/2 22 320. 00 W/2 SW/4 23 80. 00 Lot 4 26 6. 89 Lots 1–4, Incl 27 26. 59 Lots 1–4 Incl 28 126. 64 Lot 1–6 Incl.; NE/4: E/2 NW/4 30 475. 16 Total 2, 114. 89 Township 4 South, Range 3 West: Lot 10 2 40. 96 E/2 NE/4 NE/4 SE/4 13 120. 00 Lots 1 & 2 N/2 SE/4; SW/4: N/2 25 622. 29 All 26 640. 00 Lots 1–6, Incl,: NW/4 NW/4 35 237. 96 Lot 1 36 25. 75 Total 1, 686. 90 Township 4 South, Range 4 West: S/2 25 320. 00 Township 4 South, Range 8 West: N/2 29 320. 00 Township 4 South, Range 9 West: S/2 9 320. 00 All 10 640. 00 All 11 640. 00 S/2 12 320. 00 N/2: N/2 S/2: SE/4 SE/4 13 520. 00 N/2 14 320. 00 N/2 15 320. 00 N/2 16 320. 00 N/2 17 320. 00 Lots 3 & 4 E/2 SW/4; SE/4 18 319. 09 Lots 1 & 2 E/2 NW/4; NE/4 19 319. 37 Total 4, 358. 46 Township 4 South Range 10 West S/2 13 320. 00 SE/4 NW/4: E/2 SW/4 17 120. 00 NE/4 NW/4 20 40. 00 Total 480. 00 Township 5 South Range 7 West: S/2 SW/4 35 80. 00 Township R South Range 9 West: SE/4 NW/4: S/2 NE/4 34 120.00 SW/4 NW/4 35 40.00 Total 160.00 Township 6 South Range 9 West: SW/4 SE/4 5 40.00 W/2 NE/4: NW/4 SE/4 8 120.00 Total 160.00 Grand total 27, 043. 34 68 Stat. 873 All such sales, exchanges, or other dispositions shall be made upon such terms as said committee and said authorized representatives shall deem satisfactory and may be made pursuant to bids or at private sale, and all funds or other property derived from such sales, exchanges, or other dispositions shall be subject to the terms of this Act. Consent by the tribal business committee and said authorized representatives to the sale, exchange, or other disposal of the lands herein described shall relieve the United States of any liability resulting from such sale, exchange, or other disposition. The tribal business committee and said authorized representatives are further authorized to sell or dispose of tribal assigned lands to the assignees thereof under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the said tribal business committee and said authorized representatives with the assignees, subject, however, to the approval of the Secretary. Sec. 10. The tribal business committee representing the full-bloodDivision of assets. group, and the authorized representatives of the mixed-blood group, within sixty days after the publication of the final membership roll, as provided in section 8 hereof, shall commence a division of the assets of the tribe that are then susceptible to equitable and practicable distribution. Such division shall be by agreement between them subject to the approval of the Secretary. Said division shall be based upon the relative number of persons comprising the final membership roll of each group. After such division the rights or beneficial interests in tribal property of each mixed-blood person whose name appears on the roll shall constitute an undivided interest in and to such property which may be inherited or bequeathed, but shall be subject to alienation or encumbrance before the transfer of title to such tribal property only as provided herein. Any contract made in violation of this section shall be null and void. If said groups are unable to agree upon said division within a period of twelve months from the date or such commencement, or any authorized extension of said period granted within the discretion of the Secretary, the Secretary is authorized to partition the assets of the tribe in such manner as in his opinion will be equitable and fair to both groups. Such partition shall give rise to no cause of action against the United States and the costs of such partition shall be paid by the tribe. The Secretary is authorized to provide such reasonable assistance as may be requested by both groups, or by either group, in formulation and execution of a plan for the division of said assets, including necessary technical services of Government employees at Fort Duchesne, Utah, and arranging for necessary consultations with representatives of Federal departments and agencies, officials of the State of Utah, and political subdivisions thereof, and members of the tribe. All unadjudicated or unliquidated claims against the United States, all gas, oil, and mineral rights of every kind, and all other assets not susceptible to equitable and practicable distribution shall be managed jointly by the Tribal Business Committee and the authorized representatives of the mixed-blood group, subject to such supervision by the Secretary as is otherwise required by law, and the net proceeds therefrom after deducting the costs chargeable to such management shall first be divided between the full-blood and mixed-blood groups in direct proportion to the number of persons comprising the final membership roll of each group and without regard to the number of persons comprising each group at the time of the division of such proceeds. Sec. 11. Notwithstanding any other provision of existing lawAvailability of tribal funds., the tribal funds now on deposit or hereafter deposited in the United States Treasury to the credit of the tribe or either group thereof, shall be available for advance to the tribe or the respective groups, or for expenditure, for such purposes, including per capita payments, 68 Stat. 874 as may be designated by the Tribal Business Committee for the full-blood members, and by the authorized agents of the mixed-blood members, and in either event subject to the approval of the Secretary: *Provided*, That the aggregate amount of the expenditures and advances authorized by this section for the mixed-blood group shall not exceed 50 per centum of the total funds of said mixed-blood group after such division, until said mixed-blood group has adopted a plan approved by the Secretary for termination of Federal supervision of said mixed-blood group, as required under section 13 hereof. After such termination of Federal supervision, per capita payments to the mixed-blood group shall not be subject to approval of the Secretary. Sec. 12. Fifty per centum of all per capita payments to any individualPer capita payments. mixed-blood member made pursuant to any division or distribution hereunder shall have deducted therefrom any sum or sums of money owed by such member to the tribe, whether due or to become due, unless in the opinion of the Secretary said debts are not adequately secured in which event the entire per capita payment shall Mortgage requirement.be subject to such offset. Any other division, partition or distribution or property to any individual mixed-blood member made pursuant to this Act shall be subject to a mortgage to be made in favor of the tribe securing the payment of all sums of money owed by him to the tribe on the date of such division, partition or distribution to such individual mixed-blood member. The Secretary shall require the execution of any mortgage required hereunder as a condition to any such division, partition or distribution. Sec. 13. After the adoption of a plan for the division of the assetsDistribution to individual members. between the two groups, a plan for distribution of the assets of the mixed-blood group to the individual members thereof shall be prepared and ratified by a majority of said group, within the period of six months from such adoption and presented to the Secretary for approval. The Secretary is authorized to provide such reasonable assistance, including necessary technical service of Government employees at Fort Duchesne, Utah, and arranging for necessary consultations with representatives of Federal departments and agencies, officials of the State of Utah and political subdivisions thereof, as may be required by the mixed-blood group in the preparation of such plan. The plan for division of the assets among the members of the Plan.mixed-blood group may include:

