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SEC. 14. (a)(1) Each advisory committee which is in existence on the effective date of this Act shall terminate not later than the expiration of the two-year period following such effective date unless— (A) in the case of an advisory committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such advisory committee is renewed by the President or that officer hj appropriate action prior to the expiration of such two-year period; or (B) in the case of an advisory committee established by an Act of Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. (2) Each advisory committee established after such effective date shall terminate not later than the expiration of the two-year period beginning on the date of its establishment unless— (A) in the case of an advisory committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government such advisory committee is renewed by the President or such officer by appro' priate action prior to the end of such period; or (B) in the case of an advisory committee established by an Act of Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. (b)(1) Upon the renewal of any advisory committee, such advisory <-ommittee shall file a charter in accordance with section 9(c). (2) Any advisory committee established by an Act of Congress shall file a charter in accordance with such section upon the expiration of each successive two-year period following the date of enactment of the Act establishing such advisory committee. (3) No advisory committee required under this subsection to file a charter shall take any action (other than preparation and filing of such charter) prior to the date on which such charter is filed. (c) Any advisory committee which is renewed by the President or any officer of the Federal Government may be continued only for successive two-year periods by appropriate action taken by the President or such officer prior to the date on which such advisory committee would otherwise terminate. EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 15. Except as provided in section T(b), this Act shall become effective upon the expiration of ninety days following the date of enactment. Approved October 6, 1972. Public Law 92-464 October 6, 1972 [H. J. R e s. 807]

National Legal Secretaries' Court Observance Week. Designation authorization.

JOINT RESOLUTION .\ufl»ori/.in«; the Presidfut to proclaim the setroud full week in ctol>er of 1J>7-J as "Xational Legal Secretaries' Court Observance Week".

lie-solref/, by the Senate and House of Re/presentativen of the United Stat ex of At) I erica, hi Cong res fn assemhJed, That the President is hereby aiithorjzed and requested to issue a proclamation desigTiating the s('(H>ii(l full week in Octobei-1972 as "National Legal Secretaries' Court Obserxaivce Week'', and calling upon the people of the United Stntes to l)ser\'o such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Approved October 6, 1972.

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Public Law 92-465 AN ACT

To modify the boundaries of the Santa Fe, Gila, Cibola, and Carson Xational Forests in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

October 6, 1972 [S. 447]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the exterior ^f^^^^^^^^^^^t* boundaries of the Santa Fe, Gila, Cibola, and Carson Xational Forests, son°National ^^' in New Mexico, respectively, are modified to include the following Forests, N. Mex. ,

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1. The Canon de San Diego Grant, situated in townships 16,17,18, and 19 north, ranges 1, 2, and 3 east, and known in the Office of the United States Surveyor General as Report numbered 36, confirmed by Congress of the United States of America on the 21st day of June 1861, and patented by the United States of America in accordance with said Act of Confirmation of the 21st day of October 1881. 2. Township 18 noith, range 1 east. Section 6, lots 1 through 8 inclusive. Township 18 north, ranee 1 west. Section 1, lots 1 through 4, inclusive, west half northeast quarter, and east half northwest quarter. 3. Township 17 north, range 2 east. Section 25, lot 1. Section 36, lots 1,2, and 4. Township 17 north, range 3 east. Section 19, lots 1 and 2 in accordance witl) G.L.O. plat approved April 28, 1919., Section 30, lots 1 through 4, inclusive. Section 31, lots 1 through 3, inclusive and lots 5 to 9, inclusive. Section 32, lots 1 through 4, inclusive. Township 16 north, range 3 east. Sections 5, 6,7, and 8. 4. Township 15 north, range 12 east. Section 29, lots 3, 4, and 5, southwest quarter.southeast quarter. Section 33, lots 1,2, 3, and 4, southwest fjuarter southwest quarter. 5. Township 15 north, range 12 east. Section 12, east half southwest quarter,.sontheast quarter. Township 15 north, range 13 east. Section 5, all. Section 6, all. Section 7, all. • v. v r - I-J Section 8, all. 8ection9, west half southwest quarter. / Section 16, west half west half. > Section 17, east half east half. Section 20, east half northeast quarter. Section 21, west half west half. .Section 28, west half. Section 32, all. Section 33, all. 6. A tract or parcel of land situated in the «'ounties of Sandoval and Santa Fe in the State of Xew Mexico, known as the Caja del Rio Grant, as shown m)on the plat of said grant on file in the United States Public Survey Office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which plat was approved by

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the United States Surveyor General of New Mexico on Xovember 23, 1894, and approA-ed by the Court of Private Land Claims, through its Deputy Clerk Irene L. Chavez, on April 15, 1895, and representing a survey of said grant as made by Sherrard Coleman, United States Deputy Surveyor, May 8 to 18, 1894, under Contract Numbered 280, dated March 26, 1894, which tract of land is intended to include all that portion of the said grant extending westward to the Kio Grande, but exclusive of the conflict with the Cochiti Pueblo Grant and which was more particularly described in a deed from the General American Life Insurance Company to the United States of America dated November 13, 1935, and recorded in Sandoval County in book 4, D E, pages 503-515, on December 20, 1935. 7. A tract or parcel of land situated in the counties of Sandoval and Santa Fe in the State of New Mexico, known as the La Majada Grant, as shown upon the plat of the grant on file in the United States Public Survey Office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which plat was approved by the United States Surveyor General of New Mexico on January 23, 1896, and approved by the Court of Private Land Claims, through its Deputy Clerk Irene L. Chavez, on March 25, 1896, and representing a survey of said Grant as made by Albert F. Easley, United States Deputy Survej^or, June 28 through July 7, 1895, under Contract Numbered 292, April 29, 1895, which tract of land is intended to include all of that portion of the said grant exclusive of the conflicts with the Cochiti Pueblo Grant, the Mesita de Juana Lopez Grant, and the Caja del Rio Grant, and a portion of the said La Majada Grant lying south of the Corps of Engineers' Road Numbered 90, more particularly described as a line beginning at a point on the south boundary of the Cochiti Pueblo Grant which lies south 89 degrees 54 minutes west 18.35 chains from the half mile corner; thence south 44 degrees 15 minutes west 125.65 chains; thence south 51 degrees 50 minutes east 14.59 chains; thence south 43 degrees 50 minutes east 101.91 chains; thence south 49 degrees 35 minutes east 24.35 chains to a point on the south boundary of the La Majada Grant which lies north 73 degrees 48 minutes west 18.18 chains from the 4i^-mile corner on the south boundary of the said grant. 8. Township 14 north range 13 east. Section 35, north half. 9. Township 16 north range 14 east. Section 5, all. Section 8, all. Section 27, lot 5, east half southeast quarter. ' " Section 34, east half east half. GUJA

