Public Law 830.

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70 Stat. 709 Public Law 830 chapter 772 AN ACT To confer upon Alaska autonomy in the field of mental health, transfer from the Federal Government to the Territory the fiscal and functional responsibility for the hospitalization of committed mental patients, and for other purposes. July 28, 1956[[H. R. 6376](/us/bill/84/hr/6376)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That this Act mayAlaska Mental Health Enabling Act. be cited as the “Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act”.

TITLE I—AUTHORITY OF THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA IN THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH powers of the territorial government Sec. 101. For the purpose of vesting in the Territory of Alaska authority comparable in scope to that of the States and other Territories of the United States in the field of mental health, the Territorial legislature is hereby authorized to enact such laws on the subject of mental health as it may deem appropriate, and such legislation may supersede any of the Acts cited in section 301. functions of courts Sec. 102.

In carrying out section 101, the Territorial legislature is authorized to confer upon United States commissioners, as ex officio probate judges, and upon the United States District Court for the Territory of Alaska, such jurisdiction, functions, and duties as it may deem appropriate for such purpose. effective date Sec. 103. This title shall become effective on the date of enactment of this Act. TITLE II—GRANTS Special Grants to Alaska for Mental Health Sec. 201. Title III of the Public Health Service Act, as amended,[58 Stat. 691](/us/stat/58/691).[42 USC 201 note](/us/usc/t42/s201). is hereby amended by adding thereto a new part as follows:

" “Part H—Grants to Alaska for Mental Health “grants for alaska mental health program “Sec. 371.

(a)There are hereby authorized to be appropriated theAppropriations. following sums to be available to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for the purpose of making grants to the Territory of Alaska to assist it to carry out plans, submitted by the Governor of the Territory or his designee and approved by the Surgeon General, for an integrated mental health program for the Territory, including outpatient and inpatient care and treatment: For each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1958, and June 30, 1959, the sum of $1,000,000; for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1960, and June 30, 1961, the sum of $800,000; for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1962, and June 30, 1963, the sum of $600,000; for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1964, and June 30, 1965, the sum of $400,000; and for each of the years ending June 30, 1966, and June 30, 1967, the sum of $200,000. 70 Stat. 710 “(b) Estimates; payments. The Surgeon General shall, prior to the beginning of each calendar quarter or such shorter period as the Surgeon General may find necessary, estimate the cost of carrying out the approved plan, on the basis of estimates furnished by the Territory, including estimates of the amount of contractual obligations for hospitalization, and on the basis of such further investigations as he may find necessary. From the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year, the Surgeon General shall pay to the Territory the amount requested by it but not to exceed the amount so estimated by the Surgeon General for each such period, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum (not previously adjusted under this section) by which he finds that the amount paid for any prior period was greater or less than the amount which should have been paid. The amount of any balance of payments made to the Territory under this section and remaining unobligated on July 1, 1967, shall be repaid to the Treasury of the United States. “(c) Whenever the Surgeon General finds, after affording opportunity for hearing, that the Territory has failed to comply substantially with any provisions of the approved plan, he shall notify the Governor that no further payments will be made under this section (or that further payments will not be made for parts of the plan affected by such failure) until he is satisfied that there will no longer be any such failure. “(d) For the purpose of facilitating the administration of the Territory’s mental health program, the Surgeon General is authorized to enter into arrangements with the Territorial government to provide for the care and treatment, in hospitals operated by the Service, of patients requiring hospitalization. Such arrangements shall be subject to the availability of suitable facilities therefor and shall provide for charges to the Territorial government in amounts determined by the Surgeon General which shall be sufficient to cover the full cost of such care and treatment. Upon payment by the Territory the amount of such charges shall be credited to the appropriation from which such costs were incurred: *Provided*, That, during the period of grants under this section, payment may be effected by deductions from the amount of such grants otherwise payable to the Territory, with such deductions to be credited to the appropriation from which such costs were incurred. “payments for construction of hospital facilities “Sec. 372.