(1)Complete disposition of all cash assets of said group, reserving, however, sufficient funds to cover—

(i)the proportionate share of said mixed-blood group in and to all expenses incurred in effecting the purposes of this Act, including, but not limited to, the necessary expense incurred under sections 13 and 14 of this Act;

(ii)the just and proportionate share of the mixed-bloods in the expense incurred in the prosecution of the claims of the tribe, or the bands thereof, against the United States; and

(iii)the determinable and estimated administrative costs and expenses of any mixed-blood organization authorized by this Act, including lawful and reasonable salaries and fees of authorized agents, officers and employees of said mixed-blood group.

(2)Partition of the lands of the mixed-blood group excepting all gas, oil, and mineral rights, to corporations, partnerships, or other legal entities, and to trustees, and the individual members of said groups, quality and quantity relatively considered, according to the respective rights and interests of the parties, located so as to embrace, as far as practicable, any improvements lawfully made by the person 68 Stat. 875 or persons receiving such land. The value of the improvements made, under a valid lease or assignment from the tribe, shall be excluded from the valuation in making allotments to the lessee or assignee, and the land must be valued without regard to such improvements unless the lease or assignment, under which said improvements were made, provided that such improvements should become the property of the tribe. In the making of any partition due consideration shall be given to all of the rights and interests of the person or persons receiving the property, and all of the rights and interests of the other members of the tribe. Two or more of the members of said mixed-blood group may obtain their share of property as tenants in common, as joint tenants, or in any other lawful manner when such members agree among themselves as to the manner in which they desire to receive such title. When it appears that an equitable partition cannot be made among the members of said mixed-blood group without prejudice to the rights and interests of some of them, and yet a partition is directed by the group, the members of said group may voluntarily determine compensation to be made by one party to another on account of the inequity. In all cases where equity is agreed upon by the members of said mixed-blood group, such compensatory adjustment among the parties, according to the principles of equity, must be approved by the Secretary. In the event of a failure to agree upon an equitable compensatory adjustment among the parties the Secretary shall make such adjustment and his decision shall be final.