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A tract or parcel of land situated in Grant County, New Mexico, in township 17 south, ranges 12 and 13 west, as shown in the office of the United States Surveyor General on Supplemental Plat of Retracements and Resurveys, approved by the Surveyor General on July 7, 1908, excepting that portion of the said military reservation lying south of a line described as follows: Beginning at a point which is the intersection of the north right-of-way line for State Highway 180 with the east boundary of the reservation; thence southwesterly along the highway right-of-way to the south line of section 25; thence westerly along the section line between sections 25 and 36 to a point lying 735 feet west of the quarter corner between said sections; thence north 47 degrees 03 minutes east 585 feet; thence north 18 degrees 18

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minutes west 2,380 feet; thence west 4,110.34 feet; thence south 01 degree 43 minutes east 2,661.24 feet to the quarter corner between sections 26 and 35; thence westerly along the section line to the west boundary of the said military reservation. OARSON N A T I O N A L FOREST, N E W MEXICO P R I N C I P A L

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1. Township 10 north, range 11 west. Sections 1 through 3, inclusive. Sections 10 through 15, inclusive. Township 11 north, range 11 west. Sections 1 through 3, inclusive. Sections 10 through 15, inclusive. Sections 22 through 27, inclusive. Sections 34 through 36, inclusive. Township 12 north, range 11 west. Sections 31 through 36, inclusive. 2. A tract of land in township 14 north range 16 west which was originally a portion of the Fort Wingate Military Keservation as established by Executive order of February 18, 1870, more particularly described as: Beginning at a point which is the quarter corner common to section 2 of township 14 north range 16 west and section 35, township 15 north range 16 west; thence southerly along the Cibola Xational Forest boundary approximately 3 miles to the quarter corner common to sections 14 and 23 in unsurveyed township 14 north range 16 west; thence westerly along the Cibola National Forest boundary approximately 414 miles to a point on the east boundary of the Fort Wingate Ordnance Depot, designated 361 + 00 south and 20-1-00 east Wingate Ordnance Depot coordinating system; thence northerly along the Wingate Ordnance Depot east fence approximately 10,285 feet to a point designated 258 +15 south and 20 + 00 east Wingate Depot coordinating system; thence in a random northeasterly direction along the Wingate Depot fence system approximately 8,500 feet to a brass cap set in concrete which is the northwest corner of the Navajo Indian School tract; thence due south 6,293.84 feet to a brass cap set in concrete which is the southwest corner of the school tract; thence due „ ,_ east 7,728.15 feet to a 3-inch pipe which is the southeast corner of the school tract; thence due north 6,716.00 feet to a brass cap set in concrete which is the northeast corner of the school tract; thence easterly approximately 1% miles to the point of beginning, containing 6,810 acres, more or less. SEC. 2. The exterior boundaries of the Carson National Forest in New Mexico are modified to exclude section 16, township 24 north, range 11 east. New Mexico principal meridian. SEC. 3. Subject to valid existing rights, all lands owned by the United States in the areas described in section 1 of this Act are hereby added to the national forests as listed in that said section, and shall be administered in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable theretc^ SEC. 4. For the purposes of section 6 of the Act of September 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 903), the boundaries of the Santa Fe, Gila, Cibola, and Car- ^"'^' p- 459. son National Forests, as modified by section 1 of this Act, shall be treated as if they were the boundaries of those forests on January 1, 1965. Approved October 6, 1972.

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Public Law 92-466 October 6, 1972 [H. R. 14015]

Pears, Marketing orders.

68 Stat. 906; 75 Stat, 304; Ante, p. 39. 7 USC 608c. 85 Stat. 340.

49 Stat. 757; 68 Stat. 907.

Producer referendum. 75 Stat, 305,

68 Stat. 906. Regulation recommendations, concurrence requirement.

AN ACT To aiuwid seetion Hc'(2), st^'tion 8c(6), section 8c(7)(C), and st>etion 8<.'(19) of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Seriate (Mid House of Rejri'esetttatives of the United States of America in Congress aMemMed., That the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, is further amended as follows: (1) Section 8c (2), as amended, is further amended by inserting "'pearS," after the words "canned or frozen" where they first appear and also before "olives" in subdivision (A) in the first sentence thereof. (2) Subsection (I) of section 8c(6), as amended, is further amended by striking "fi-esh" immediately before "pears" in the proviso and by adding at the end thereof the following: "and when the handling of any commodity for canning or freezing is regulated, then any such projects may also deal with the commodity or its products in canned or frozen form". (3) Section 8c(7)(C) of the Act is amended by inserting "or pearS" immediately after "a marketing order applicable to grapefruit" and by replacing the period following "in such order" with a colon and adding: '''•Provided, That in a marketing order applicable to pears for canning or freezing the representation of processors and producers on such agency shall be equal." (4) Section 8c(19) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "For the purpose of ascertaining whether the issuance of an order applicable tx) pears for canning or freezing is approved or favored by producers as required under the applicable provisions of this title, the Secretary shall conduct a referendum among producers in each State in which pears for canning or freezing are proposed to be included within the provisions of such marketing order and the requirements of approval or favor under any such provisions applicable to pears for canning or freezing shall be held to be complied with if, of the total number of producers, or the total volume of production, as the case may be, represented in such referendum, the percentage approving or- favoring is e<|ual to or in excess of 66% per centum except that in the event that pear producers in any State fail to approve or favor the issuance of any such marketing order, it shall not be made effective in such State." (5) A new paragraph (J) is added to section 8c(6) to read as follows: " (J) I n the case of pears for canning or freezing, any order for a production area encompassing territory within two or more States or portions thereof shall provide that the grade, size, quality, maturity, and inspection regulation under the order applicable to pears grown within any such State or portion thereof may be recommended to the Secretary by the agency established to administer the order only if a majority of the representatives from that State on such agency concur in the recommendation each year.". Approved October 6, 1972., -^ 't. i • /