(a)There is hereby authorized to be appropriated an amount not exceeding the total sum of $6,500,000, to remain available until expended, to enable the Surgeon General to make payments to the Territory of Alaska as the total contribution of the Federal Government to be used in defraying the cost of construction of hospital and other facilities in Alaska needed for the carrying out of a comprehensive mental health program. “(b) Such facilities shall be scheduled for construction in accordance with a comprehensive construction program, developed by the Territory in consultation with the Public Health Service and approved by the Surgeon General. Projects shall be constructed in accordance with such approved program and in accordance with plans and specifications for the project approved by the Surgeon General. “(c) Upon certification by the Territory, based upon inspection by it, that work has been performed upon a project, or purchases have been made in accordance with approved plans and specifications, and that payment of an installment is due, the Surgeon General shall certify such installment for payment: *Provided, however*, 70 Stat. 711That the Surgeon General may cause the project to be inspected at any time, and if such inspection indicates that the project is not being constructed in accordance with approved plans and specifications, he may, after notice and affording opportunity for hearing, withhold further payment until he finds that adequate corrective measures have been taken. “(d) The term ‘cost of construction’ means the amount found necessary by the Surgeon General for the construction of a project and includes the construction and initial equipment of buildings (including medical transportation facilities), architects’ and engineering fees, the cost of land acquired specifically for the purpose of the project, and on-site improvements. “(e) If, within twenty years from the date of completion of construction,Recovery of value of facility. any hospital or other medical facility constructed with the aid of grants under this section shall cease to be a publicly owned facility operated for me care or treatment of patients under the Territory’s mental health program, the United States shall be entitled to recover from the Territory the then value of the hospital or other medical facility, reduced, however, proportionately to the extent to which the Territory may have contributed to the cost of construction thereof.” " land grant Sec. 202.

(a)The Territory of Alaska is hereby granted and shall be entitled to select, within ten years from the effective date of this Act, not to exceed one million acres from the public lands of the United States in Alaska which are vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved at the time of their selection: *Provided*, That nothing herein contained shall affect any valid existing rights. All lands duly selected by the Territory of Alaska pursuant to this section shall be patented to the Territory by the Secretary of the Interior.

(b)The lands authorized to be selected by the Territory of Alaska by subsection

(a)of this section shall be selected in such manner as the laws of the Territory may provide, and in conformity with such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. The authority to make selections shall never be alienated or bargained away, in whole or in part, by the Territory. All selections shall be made in reasonably compact tracts, taking into account the situation and potential uses of the lands involved. Upon the revocation of any order of withdrawal in Alaska, the order of revocation shall provide for a period of not less than ninety days before the date on which it otherwise becomes effective during which period the Territory of Alaska shall have a preferred right of selection, subject to the requirements of this Act, except as against prior existing valid rights or as against equitable claims subject to allowance and confirmation. Such preferred right of selection shall have precedence over the preferred right of application created by section 4 of the Act of September 27, 1944 (58 Stat. 748; 43 U. S. C., sec. 282), as now or hereafter amended, but not over other preference rights now conferred by law. As used in this subsection, the words “equitable claims subject to allowance and confirmation” include, without limitation, claims of holders of permits issued by the Department of Agriculture on lands eliminated from national forests, whose permits have been terminated only because of such elimination and who own valuable improvements on such lands.

(c)All grants made or confirmed under this section shall includeMineral deposits. mineral deposits: *Provided, however*, That mineral deposits in lands which on January 1, 1956, were subject to public land order numbered 82 of January 22, 1943, shall not be included in said grants, but shall continue to be reserved to the Ignited States. 70 Stat. 712

(d)Leases; sales. Following the selection of lands by the Territory pursuant to subsection (b), but prior to the issuance of final patent, the Territory shall be authorized to lease and to make conditional sales of such selected lands.

(e)All lands granted to the Territory of Alaska under this section, together with the income therefrom and the proceeds from any dispositions thereof, shall be administered by the Territory of Alaska as a public trust and such proceeds and income shall first be applied to meet the necessary expenses of the mental health program of Alaska. Such lands, income, and proceeds shall be managed and utilized in such manner as the Legislature of Alaska may provide. Such lands, together with any property acquired in exchange therefor or acquired out of the income or proceeds therefrom, may be sold, leased, mortgaged, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Legislature of Alaska may provide, m order to obtain funds or other property to be invested, expended, or used by the Territory of Alaska. The authority of the Legislature of Alaska under this subsection shall be exercised in a manner compatible with the conditions and requirements imposed by other provisions of this Act. effective date Sec. 203. This title shall become effective on the date of enactment of this Act. TITLE III—TRANSITIONAL AND GENERAL PROVISIONS amendments and repeals Sec. 301.