(3)Organization of corporations for the grazing of livestock, handling of water and water rights, and the shares therein may be issued to the members of said group in proportion to their interests in the assets of such corporations. When, in the opinion of said mixed-blood group, it is to the best interest of said group to transfer a portion of the assets of said group to a corporation or other legal entity for any purpose, the Secretary is authorized to make such transfer.

(4)A transfer of assets to one or more trustees designated by said group who shall hold title to all or any part of the property of said group for management or liquidation purposes under terms and conditions prescribed by said mixed-blood group. The Secretary is authorized to make such transfer, and approve the trustees, and the terms and conditions of the trust.

(5)Sale of any portion of the assets of said group subject to the approval of the Secretary. In addition to the sales herein otherwise authorized, authority is granted to the authorized representatives of said group to sell any property of said group when, in the opinion of the majority of said mixed-blood group, a practicable partition cannot be made, or for any other reason it is deemed to the best interests of the group, and the proceeds of such sales shall be distributed equitably among the members of said mixed-blood group; after deducting reasonable cost of sale and distribution. Sec. 14. In the event all the tribal assets, susceptible to equitable and practicable distribution, distributed to the mixed-blood group under the provisions of section 10 hereof, are not, within seven years from the date of enactment of this Act, distributed to the individual mixed-blood members as contemplated in the plan to be adopted in accordance with the provisions of section 13 hereof, so as to effectively terminate Federal supervision over said assets, then the Secretary shall proceed to make such distribution in a manner, in his discretion, deemed fair and equitable to all members of said group, or convey such assets to a trustee for liquidation and distribution of the net proceeds, or convey such assets to the persons entitled thereto as tenants in common. 68 Stat. 876 Sec. 15. Any member of the mixed-blood group may dispose of hisDisposal of tribal assets by individual member. interest in the tribal assets prior to termination of Federal supervision, subject to the approval of the Secretary. In the event a member of the mixed-blood group determines to dispose of his interest in any of said real property at any time within ten years from the date of enactment of this Act, he shall first offer it to the members of the tribe, and no sale of any interest, prior to termination of Federal supervision, shall be authorized without such offer to said members of the tribe in such form as may be approved by the Secretary. After termination of Federal supervision the requirement of such offer, in form to be approved by the Secretary, shall be a covenant to run with the land for said ten-year period, and shall be expressly provided in any patent or deed issued prior to the expiration of said period. Sec. 16.

(a)When any mixed-blood member of the tribe has receivedSales restrictions, etc. removal. his distributive share of the tribal assets distributed to the mixed-blood group under the provisions of section 10 hereof, whether such distribution is made in part or in whole to a corporation, partnership, or trusteeship in which he is interested, or otherwise, the Secretary is authorized and directed to immediately transfer to him unrestricted control of all other property held in trust for such mixed-blood member by the United States, and shall further remove all restrictions on the sale or encumbrance of trust or restricted property owned by such member of the tribe, and Federal supervision of such member and his property shall thereby be terminated, except as to his remaining interest in tribal property in the form of any unadjudicated or unliquidated claims against the United States, all gas, oil, and mineral rights of every kind, and all other tribal assets not susceptible to equitable and practicable distribution, all of which shall remain subject to the terms of this Act, notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary.