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Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amenea in Congress asssmhled, That the funds on Kickapoo indideposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the ^"judgm'ln't'funcrs, Kickapoo Indians of Kansas and Oklahoma to pay judgments by the disposition. Indian Claims Commission in dockets 316, 316-A, 317, 145, and 193. together with interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and litigation expenses, shall be divided on the basis of membership of the respective tribes current as of the date of this Act. For the purpose of adjusting the offsets allowed in docket 316, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the gross award (land value) as a basis for his computation, deduct therefrom the consideration paid, the offsets expended for the Kickapoo Tribe prior to its separation into two tribal entities, attorney fees and litigation expenses, and, after making the division of the balance as provided herein, shall deduct $44,759.45 from the proportionate share of the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas and $118,661.24 from the proportionate share of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. The balances remaining shall be the net amount to be placed to the credit of the respective tribes. SEC. 2. (a) The funds divided and credited under section 1 of this g^ares''^^^^ Act, and the funds appropriated to pay a judgment recovered by the Kickapoo Indians of (Oklahoma in docket numbered 318, including the " ^- ; ^ interest thereon, after the payment of attorney fees and other litigation expenses, shall be used as follows: 75 per centum shall be distributed in equal per capita shares to each person whose name appears on or is entitled to appear on the membership roll of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma and 90 per centum shall be distributed in equal per capita shares to each person whose name appears on or is entitled to appear on the membership roll of the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas if such per,,.. son was born on or prior to and is living on the date of this Act. ,,,,1..X., (b) The balance of each tribe's share of the funds may be advanced, '• • expended, invested, or reinvested for any purposes that are authorized by the tribal governing bodies and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior shall approve no plans for the >t'--'/•' use of the money specified in section 2(b) for the Kickapoo Tribes of Kansas and Oklahoma until at least thirty days after the plans have '^j,';:'^, been submitted by the Secretary to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives. SEC. 4. Any sums payable per capita to persons who are less than twenty-one years of age or who are under a legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such procedures, including the establishment of trusts, as the Secretary of the Interior determines appropriate to protect the be^t interests of such persons. SEC. 5. None of the funds distributed per capita under the provisions Tax exemption. of this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes. SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules ^"^^^ and regulations. Approved October 6, 1972.
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October 6, 1972 [H. R. 7742]

Indians, Yankton Sioux Tribe. Judgment funds, disposition.

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AN ACT 'J'n provide for the disposition of funds to pay a judgment in favor of the Yankton Sioux Tribe in Indian (Claims Commission docket numbered 332-A, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the funds appropriated by the Act of July 22, 1969 (83 Stat. 49), to pay a judgment to the Yankton Sioux Tribe in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 332-A, together with the interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and litigation expenses, and such other expenses as may be necessary in effecting the provisions of this Act, shall be distributed as provided herein. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall withhold from distribution a sum not to exceed $150,000, pending a decision by the Yankton Sioux Tribal Business and Claims Committee regarding the needs of the tribe for expert witnesses in the Yankton Sioux claims in Indian Claims Commission dockets numbered 332-B, 332-C, and 74. The sum withheld may be used for such purpose or for other programing needs, subject to the approval of the Secretary. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Tribal Council, shall prepare a roll of all persons born on or prior to and living on the date of this Act who meet the requirements for membership of the Yankton Sioux tribal constitution approved on October 5, 1932, as amended. SEC. 4. The judgment fund, less funds otherwise provided in section 2, shall be used as follows: 75 per centum thereof shall be distributed in equal per capita shares to each person who is enrolled or entitled to be enrolled on the date of enactment; the remainder may be advanced, expended, invested, or reinvested for any purposes that are authorized by the tribal governing body and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Sums payable to adult living enrollees or to adult heirs or legatees of deceased enroHees shall be paid directly to such persons. Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are less than eighteen years of age or who are under legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such procedures, including the establishment of trusts, as the Secretary of the Interior determines appropriate to protect the best interests of such persons. SEC. 5. None of ihe funds distributed per capita under the provisions of this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes. SEC. H. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry ont the provisions of this Act. Approved October 6, 1972. Public Law 92-469

October 6, 1972 [H. R. 3808]

Armed Forces. Certain members outside U.S. additional mail privileges. 84 Stat. 755.

AN ACT To increase the size and weight limits on military mail and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3401(b) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(1)(A) letter mail or sound-recorded communications having the character of personal correspondence; " (B) parcels not exceeding 15 pounds in weight and 60 inches in length and girth combined; and

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" (C) publications entitled to a periodical publication rate published once each week or more frequently and featuring principally current news of interest to members of the Armed Forces and the general public, which are mailed at or addressed to any such Armed Forces post office; "(2) parcels not exceeding 70 pounds in weight and 100 inches in length and girth combined, which are mailed at any such Armed Forces post office; and " (3) parcels exceeding 15 pounds but not exceeding 70 pounds in weight and not exceeding 100 inches in length and girth combined, including surface-type official mail, which are mailed at or addressed to any such Armed Forces post office where adequate surface transportation is not available.". SEC. 2. Section 3401 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by— (1) redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e),and (f);and (2) inserting the following new subsection " (c) ": "(c) Any parcel, other than a parcel mailed at a rate of postage requiring priority of handling and delivery, not exceeding 30 pounds in weight and 60 inches in length and girth combined, which is mailed at or addressed to any Armed Forces post office established under section 406(a) of this title, shall be transported by air on a space available basis on scheduled United States air carriers at rates fixed and determined by the Civil Aeronautics Board in accordance with section 1376 of title 49, upon payment of a fee for such air transportation in addition to the rate of postage otherwise applicable to such a parcel not transported by air. If adequate service by scheduled United States air carriers is not available, any such parcel may be transported by air carriers other than scheduled United States air carriers.". Approved October 6, 1972»