(a)Such of the following Acts or parts thereof as the Governor by proclamation shall declare to be superseded by a law or laws hereafter enacted by the Territorial legislature are repealed as of the effective date (specified in such proclamation) of such superseding law or laws, or as of the two hundred and tenth day after the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later:

(1)Section 8 of the Act of January 27, 1905 (33 Stat. 616, 619; 48 U. S. C. 47);

(2)The first sentence of section 7 of the Act of February 6, 1909 (35 Stat. 600, 601), as amended by section 2 of the Act of October 14, 1942 (56 Stat. 782; 48 U. S. C. 46);

(3)The Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat 852; see 48 U. S. C. 46b);

(4)The Act of April 24, 1926 (44 Stat. 322), as amended by sections 4 and 5 of the Act of October 14, 1942 (56 Stat. 782, 783; 48 U. S. C. 50, 50a); and

(5)[48 USC 46c, 47a, 47b, 47c, 48, 48a](/us/usc/t48/s46c/47a/47b/47c/48/48a). Sections 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the Act of October 14, 1942 (56 Stat. 782, 783–785; 46 U. S. C. 46c, 47a, 47b, 47c, 48, 48a).

(1)The Acts and parts of Acts listed in subsection (a), except the Act of June 25, 1910, are, pending their repeal as provided in subsection (a), amended

(A)by striking out the words “Secretary”, “United States”, “Congress”, and “Department of the Interior” wherever these words appear, and inserting in lieu thereof the words “Governor of Alaska or his designee”, “Territory of Alaska”, “the Legislature of Alaska”, and “Territory of Alaska”, respectively;

(B)by inserting immediately before the word “Treasury”, wherever it appears, the word “Territorial”;

(C)by striking out the word “Federal”; and

(D)by amending section 1

(a)of the Act of October 14, 1942, to read as follows: “‘Governor’ means the Governor of Alaska or his designee;”: *Provided*, That the words “United States” where 70 Stat. 713they appear as a part of the term “United States Veterans’ Bureau facility” in section 6 of the Act of October 14, 1942, shall not be struck.

(2)The amendment, by this subsection, of any Act or part of ActEffective date. specified in subsection

(a)shall take effect on the two hundred and tenth day after the date of enactment of this Act and shall cease to be effective upon the repeal of the Act or part of Act which it amends, as provided in subsection (a).

(c)Effective upon the date of enactment of this Act, section 3 of the Act approved August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 512; see 48 U. S. C. 24), entitled “An Act to create a legislative assembly in the Territory of Alaska, to confer legislative power thereon, and for other purposes”, is amended by inserting the following at the end of the first sentence of such section, immediately before the period: “or to prevent the legislature from altering, amending, modifying, or repealing section 8 (relating to commitment of insane persons) of the aforesaid Act approved January twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and five”.

(1)Any vested rights or liabilities existing, and any commitmentPrior rights, etc. proceeding commenced, under any Act or part thereof prior to the effective date of the amendment or repeal of such Act or part thereof by this section shall not be affected by such amendment or repeal.

(2)With respect to the money or property of any patient who has died or eloped prior to the enactment of this Act, or who will have died or eloped prior to the two hundred and tenth day following such enactment, the functions of the Secretary of the Interior under the Act of April 24, 1926, as amended (48 U. S. C. 50, 50a), and the requirement of certification of the claim to Congress if established more than five years after such death or elopement, shall remain in effect notwithstanding the amendment or repeal of such Act by this section. existing contract and appropriations Sec. 302.

(a)Within two hundred and ten days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the Governor of Alaska, may either

(i)assign all of his rights and duties under contract numbered 14–04–001–81, entered into on June 18, 1953, between the Secretary of the Interior on behalf of the United States, and the Sanitarium Company of Portland, Oregon, to the Territory of Alaska, such assignment to become effective on the two hundred and tenth day after the date of enactment of this Act, or

(ii)terminate the said contract in accordance with the terms thereof. Upon the effective date of any such assignment, such contract shall have the same binding effect upon the Territory as it had upon the United States prior to such assignment.