(b)Prior to the removal of restrictions in accordance with the provisions of subsection

(a)hereof on land owned by more than one person, the Secretary may—

(1)upon request of any of the owners, partition the land andPartition. issue to each owner an unrestricted patent or deed for his individual share, unless such owner is a full-blood member of the tribe or other Indian who owns trust or restricted property, in which event a trust patent or restricted deed shall be issued and such trust may be terminated or such restrictions may be removed when the Secretary determines that the need therefor no longer exists;

(2)upon request of any of the owners and a finding by theSale. Secretary that partition of all or any part of the land is not practicable, cause all or any part of the land to be sold at not less than the appraised value thereof and distribute the proceeds of sale to the owners: *Provided*, That before a sale any one or more of the owners may elect to purchase the other interests in the land, or the tribe may elect to purchase the entire interest in the land, at not less than the appraised value thereof. Sec. 17. No distribution of the assets made under the provisions of Taxes.this Act shall be subject to any Federal or State income tax: *Provided*, That so much of any cash distribution made hereunder as consists of a share of any interest earned on funds deposited in the Treasury of the United States shall not by virtue of this Act be exempt from individual income tax in the hands of the recipients for the year in which paid. Property distributed to the mixed-blood group pursuant to the terms of this Act shall be exempt from property taxes for a period of seven years from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the original distributee parts with title thereto, either by deed, descent, succession, foreclosure of mortgage, sheriff’s sale or other conveyance: *Provided*, 68 Stat. 877 That the mortgaging, hypothecation, granting of a right-of-way, or other similar encumbrance of said property shall not be construed as a conveyance subjecting said property to taxation under the provisions of this section. After seven years from the date of enactment of this Act, all property distributed to the mixed-blood members of the tribe under the provisions of this Act, and all income derived therefrom by the individual, corporation, or other legal entity, shall be subject to the same taxes, State and Federal, as in the case of non-Indians; except that any valuation for purposes of Federal income tax on gains or losses shall take as the basis of the particular taxpayer the value of the property on the date title is transferred by the United States pursuant to this Act. Sec. 18. The laws of the United States with respect to probate of Probation of wills, etc.wills, determination of heirship, and the administration of estates shall apply to the individual trust property of mixed-blood members of the tribe until Federal supervision is terminated. Thereafter, the laws of the several States, Territories, possessions, and the District of Columbia within which such mixed-blood members reside at the time of their death shall apply. Sec. 19. Nothing in this Act shall affect any claim heretofore filedClaims. against the United States by the tribe, or the individual bands comprising the tribe. Sec. 20. Nothing in this Act shall abrogate any valid lease, permit,Leases, permits, etc. license, right-of-way, lien, or other contract heretofore approved. Sec. 21. Nothing in this Act shall abrogate any water rights of theWater rights. tribe or its members. Sec. 22. For the purposes of this Act, the Secretary shall protectGuardians for minors, etc. the rights of members of the tribe who are minors, non compos mentis, or, in the opinion of the Secretary, in need of assistance in conducting their affairs, by such means as he may deem adequate, but appointment of guardians pursuant to State laws, in any case, shall not be required until Federal supervision has terminated. Sec. 23. Upon removal of Federal restrictions on the property ofFederal trust termination proclamation. Publication in FR. each individual mixed-blood member of the tribe, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a proclamation declaring that the Federal trust relationship to such individual is terminated. Thereafter, such individual shall not be entitled to any of the services performed for Indians because of his status as an Indian. All statutes of the United States which affect Indians because of their status as Indians shall no longer be applicable to such member over which supervision has been terminated, and the laws of the several States shall apply to such member in the same manner as they apply to other citizens within their jurisdiction. Sec. 24. Within three months after the date of enactment of thisDevelopment program. Act, the business committee of the tribe representing the full-blood group thereof shall present to the Secretary a development program