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Public Law 92-470 AN ACT To authorize the acquisition of a village site for the Payson Hand of YavapaiApache Indians, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate wnd Home of RepreHentatioeti of the United^taten of Ainenca 'm Congress assembled, That (a) a suitable site (of not to exceed eighty-five acres) for a village for the Payson Community of Yavapai-Apache Indians shall be selected in the Tonto National Foiest within Gila County, Arizona, by the leaders of the community, subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture. The site so selected is hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust as an Indian reservation for the use and benefit of the Payson Community of Yavapai-Apache Indians. (b) The Payson Community of Yavapai-Apache Indians shall be recognized as a tribe of Indians within the purview of the Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (25 U.S.C. 461-479, relating to the protection of Indians and conservation of resoiuces), and shall be subject to all of the provisions thereof. Approved October 6, 1972.

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Public Law 92-471 October 9, 1972 [H. R. 9501]

North Pacific Fisheries Act of 1954, amendments.

AN ACT To amend the North Pacific Fisheries Act of 1954, and for other purposes.

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

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TITLE I—AMENDMENT OF THE NORTH PACIFIC F I S H E R I E S ACT O F 1954 68 Stat. 698. 16 USC 1026.

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Regulations.

Restricted fishing areas. 16 USC 1027.

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Unlawful acts. 16 USC 1029.

SEC. 101. The North Pacific Fisheries Act of 1954 (hereinafter in this title referred to as the "Act") is amended by redesignating section 7 as section 8 and by inserting immediately after section 6 the following new section: "SEC. 7. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to administer and enforce all the provisions of the Convention, this Act, and regulations issued pursuant thereto, except to the extent otherwise provided for in this Act. I n carrying out such functions he is authorized and directed to adopt such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and objectives of the Convention and this Act, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, he may cooperate with the duly authorized officials of the government of any party to the Convention. He shall adopt such regulations on consultation with the United States Section and they shall apply only to stocks of fish in the Convention area north of the parallel of north latitude of 48 degrees and 30 minutes. No such regulations shall apply in the Convention area south of the 49th parallel of north latitude with respect to sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) or pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha).". SEC. 102. Section 8 of the Act is amended— ' ' --c.u|t|r^. (1) by redesignating such section as section 9: (2) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively; (3) by striking out "subsection (a) " each place it appears in 'i subsections (c), (d), and (e), as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section, and inserting in lieu thereof at each such place "subsection (b) "; and (4) by inserting immediately after "SEC. 9.". as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section, the following new subsection: " (a) Enforcement activities under the provisions of this Act relating to vessels engaged in fishing and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States shall be primarily the responsibility of the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce. The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of State, is authorized to adopt such regulations as may be necessary to provide for procedures and methods of enforcement pursuant to articles 9 and 10 of the Convention.". SEC. 103. Section 9 of the Act is redesignated as subsection (f) of section 9, as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of section 102 of this title. SEC. 104. Section 10 of the Act is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively; (2) by striking out "subsection (a) " each place it appears in subsection (c), as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section, and inserting in lieu thereof at each place "subsection (b) ";

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(3) by inserting immediately after "SE(^,. 10." the followinij; new es Stat. 699. subsection: ^ ^ le use 1029. " (a) I t shall be unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to engage in fishing in violation of any regulation, adopted pursuant to this Act or of any order of a court issued pursuant to section 11 of this Act; to ship, transport, purchase, sell, offer for sale, import, export, or have in custody, possession, or control any fish taken or retained in violation of any such regulation or order; to fail to make, keep, submit, or furnish any record or report required of him by such regulation, or to refuse to permit any officer authorized to enforce such regulations to inspect such record or report at any reasonable time."; and (4) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: jurisdiction of the United States to do any act prohibited or fail to do any act required by any regulation adopted pursuant to this Act."'. SEC. 105. Section 11 of the Act is amended--penalties. (1) by striking out "subsection (a)^ (b), or (c) " in subsection ^^ ^^^ ^°^°* (a) of such section and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (b), (c),or(d)"; (2) by striking out "subsection (d) " in subsection (b) of such section and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (e) "; (3) by striking out "subsection (e) " in subsection (c) of such section and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (f)*'; and (4) by amending subsection (d) of such section to read as follows: J T - ,aru H J " (d) Any person violating any other provision of this Act or any I'egulation adopted pursuant to this Act, upon conviction, shall be fined for a first offense not more than $500 and for a subsequent offense committed within five years not more than $1,000 and for such subse(i|uent offense the court may order forfeited, in whole or in part, the fish taken by such per-son, or the fishing gear involved in such fishing, or both, or the monetary value thereof. Such forfeited fish or fishing gear shall be disposed of in accordance with the direction of the court.". SEC. 106. Section 12 of the Act is amended to read as follows: Arrest, enforce"SEC. 12. (a) Any duly authorized enforcement officer or employee '^^l]}'^^"?!!^^^^ ,. 1
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or the Department 01 Commerce; any Coast Guard oliicer; any 1 nited 68 Stat. 700; States marshal or deputy United States marshal; any customs officer; ^\6 USC\o*3i and any other person authorized to enforce the provisions of the Convention, this Act, and the regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall have power without warrant or other process to arrest any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States committing in his presence or view a violation of the Convention or of this Act, or of the regulations issued pursuant thereto, and to take such person immediately for examination before a justice or judge or any other official designated in section 3041 of title 18 of the United States Code; and 82"taSVn5^' shall have power, without warrant or other process, to search any vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States when he has reasonable cause to believe that such vessel is engaging in fishing in violation of the provisions of the Convention or this Act, or the regu- 4 UST aso. lations issued pursuant thereto. Any person authorized to enforce the provisions of the Convention, this Act, or the regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall have power to execute any warrant or process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of this Act, and shall have power with a search warrant to search any vessel, vehicle, person, or place at any time. The judges of the United States district courts and the United States magistrates may.