(b)On the two hundred and tenth day after the date of enactment of this Act, so much of all unexpended balances of appropriations as are available to the Department of the Interior for the care of the Alaska insane shall be transferred to the Governor of Alaska to be available for expenditure by him for the administration of the Acts specified in, and in part amended by, section 301 and for the administration of the laws of the Territory of Alaska enacted pursuant to section 101 of this Act, and the Secretary of the Interior shall, upon such transfer or as soon as practicable thereafter, transfer to the Governor of Alaska all papers and documents used primarily in the administration of all laws pertaining to the Alaska insane. forAppropriation. the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior for transfer to the Governor of Alaska such additional sums as may be necessary for the care of the Alaska insane during that fiscal year. 70 Stat. 714

(c)Until July 1, 1957, expenses for the transportation to a mental institution outside of Alaska of all patients to be hospitalized pursuant to a commitment under section 8 of the Act of January 27, 1905 (33 Stat. 616, 619, 48 U. S. C. 47), or to be hospitalized in such a mental institution pursuant to a commitment under a law of the Territorial legislature superseding such Act of January 27, 1905, shall be paid by the Department of Justice. Approved July 28, 1956. Public Law 831: To amend sections 657 and 1006 of title 18 of the United States Code in order to include certain savings and loan associations within its provisions. Public Law 831 Public Law 831 70 Stat. 714 1956-07-28 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 831 chapter 773 AN ACT To amend sections 657 and 1006 of title 18 of the United States Code in order to include certain savings and loan associations within its provisions. July 28, 1956[[H. R. 10111](/us/bill/84/hr/10111)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Savings and loan associations.Embezzlement, etc.[62 Stat. 729](/us/stat/62/729). That section 657 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended as follows: After the words “United States” where they first appear in section 657, strike the comma immediately after the word “States” and insert in lieu thereof “or any institution the accounts of which are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation,”. Sec. 2. [62 Stat. 750](/us/stat/62/750). Section 1006 of title 18 is amended as follows: After the words “United States” where they first appear, strike the comma immediately after the word “States” and insert in lieu thereof “or any institution the accounts of which are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation,”. Approved July 28, 1956. Public Law 832: Authorizing an appropriation to enable the United States to extend an invitation to the World Health Organization to hold the Eleventh World Health Assembly in the United States in 1958. Public Law 832 Public Law 832 70 Stat. 714 1956-07-30 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 832 chapter 776 JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing an appropriation to enable the United States to extend an invitation to the World Health Organization to hold the Eleventh World Health Assembly in the United States in 1958. July 30, 1956[[S. J. Res. 183](/us/bill/84/sjres/183)] Whereas the Eleventh World Health Assembly is scheduled to be held in 1958; and Whereas the year 1958 is considered particularly appropriate for holding the assembly in the United States since that year will mark the decennial anniversary of the entry into force of the constitution of the World Health Organization, which was originally drawn up and signed in New York City; and Whereas the assembly and related functions will provide outstanding opportunities for the Ministers and Directors of Health of the World Health Organization’s eighty-eight member countries to view American health and medical methods in practice, and to make and renew friendships among American health and medical leaders; and Whereas the assembly will focus public attention in the United States on the important work of the World Health Organization as an integral part of the economic and social program of the United Nations and as a constructive work contributing to better international appreciation and world peace; and Whereas American health and medical groups and certain urban organizations have suggested arrangements to make the World Health Assembly in the United States a particularly useful professional occasion through related seminars, field trips, and social activities; and 70 Stat. 715 Whereas the cost of holding an assembly in the United States would exceed the amount provided in the budget of the World Health Organization for holding an assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, the headquarters of the Organization: Therefore be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That there is authorized toEleventh World Health Assembly, 1958.Appropriation. be appropriated to the Department of State, out of any money in the 1958. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $400,000 for the Appropriation, purpose of defraying the expenses incident to organizing and holding the Eleventh World Health Assembly in the United States. Funds appropriated pursuant to this authorization shall be available for advance contribution to the World Health Organization for additional costs incurred by the Organization in holding the Eleventh World Health Assembly outside the Organization’s headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland; and shall be available for expenses incurred by the Department of State, on behalf of the United States as host government, including personal services without regard to civil-service and classification laws; employment of aliens; travel expenses without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and to the rates of per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence expenses under the Travel Expense Act of 1949; rent of quarters by contract or otherwise;[63 Stat. 166](/us/stat/63/166).[5 USC 835 note](/us/usc/t5/s835). and hire of passenger motor vehicles. Approved July 30, 1956. Public Law 833: Authorizing an appropriation for expenses of the Pan American games to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1959. Public Law 833 Public Law 833 70 Stat. 715 1956-07-30 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 833 chapter 777 JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing an appropriation for expenses of the Pan American games to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1959. July 30, 1956[[S. J. Res. 186](/us/bill/84/sjres/186)] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That there is hereby authorizedPan American games, 1959.Appropriation. to be appropriated out of moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $5,000,000 for III Pan American Games (1959). The said appropriation shall be available for the purpose of promoting and insuring the success of the Pan American games to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1959 and shall be expended in the discretion of the organization sponsoring said games, subject to such audit as may be prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States. Approved July 30, 1956. Public Law 834: To grant leaves of absence to homestead entrymen and to permit suspension of cultivation and improvement operations on homestead and desert land entries, and for other purposes. Public Law 834 Public Law 834 70 Stat. 715 1956-07-30 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 834 chapter 778 AN ACT To grant leaves of absence to homestead entrymen and to permit suspension of cultivation and improvement operations on homestead and desert land entries, and for other purposes. July 30, 1956[[S. 3458](/us/bill/84/s/3458)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That any personHomestead entrymen.Leave of absence. who holds a homestead entry on public lands which was allowed and subsisting on March 1, 1956, or which, based on an application on file on March 1, 1956, was allowed and subsisting on the date of approval of this Act, is hereby granted leave of absence from the lands until March 1, 1959, and any person who holds a homestead or desert land entry which was allowed and subsisting on March 1, 1956, or which, based on an application on file on March 1, 1956, was allowed and 70 Stat. 716subsisting on the date of approval of this Act, is hereby granted permission to suspend until March 1, 1959, further operations looking to the cultivation and improvement of the lands: *Provided*, That such entryman shall forfeit no rights and shall not otherwise be excused from full compliance with the applicable public land laws by reason of such absence or of such suspension of cultivation and improvement Protection of rights.operations: *And provided further*, That the rights of such entrymen shall not be protected by this Act unless they file with the land office having jurisdiction over the area in which the land is located,