calculated to assist in making the tribe and the members thereof self-supporting, without any special Government assistance, with a view of eventually terminating all Federal supervision of the tribe and its members. The tribal business committee, representing the full-bloodReport to Congress. group shall, through the Secretary of the Interior, make a full and complete annual progress report to the Congress of its activities, and of the expenditures authorized under this Act. Sec. 25. Nothing in this Act shall affect the status of the membersCitizenship status. of the tribe as citizens of the United States. Sec. 26. The Secretary shall have authority to execute such patentsPatents, deeds, etc., deeds, assignments, releases, certificates, contracts, and other instruments, as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions 68 Stat. 878 of this Act, or to establish a marketable and recordable title to any property disposed of pursuant to this Act. Sec. 27. The Secretary is authorized to issue rules and regulationsRules and regulations. necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act, and may, in his discretion, provide for tribal or group referenda on matters pertaining to management or disposition of tribal or group assets. Sec. 28. Whenever any action pursuant to the provisions of thisAgreements. Act requires the agreement of the mixed-blood and full-blood groups and such agreement cannot be reached, the Secretary is authorized to proceed in any manner deemed by him to be in the best interests of both groups. Sec. 29. All Acts, or parts of Acts, inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed insofar as they affect the tribe or its members. Sec. 30. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereofSeparability. to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. Approved August 27, 1954. Public Law 672: To increase the retired pay of certain members of the former Lighthouse Service. Public Law 672 Public Law 672 68 Stat. 878 1954-08-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-12 83 2 public Public Law 672 chapter 1010 AN ACT To increase the retired pay of certain members of the former Lighthouse Service.August 27, 1954 [[H. R. 1843](/us/bill/83/hr/1843)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Lighthouse Service. Retired pay. [40 Stat. 608](/us/stat/40/608). That the annual rate of retired pay received by any person who was retired on or before June 30, 1953, under section 6 of the Act of June 20, 1918, as amended and supplemented (33 U. S. C., secs. 763–765), shall be increased, effective on the first day of the calendar month following enactment of this Act, by 15 per centum or $264, whichever is the lesser: *Provided*, That no retired pay shall be increased to an amount in excess of $2,160 by reason of this Act: *And provided further*, That the increases provided herein shall terminate, without subsequent resumption, on June 30, 1955. Approved August 27, 1954. Public Law 673: To authorize a $50 per capita payment to members of the Red Lake Baud of Chippewa Indians from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber on the Red Lake Reservation. Public Law 673 Public Law 673 68 Stat. 878 1954-08-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-12 83 2 public Public Law 673 chapter 1011 AN ACT To authorize a $50 per capita payment to members of the Red Lake Baud of Chippewa Indians from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber on the Red Lake Reservation.August 27, 1954 [[H. R. 3419](/us/bill/83/hr/3419)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Chippewa Indians. Per capita payment to Red Lake Band. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to withdraw as much as may be necessary from the fund on deposit in the Treasury of the United States arising from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber within the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota, according to the provisions of the Act of May 18, 1916 (39 Stat. 137), to the credit of the Red Lake Indians in Minnesota, and to pay therefrom $50 to each member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota who is living at the date of enactment of this Act. Such payment shall be made in two installments of $25 each, the first to be made within thirty days of ratification by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota as provided for in section 2 of this Act, the second installment ninety days thereafter, and under such other rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. 68 Stat. 879 Sec. 2. No money paid to Indians under this Act shall be subject to any lien or claim of attorneys or other persons. Before any payment is made under this Act, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota shall, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, ratify and accept the provisions of this Act. Sec. 3. Payments made under this Act shall not be held to be “other income and resources” as that term is used in sections 2