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within their respective jurisdictions, upon jjroper oath oi- affiimation showing probable cause, issue warrants in all such cases. Any person authorized to enforce the provisions of the Convention, this Act, or the regulations issued pursuant thereto may, except in the case of a first offense, seize, whenever and wherever lawfully found, all fish taken or retained, and all fishing gear involved in fishing, contrary to the provisions of the Convention or this Act or to regulations issued pursuant thereto. Any property so seized shall not be disposed of except l)ursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction or the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, or, if perishable, in the manner prescribed by regulations of the Secretary of Commerce. "(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2464 of title 28, ("'nited States Code, when a warrant of arrest or other process in rem is issued in any cause under this section, the marehal or other officer shall stay the execution of such process, or discharge any property .seized if the process has been levied, on receiving from the claimant of the property a bond or stipulation for double the value of the property with sufficient surety to be approved by a judge of the district court having jurisdiction of the offense, conditioned to deliver the property seized, if condemned, without impairment in value or, in the discretion of the court, to pay its equivalent value in money or otherwise to answer the decree of the court in such cause. Such bond or stipulation shall be returned to the court and judgment thereon against both the principal and sureties may be recovered in event of any breach of the conditions thereof as determined by the court.". SEC. 107. (a) I n subsection (b) of section 9 of the Act, as so redesignated by section 102 of this title, strike out "Coast Guard in cooperation with the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Customs" and insert in lieu thereof "Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Treasury". (b) In subsections (c) and (e) of section 9 of the Act, as so redesignated by section 102 of this title, strike out "Fish and Wildlife Service" and insert in lieu thereof "Department of Commerce". (c) In subsection (f) of section 9 of the Act, as so redesignated by section 103 of this title, and in subsection (b) of section 13 of such Act, strike out "Secretary of the Interior" and insert in lieu thereof "Secretary of Commerce". SEC. 108. (a) Section 3 of the Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. (a) The United States shall be represented on the Commission by not more than four United States Commissioners to be appointed by the President and to serve at his pleasure; except that after Januarys 1, 1973, (1) each United States Commissioner shall be jippointed for a term of office of not to exceed four years, but is eligible for reappointment; and (2) any United States Commissioner may be appointed for a lesser term if necessary to insure that the term of office of not more than one Commissioner will expire in any one year. Of such Commissioners, who shall receive no compensation for their services as Commissioners, one shall be an official of the United States Government, and each of the others shall be a person residing in a State, the residents of which maintain a substantial fishery in the Convention area. "(b) The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, may designate from time to time Alternate United States Commissioners to the Commission. An Alternate United States Commissioner may exercise, at any meeting of the Commission or of the United States Section or of the Advisory Committee established pur-

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suant to section 4, all powers and duties of a United States Commissioner in the absence of a duly designated Commissioner for whatever reason. The number of such Alternate United States Commissioners that may be designated for any such meeting shall be limited to the number of authorized United States Commissioners that will not be present.". (b) The second sentence of section 4(d) of the Act is amended by striking out "may" and inserting in lieu thereof "shall". (c) Section 5 of the Act is repealed. (d) Section 13(a)(1) of the Act is amended by inserting immediately after "Commissioners" the following: "or Alternate Commissioners". TITLE II—ALTERNATE

787 68 Stat, 698. 16 USC 1023.

Repeal. 16 USC 1024. 16 USC 1032.

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SEC. 201. In order to insure appropriate representation at meetings of international fisheries commissions, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce or of the Interior as appropriate may designate from time to time Alternate United States Commissioners to the North Pacific F u r Seal Commission, the InterAmerican Tropical Tuna Commission, the International Pacific Halibut Commission, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, the International Whaling Commission, the Commission for the Conservation of Shrimp in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, and any similar commission (other than the International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries and the International North Pacific Fisheries Commission) established pursuant to a convention between the United States and other governments. Alternate United States Commissioners may exercise, at any meeting of the respective Commission or of the United States Section thereof, all powers and duties of a United States Commissioner in the absence of a duly designated Commissioner for whatever reason. The number of such Alternate United States Commissioners that may be designated for any such meeting shall be limited to the number of authorized United States Commissioners that will not be present. In the event that there are Deputy United States Commissioners pursuant to the convention or statute, such Deputy United States Commissioners shall have precedence over any Alternate Commissioners so designated pursuant to this title. SEC. 202. Alternate United States Commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services. They may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence at the rates authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, when engaged in the performance of their duties. SEC. 203. (a) Section 5 of the Great Lakes Fisheries Act of 1956 (1 U.S.C. 934) is repealed. (b) Section 5 of the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 (IG U.S.C. 954) is repealed. Approved October 9, 1972.

eompensation.

80 Stat. 499; 83 Stat. 190. Repeals. 70 Stat. 243. 64 Stat. 778.

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October 9, 1972 [S. 345]

Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, Idaho. Tribal lands, sale or exchange.

Lands held in multiple ownership.

Lands held in trust.

Lands held by mortgage or deed of trust.