(a)a notice of their intention to absent themselves from the land or to suspend cultivation and improvement operations and accompanying such notice information as to location and extent of present cultivation or improvement placed on the entry, and

(b)a grant to the United States, for itself and for its lessees, licensees, and permittees, of a right to enter upon and occupy the lands which have not been prepared for cultivation or which have not had improvements placed on them, without recourse, for any purpose authorized by the public land laws, except that such grant need not include a right to construct permanent improvements on the land or to permit a substantial change in its character. Sec. 2. Any person who on March 1, 1956, had on file a homestead or desert land application which application shall be allowed on its merits subsequent to enactment of this Act and prior to March 1, 1959, shall not be required to enter upon the lands and commence residence thereon, or cultivate and improve the lands prior to March 1, 1959: *Provided*, That said person files with the land offices having jurisdiction over the area in which the land is located,

(a)within sixty days after the date of allowance of his entry, a notice of his intention to delay initiation of his residence, cultivation, or improvements, and

(b)at least ninety days prior to initiation of his residence, cultivation, or improvements, a notice of his intention to initiate said activity. For the purposes of the homestead and desert land laws, March 1, 1959, may be treated as the date of the entry, if an actual entry has not been made prior to that date. If an actual entry is made prior to March 1, 1959, the date of such actual entry shall be the date of entry for the purposes of the homestead and desert land laws. Until an actual entry by a person subject to the provisions of this section has been made, or until March 1, 1959, whichever first occurs, the United States, for itself and for its lessees, permittees, and licensees, shall retain the right to enter upon, and occupy the lands in each such entry, without recourse, for any purpose authorized by the public land laws: *Provided*, That the United States, its lessees, permittees, and licensees, shall not construct permanent improvements on the lands or otherwise substantially change such lands in their character. Sec. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of the desert land laws, the property right prior to issuance of patent to the lands in his desert land entry of an entryman who elects to suspend cultivation and improvement operations in accordance with section 1 of this Act and of an entryman whose entry is allowed in accordance with section 2 of this Act shall be a personal right, inheritable but not assignable. Sec. 4. This Act shall apply only to applications filed for, or entries made on, public lands in the continental United States, exclusive of Alaska, pursuant to the Act of May 20, 1862 (12 Stat. 392; 43 U. S. C, ch. 7), as amended and supplemented, and pursuant to Act of March 3, 1877 (19 Stat. 377; 43 U. S. C., ch. 9), as amended and supplemented. Nothing in this Act shall apply to applications filed for, or entries made on, public lands pursuant to the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. [43 USC 371 note](/us/usc/t43/s371).388; 43 U. S. C., ch. 12), as amended and supplemented. Approved July 30, 1956. Public Law 835: To amend the Public Health Service Act, so as to provide for grants-in-aid to non-Federal public and nonprofit institutions for the constructing and equipping of facilities for research in the sciences related to health. Public Law 835 Public Law 835 70 Stat. 717 1956-07-30 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public

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