(a)(7), 402[49 Stat. 620, 627](/us/stat/49/620/627). [64 Stat. 553](/us/stat/64/553).

(a)(7), and 1002

(8)of the Social Security Act, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 42, secs. 302

(a)(7), 602

(a)(7), and 1202

(a)(8)). Approved August 27, 1954. Public Law 674: To authorize works for development and furnishing of water supplies for waterfowl management. Central Valley project, California, and for other purposes. Public Law 674 Public Law 674 68 Stat. 879 1954-08-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-12 83 2 public Public Law 674 chapter 1012 AN ACT To authorize works for development and furnishing of water supplies for waterfowl management. Central Valley project, California, and for other purposes.August 27, 1954 [[H. R. 4213](/us/bill/83/hr/4213)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Central Valley project, Calif. Reauthorization. That the entire Central Valley project, California, heretofore authorized under the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844, 850), and reauthorized under the Act of October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1198, 1199), the Act of October 14, 1949 (63 Stat. 852), and the Act of September 26, 1950 (64 Stat. 1036), is hereby reauthorized and declared to be for the purposes set forth in said Acts, and also for the use of the waters thereof for fish and wildlife purposes, subject to such priorities as are applicable under said Acts. Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct,Water supply development works. operate, and maintain such works on waterfowl management areas and refuges owned and operated by the State of California or the United States as may be necessary or desirable for the development of a water supply by means of wells and the recovery of drainage, and to furnish water available from such works, and water available from Central Valley project sources, for wildlife management purposes substantially in accordance with the recommendations set forth in the report of the United States Department of the Interior entitled “Waterfowl Conservation in the Lower San Joaquin Valley, Its Relation to the Grasslands and the Central Valley Project,” dated October 1950, and such works should be developed in cooperation with the State of California. Sec. 3. The cost of investigation, planning, and construction of the works and the delivery of water as authorized in section 2 of this Act shall not be reimbursable or returnable under the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and the Acts[43 USC 371](/us/usc/t43/s371). amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto). Sec. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds,Appropriation. not to exceed $400,000, for construction of necessary works to supply water for State and federally owned and operated waterfowl management areas in the San Joaquin Valley to carry out the purposes of this Act. Sec. 5. Works constructed under the authorization of section 2, forOwnership. the purpose of supplying State wildlife management areas with water, shall become the property of the State of California when constructed. Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to contract forWater contracts. the delivery of water to public organizations or agencies for use within the boundaries of such organizations or agencies for water- 68 Stat. 880 fowl purposes in the Grasslands area of the San Joaquin Valley. If and when available, such water shall be delivered from the Central Valley project at a charge not to exceed the prevailing charge for class 2 water. Sec. 7. The use of all water furnished by the Secretary of theCalifornia law. Interior under section 2 and section 6 of this Act shall be subject to and not inconsistent with the laws of the State of California relating to priorities of deliveries and use of water. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as an allocation of water. Approved August 27, 1954. Public Law 675: To provide for the erection of appropriate markers in national cemeteries to honor the memory of members of the Armed Forces missing in action. Public Law 675 Public Law 675 68 Stat. 880 1954-08-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-12 83 2 public Public Law 675 chapter 1013 AN ACT To provide for the erection of appropriate markers in national cemeteries to honor the memory of members of the Armed Forces missing in action.August 27, 1954 [[H. R. 4690](/us/bill/83/hr/4690)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army shall set aside, when available, suitable plots in the national cemeteries under their jurisdiction to honor the memory of members of the Armed Forces missing in action, and shall, under regulations to be jointly prescribed by them, permit the erection of appropriate markers thereon in honor of any such member or group of members. Approved August 27, 1954. Public Law 676: To amend section 87 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended (32 U. S. C. 47), to relieve the States from accountability and pecuniary liability for property lost, damaged, or destroyed except in cases where it shall appear that the loss, damage, or destruction of the property was due to carelessness or negligence or could have been avoided by the exercise of reasonable care. Public Law 676 Public Law 676 68 Stat. 880 1954-08-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-12 83 2 public Public Law 676 chapter 1014 AN ACT To amend section 87 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended (32 U. S. C. 47), to relieve the States from accountability and pecuniary liability for property lost, damaged, or destroyed except in cases where it shall appear that the loss, damage, or destruction of the property was due to carelessness or negligence or could have been avoided by the exercise of reasonable care.August 27, 1954 [[H. R. 6223](/us/bill/83/hr/6223)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,National Guard. [39 Stat. 204](/us/stat/39/204). That section 87 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended (32 U. S. C. 47), is amended to read as follows: " “disposition and replacement of damaged property, and so forth “Sec. 87. All military property issued to the National Guard and Air National Guard as herein provided shall remain the property of the United States. Whenever any such property issued to the National Guard or Air National Guard in any State, Territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia shall have been lost, damaged, or destroyed, or become unserviceable or unsuitable by use in service or from any other cause, it shall be examined by a disinterested surveying officer of the United States Army, United States Air Force, or the National Guard or Air National Guard detailed by the appropriate Secretary, and the report of such surveying officer shall be forwarded to the appropriate Secretary or to such officer as he shall designate to receive such reports. The appropriate Secretary or his designated representative is hereby authorized to