62 Stat. 939; 79 Stat. 887.

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AN ACT To authorize the sale and exchange of certain lands on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of effecting consolidations of land situated within the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation in the State of Idaho into the ownership of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and its individual members and for the purpose of attaining and preserving an economic land base for Indian use, alleviating problems of Indian heirship and assisting fn the productive leasing, disposition, and other use of tribal and individually allotted lands on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to: (1) Sell or approve sales of any tribal trust lands, any interest therein, or improvements thereon. (2) Exchange any tribal trust lands, including interests therein or improvements thereon, for any lands or interests in lands situated within such reservation. SEC. 2, The sale and exchange of lands for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe pursuant to this Act shall be upon request of the business council of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, evidenced by a resolution adopted in accordance with the constitution and bylaws of the tribe, and shall be in accordance with a consolidation plan approved by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3. Any moneys or credit received by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe in the sale of lands shall be used for the purchase of other lands, or for such other purpose as may be consistent with the land consolidation program, approved by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to sell and exchange individual Indian trust lands or interests therein on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation held in multiple ownership to the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, to any member thereof, or to any other Indian having an interest in the land involved, if the sale or exchange is authorized in writing by owners of at least a majority of the trust interests in such lands; except that no greater percentage of approval of such trust interests shall be required under this Act than in any other statute of general application approved by Congress. SEC. 5. Title to any lands, or any interests therein, acquired pursuant to this Act shall be taken in the name of the United States of America in trust for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe or individual Indians and shall be subject to the same laws relating to other Indian trust lands on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation. SEC. 6. The business council of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe may encumber any tribal land by a mortgage or deed of trust, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and such land shall be subject to foreclosure or sale pursuant to the terms of such a mortgage or deed of trust in accordance with the laws of the State of Idaho. The United States shall be an indispensable party to any such proceedings with the right of removal of the cause to the United States district court for the district in which the land is located, following the procedure in section 1446 of title 28, United States Code: Provvied, That the United States shall have the right to appeal from any order of remand in the case. SEC. T. The se(ond sentence of section 1 of the Act of August S), lS)o5 (69 Stat. 539), as amended (25 U.S.C. 415), is further amended by inserting immediately after "the Fort Mojave ReseT-vation," the words •'the Coenr d'Alene Indian Resoi-A'^ation.'* Approved October 9, 1972.

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Public Law 92-473 AN ACT

October 9, 1972 FH R 153761

To amend the Service Contract Act of 1965 to revise the method of computing —L_:—: 1— wage rates under such Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 2 Service Con(a)(1) of the service Contract Act of 1965 is amended by striking I'^end^in'tl,^^^^' out all after "locality," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 79 Stat. 1034. "or, where a collective-bargaining agreement covers any such service ^^ ^^^ ^^^* employees, in accordance with the rates for such employees provided for in such agreement, including prospective wage increases provided for in such agreement as a result of arm's-length negotiations. In no case shall such wages be lower than the minimum specified in subsection (b)". (b) Section 2(a)(2) of such Act is amended by striking out the Fringe benefits period after "locality" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ", or, where a collective-bargaining agreement covers any such service employees, to be provided for in such agreement, including prospective fringe benefit increases provided for in such agreement as a result of arm's-length negotiations." SEC. 2. Section 2(a) of such Act is amended by adding at the end federal agency _

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SEC. 4. Section 5(a) of such Act is amended by inserting before the first comma of the second sentence the words "because of unusual circumstances" and by adding at the end of such section 5(a) the following: "Where the Secretary does not otherwise recommend because of unusual circumstances, he shall, not later than ninety days after a hearing examiner has made a finding of a violation of this Act, forward to the Comptroller General the name of the individual or firm found to have violated the provisions of this Act." SEC. 5. Such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 10. I t is the intent of the Congress that determinations of uiinimum monetary wages and fringe benefits for the various classes of service employees under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 should be made with respect to all contracts subject to this Act, as soon as it is administratively feasible to do so. In any event, the Secretary shall make such determinations with respect to at least rhe following contracts subject to this Act which are entered into during the applicable fiscal year: "(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, all contracts under which more than twenty-five service employees are to be employed. "(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, all contracts under which more than twenty service employees are to be employed. (3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, all contracts under which more than fifteen service employees are to be employed. "(4) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, all contracts under which more than ten service employees are to be employed. "(5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977, and for each fiscal year thereafter, all contracts under which more than five service employees are to be em]:)loyed." Approved October 9, 1972. Public Law 92-474

October 9, 1972 [H. R. 1 0 8 5 7 ]

Carson and Santa F e National For e s t s, N. Mex. Land e x c h a n g e.

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain national forest lands within the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests in the State of New Mexico for certain private lands within the Piedra Lumbre Grant, in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to convey by quitclaim deed certain national forest lands within the Carson and Sante Fe National Forests, in the State of New Mexico, of approximately one thousand and sixty acres, described and designated on a map on file in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, Washington, District of Columbia, in exchange for approximately three hundred and ten acres of private land and the improvements thereon, of substantially equal A^alue, within the Piedra Lumbre Grant, in the State of New Mexico, described and designated on a map on file in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, Washington, District of Columbia.

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SEC. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture may accept title to the private lands described in section 1 of the Act subject to such outstanding rights and reservations as he determines will not interfere with the purposes for which the land is being acquired. SEC. 3. The Secretary of Agriculture may reserve such rights and interests in the national forest lands described in section 1 of the Act as he deems appropriate. SEC. 4. The lands acquired by the United States as described in section 1 of this Act are hereby added to the Carson National Forest, and shall be administered in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable thereto and shall have the same status as lands withdrawn from the public domain for national forest purposes. Approved October 9, 1972.