relieve the State, Territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia from further accountability and pecuniary liability for 68 Stat. 881 such property in any case except where it shall appear that the loss, damage, or destruction of property was due to carelessness or neglect, or that its loss, damage, or destruction could have been avoided by the exercise of reasonable care, in which case the money value of such property shall be charged to the accountable State, Territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or District of Columbia to be paid from State, Territory, Commonwealth, or District funds, or any funds other than Federal. If the articles so surveyed are found to be unserviceable or unsuitable, the appropriate Secretary or his designated representative shall direct what disposition by sale or otherwise shall be made of them; and if sold, the proceeds of such sale, as well as stoppages against officers and enlisted men, and the net proceeds of collections made from any person or from any State, Territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia to reimburse the Government for the loss, damage, or destruction of any property, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States: *Provided*, That if any State, Territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia shall neglect or refuse to pay, or to cause to be paid, the money equivalent of any loss, damage, or destruction of property charged against such State, Territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia by the appropriate Secretary after survey by a disinterested officer appointed as hereinbefore provided, the appropriate Secretary is hereby authorized to debar such State, Territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia from further participation in any and all appropriations for the National Guard or Air National Guard, as appropriate, until such payment shall have been made: *Provided further*, That property issued to the National Guard and Air National Guard and which has become unserviceable through fair wear and tear in service, may, after inspection thereof and finding to that effect made by an officer of the Army of the United States, Air Force of the United States, or the National Guard or Air National Guard detailed by the appropriate Secretary, be sold or otherwise disposed of, and the State, Territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia accountable shall be relieved from further accountability therefor; such inspection, and sale or other disposition, to be made under regulations prescribed by the appropriate Secretary, and to constitute as to such property a discretional substitute for the examination, report, and disposition provided for elsewhere in this section.” " Approved August 27, 1954. Public Law 677: To provide for the conveyance of certain lands by the United States to the county of Cumberland, State of North Carolina, without remuneration. Public Law 677 Public Law 677 68 Stat. 881 1954-08-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-12 83 2 public Public Law 677 chapter 1015 AN ACT To provide for the conveyance of certain lands by the United States to the county of Cumberland, State of North Carolina, without remuneration.August 27, 1954 [[H. R. 6658](/us/bill/83/hr/6658)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Cumberland County, N. C. Conveyance. That the Administrator of General Services is authorized and directed to convey by deed to the county of Cumberland, State of North Carolina, without remuneration, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to that tract of land situated in Carvers Creek Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina, described in the plat prepared by D. A. Buie in July 1953 containing fifty-seven and eight-tenths acres, more or less, and more particularly described as follows: 68 Stat. 882 Beginning at a stake on the bank of the Cape Fear River, the same being the southeast corner of the tract of which this is a part, and running thence with the southern line of the said tract, south eighty-eight degrees no minutes two thousand two hundred and ninety-seven feet to a stake in the old canal; thence with the said old canal north twenty-five degrees forty-one minutes east one thousand six hundred and fourteen feet to a stake in said canal, also in the northern line of the tract of which this is a part; thence with the northern line of said tract south seventy-eight degrees fifty-five minutes east one thousand six hundred and forty-three feet to a stake on the bank of the Cape Fear River, the northeast corner of the tract of which this is a part; thence with the Cape Fear River, a calculated course, south thirty minutes east one thousand one hundred and twenty-two feet to the beginning, containing fifty-seven and eight-tenths acres more or less, being the eastern part of a tract of land described in a deed from Alexander E. Cook and wife, Finances W. Cook, to the United States of America, dated December 31, 1938, recorded in Book 409, page 300, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Cumberland County, North Carolina. Sec. 2. The property herein described shall not be used for any purpose which is detrimental to the Veterans’ Administration for a period of twenty years. Approved August 27, 1954. Public Law 678: To continue until the close of June 30, 1955, the suspension of duties and import taxes on metal scrap, and for other purposes. Public Law 678 Public Law 678 68 Stat. 882 1954-08-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-12 83 2 public Public Law 678 chapter 1016 AN ACT To continue until the close of June 30, 1955, the suspension of duties and import taxes on metal scrap, and for other purposes.August 27, 1954 [[H. R. 8155](/us/bill/83/hr/8155)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Metal scrap. That the first sentence of section 2 of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 869, Eighty-first Congress), is hereby amended by striking out “June 30, [67 Stat. 487](/us/stat/67/487). [19 USC 1001, par. 301 note](/us/usc/t19/s1001/301).1954” and inserting in lieu thereof “June 30, 1955”: *Provided*, That this Act shall not apply to lead scrap or zinc scrap (other than zinc scrap purchased under a written contract entered into before July 1, 1954). Sec. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall[65 Stat. 44](/us/stat/65/44). [26 USC 3425 note](/us/usc/t26/s3425). not be construed to affect in any way the application of Public Law 38, Eighty-second Congress, to copper scrap. Approved August 27, 1954. Public Law 679: To amend section 22 of the Organic Act of Guam. Public Law 679 Public Law 679 68 Stat. 882 1954-08-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-12 83 2 public Public Law 679 chapter 1017 AN ACT To amend section 22 of the Organic Act of Guam.August 27, 1954 [[H. R. 8634](/us/bill/83/hr/8634)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Guam. District Court procedure. [48 USC 1424](/us/usc/t48/s1424). That subsection

(b)of section 22 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 389), is amended by striking out the period at the end of such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “; except that no provisions of any such rules which authorize or require trial by jury or the prosecution of offenses by indictment by a grand jury instead of by information shall be applicable to the District Court of Guam unless and until made so applicable by laws enacted by the Legislature of Guam, and except 68 Stat. 883 further that the terms ‘attorney for the government’ and ‘United States Definitions.attorney’, as used in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall, when applicable to cases arising under the laws of Guam, mean the Attorney General of Guam or such other person or persons as may be authorized by the laws of Guam to act therein.” Sec. 2. The amendment made by section 1 shall be deemed to be inEffective date. effect as of August 1, 1950. Sec. 3. No conviction of a defendant in a criminal proceeding in theNonreversal of prior conviction. District Court of Guam heretofore had shall be reversed or set aside on the ground that the defendant was not indicted by a grand jury or tried by a petit jury. Sec. 4. If any particular provision of this Act, or the applicationSeparability. thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. Approved August 27, 1954. Public Law 680: To protect the rights of vessels of the United States on the high seas and in territorial waters of foreign countries. Public Law 680 Public Law 680 68 Stat. 883 1954-08-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-12 83 2 public Public Law 680 chapter 1018 AN ACT To protect the rights of vessels of the United States on the high seas and in territorial waters of foreign countries.August 27, 1954 [[H. R. 9584](/us/bill/83/hr/9584)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Seizure of U. S. vessels on high seas, etc.That for the purposes of this Act the term “vessel of the United States” shall mean any private vessel documented or certificated under the laws of the United States. Sec. 2. In any case where—

(a)a vessel of the United States is seized by a foreign country on the basis of rights or claims in territorial waters or the high seas which are not recognized by the United States; and

(b)there is no dispute of material facts with respect to the location or activity of such vessel at the time of such seizure, the Secretary of State shall as soon as practicable take such action asAction by Secretary of State. he deems appropriate to attend to the welfare of such vessel and its crew while it is held by such country and to secure the release of such vessel and crew. Sec. 3. In any case where a vessel of the United States is seized by a foreign country under the conditions of section 2 and a fine must be paid in order to secure the prompt release of the vessel and crew, the owners of the vessel shall be reimbursed by the Secretary of the Treasury in the amount certified to him by the Secretary of State as being the amount of the fine actually paid. Sec. 4. The provisions of this Act shall not apply with respect toNon applicability. a seizure made by a country at war with the United States or a seizure made in accordance with the provisions of any fishery convention or treaty to which the United States is a party. Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall take such action as he may deem appropriate to make and collect on claims against a foreign country for amounts expended by the United States under the provisions of this Act because of the seizure of a United States vessel by such country. Sec. 6. There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as mayAppropriation. be necessary to carry out the provisions or this Act. Approved August 27, 1954. Public Law 681: To amend the Act entitled “An Act to create a Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved May 1, 1906, as amended, and for other purposes. Public Law 681 Public Law 681 68 Stat. 884 1954-08-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-12 83 2 public

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