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Public Law 92-475 AN ACT To authorize the establishment of the Longfellow National Historic Site in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate arid House of Rejrresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to preserve in public ownership for the benefit and inspiration of the people of the United States, a site of national historical significance containing a dwelling which is an outstanding example of colonial architecture and which served as George Washington's headquarters during the siege of Boston in 1775-1776, and from 1837 to 1882 as the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by donation the fee simple title to the real property and improvements thereon, together with furnishings and other personal property, situated at and known as 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for establishment as the Longfellow National Historic Site. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to accept the donation of not less than $200,000, and such other sums of money as may be tendered from time to time by the Trustees of the Longfellow House Trust, established pursuant to indentures dated October 28, 1913, and November 18, 1914, and such funds or any part thereof and any interest thereon, may be used exclusively for the purposes of administration, maintenance, and operation of the Longfellow National Historic Site. SEC. 3. The Longfellow National Historic Site shall be established when title to the real and personal property described in section 1 of this Act and the sum of $200,000 as set forth in section 2 of this Act have been accepted by the Secretary of the Interior, and upon such establishment, the Longfellow National Historic Site shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the Act approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented, and the Act approved August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666). SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, not to exceed, however, $586,600 (May 1971 prices) for development of the area, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the types of construction involved herein. Approved October 9, 1972. 82-081 O - 73 - 53

October 9, 1972 [S.3129]

Longfellow National Historic Site, Mass. Establishment.

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October 9, 1972 [S. 166]

stratified Primitive Area and South Absaroka Wilderness. Reclassification and name change. 16 USC 1132.

Map and d e scription, filing with congressional committees.

Administration.

78 Stat. 890. 16 USC 1131 note.

Special Management Unit.

Administration.

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AN ACT To designate the Stratifled Primitive Area as a part of the Washakie Wilderness, heretofore known as the South Absaroka Wilderness, Shoshone National Forest, in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in accordance with subsection 3(b) of the Wilderness Act of September 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 891), the area classified as the Stratified Primitive Area, with the proposed additions thereto and deletions therefrom, comprising an area of approximately two hundred and eight thousand acres as generally depicted on a map entitled "Washakie Wilderness—Propyosed," dated June 15, 1967, revised September 12, 1970, which is on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, is hereby designated for addition to and as a part of the area heretofore known as the South Absaroka Wilderness, which is hereby renamed as the Washakie Wilderness. SEC. 2. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description of the Washakie Wilderness with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, and such description shall have the same force and effect is if included in this Act: Provided, however, That correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal description and map may be made. SEC. 3. The Stratified Primitive Area addition to the Washakie Wilderness shall be administered as a part of the Washakie Wilderness by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness areas, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act. SEC. 4. The previous classification of the Stratified Primitive Area is hereby abolished. SEC. 5. (a) Within the area depicted as the Special Management Unit on the map referred to in section 1 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall not permit harvesting of timber or public or private vehicular use of any existing road, and shall not construct or permit the construction or expansion of any road in said Special Management Unit. The Secretary shall administer said unit in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations relating to the national forests especially to provide for nonvehicular access recreation and may construct such facilities and take such measures as are necessary for the health and safety of visitors and to protect the resources of said unit: Provided, however, That this section shall not affect such vehicular use and maintenance of existing roads as may be necessary for the administration of said unit by the Secretary of Agriculture. (b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall initiate a continuing study of the Special Management Unit and at the end of the five-year period following the enactment of this Act shall recommend to the President and the Congress what he considers to be the area's highest and best public use. (c) As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and legal description of the area referred to in subsection (a) with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, and such description shall have the same force and effect as included in this Act: Provided, however, That corrections of clerical and typographical errors in such legal description and map may be made. .,,,,.,.,, Approved October 9, 1972.

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Public Law 92-477 AN ACT

October 9, 1972

To amend chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, to authorize at Government expense, the transportation of house trailers or mobile dwellings, in place of household and personal effects, of members in a missing status, and the additional movement of dependents and effects, or trailers, of those members in such a status for more than one year.

[H. R.14915]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) The catchline of section 554 and the corresponding item in the analysis for that section are each amended by inserting "trailers; additional movements;" after "household and personal effects;". (2) Section 554(a) is amended by adding the following at the end: "Under regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, and in place of the transportation of household and personal effects, a dependent, who would otherwise be entitled to transportation of household and personal effects under this section, may transport a house trailer or mobile dwelling within and between the areas specified in section 409 of this title for use as a residence by one of .f

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October 9, 1972

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and desirability of protecting and preserving the Great Dismal - Swamp and the Dismal Swamp Canal.

[s.2441]

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 is authorized to conduct an investigation and study to determine the feasibility and desirability of protecting and preserving the Great Dismal Swamp and the Dismal Swamp Canal, in the States of North Carolina and Virginia. The Secretary shall consult with other interested Federal agencies, and the State and local bodies and officials involved, and shall coordinate the study with applicable outdoor recreation plans, highway plans, and other planning activities relating to the region. Such investigation and study shall be carried out for the purposes of determining (1) the desirability and feasibility of protecting

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and preserving the ecological, scenic, recreational, historical, and other resource values of the Great Dismal Swamp and the Dismal Swamp Canal, with particular emphasis on the development of the Dismal Swamp Canal for recreational boating purposes, (2) the potential alternative beneficial uses of the water and related land resources involved, taking into consideration appropriate uses of the land for residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and transportation purposes, and for public services; and (3) the type of Federal, State, or local program, if any, that is feasible and desirable in the public interest to preserve, develop, and make accessible for public use the values set forth in (1) including alternative means of achieving these values, together with a comparison of the costs and effectiveness of these alternative means. SEC. 2. Upon the completion of the investigation and study authorized by this Act, but in no event later than two years following the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall report to the Congress the results of such investigation and study, together with his recommendations with respect thereto. SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $50,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved October 9, 1972. Public Law 92-479

October 9, 1972 [H. R. 1 4 8 9 1 ]

Coast Guard reservists. Emergency augmentation. 70A Stat. 624; 76 Stat. 632. 14 USC 751a.

Active duty benefits.

72 Stat. 1438; 85 Stat. 4 2 5.

AN ACT To amend title i'±, united States Code, to authorize involuntary active duty for Coast Guard reservists for emergency augmentation of regular forces.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new section to chapter 21 thereof: "§ 764. Active duty for emergency augmentation of regular forces "(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law and for the emergency augmentation of regular Coast Guard forces at times of serious natural or manmade disaster, accident, or catastrophe the Secretary may, subject to approval by the President and without the consent of persons affected, order to active duty of not more than fourteen days in any four-month period and not more than thirty days in any one-year period from the Coast Guard Ready Reserve any organized training unit: any member or members thereof; or any member not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit. "(b) A reasonable time, under the circumstances of the domestic emergency involved, shall be allowed between the date when a Reserve ordered to active duty under this section is alerted for that duty and the date when he is required to enter upon that duty. Unless the Secretary determines that the nature of the domestic emergency does not allow it, this period shall be at least two days. ''(c) Active duty served under this section— "(1) shall satisfy on a day-for-day basis all or a part of the annual active duty for training requirement of section 270 of title 10, United States Code; "(2) does not satisfy any part of the active duty obligation of a member whose statutory Reserve obligation is not already terminated; and "(3) entitles a member while engaged therein, or while

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engaged in authorized travel to or from such duty, to all the rights and benefits, including pay and allowances and time creditable for pay and retirement purposes, to which he would be entitled while performing other regular active duty." SEC. 2. Theanalysisof chapter 21 is amended by adding therein: "764. Active duty for emergency augmentation of regular forces.". A p p r o v e d October 9, 1972.

Public Law 92-480 AN ACT To declare that certain federally owned lands shall be held by the United States in trust for the Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community, Wisconsin.

October 9, 1972 [S. 722]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, subject to Munsee^indf^n valid existing rights, all the right, title, and interest of the United community, wis. States, except all minerals including oil and gas, in the submarginal Lands in t r u s t. lands and federally owned improvements thereon, which are identified below, are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community, and the lands shall be a part of the reservation heretofore established for this community: Stockbridge Project L I - W I - 1 1 Shawano County, Wisconsin, comprising thirteen thousand and seventy-seven acres, more or less, acquired by the United States under title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200), the Emergency Relief 40 USC 401-411 Appropriation Act of April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and section 55 of note. the Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 750,781), administrative jurisdic- 15 USC 724-728 tion over which was transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to note. the Secretary of the Interior by Executive Order 7868 dated April 15, 1938, for the benefit of the Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community. 3 e F R, 19361938 Comp., SEC. 2. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in p. 395. accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, e i a i m s offset 8. 1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the beneficial against sU.70a. 25 u e interest conveyed by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim against the United States determined by the Commission. Approved October 9, 1972.

Public Law 92-481 AN ACT

October 9, 1972

To amend section 703(b) of title 10, United States Code, to extend the authority to grant a special thirty-day leave for members of the uniformed serA-ices who voluntarily extend their tours of duty in hostile fire areas.

[H. R. 14537]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,. Thnt section 703(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "June 30. 1972" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1973". Approved October 9, 1972.

84 Stat. 368.

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Public Law 92-482 October 12, 197 2 [H. R. 14909]

Uniformed services. Missing status termination, pay continuance. 80 Stat. 625; 85 Stat. 489.

Ante,

p. 7 4 0.

AN ACT To amend section 552(a) of title 37, United States Code, to provide continuance of incentive pay to members of the uniformed services for the period required for iiospitalization and rehabilitation after termination of missing status.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemiled^ That section 552(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a) A member of a uniformed service who is on active duty or performing inactive-duty training, and who is in a missing status, is— "(1) for the period he is in that status, entitled to receive or have credited to his account the same pay and allowances, as defined in this chapter, to which he was entitled at the beginning of that period or may thereafter become entitled; and " (2) lor the period, not to exceed one year, required for his hospitalization and rehabilitation after termination of that status, under regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, with respect to incentive pay, considered to have satisfied the requirements of section 301 of this title so as to entitle him to a continuance of that pay. However, a member who is performing full-time training duty or other full-time duty without pay, or inactive-duty training with or without pay, is entitled to the pay and allowances to which he would have been entitled if he had been on active duty with pay." Approved October 12, 1972. Public Law 92-483

October 12, 1972 [S.1475]

Gunboat "Cairo". Restoration and reconstruction.

16 USC 461,

Administration.

Appropriation.

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the restoration, reconstruction, and exhibition of the gunboat "Cairo", and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to preserve an object having national significance as part of the history of the Civil War, for the oenefit and inspiration of the people of the United States, the Secretary of the Interior shall, in such manner as he deems advisable, utilize the authorities contained in the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666') to provide for the restoration and reconstruction on the gunboat "Cairo", formerly of the Union Navy, sunk in action in the Yazoo Eiver, Mississippi, and for its exhibition at the Vicksburg National Military Park. SEC. 2. At such time as the restoration and reconstruction of the •'Cairo" shall have been completed, and it has been located within the boundaries of the Vicksburg National Military Park, the "Cairo" shall be administered in accordance with all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to such park. SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not more than $3,200,000 for the restoration of the "Cairo" and for the development of protective and interpretive facilities associated therewith. Approved October 12, 1972.

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Public Law 92-484 AN ACT To establish an Office of Technology Assessment for the Congress as an aid in the identification and consideration of existing and probable impacts of technological application; to amend the National Science Foundation Act of 1950; and for other purposes.

October 13, 197 2 [H. R.10243]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati/vea of the 'nited assembled, That this Act may AsVe'i'li'J^inf Act '' United States of America in Congress assembled', ^ oj be cited as the "Technology Assessment Act of 1972". of 1972. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

SEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares that: (a) As technology continues to change and expand rapidly, its applications are— (1) large and growing in scale; and (2) increasingly extensive, pervasive, and critical in their impact, beneficial and adverse, on ithe natural and social environment. (b) Therefore, it is essential that, to the fullest extent possible, the consequences of technological applications be anticipated, understood, and considered in determination of public policy on existing and emerging national problems, (c) The Congress further finds that: (1) the Federal agencies presently responsible directly to the Congress are not designed to provide the legislative branch with adequate and timely information, independently developed, relating to the potential impact of technological applications, and (2) the present mechanisms of the Congress do not and are not designed to provide the legislative branch with such information. (d) Accordingly, it is necessary for the Cona:ress to— (1) equip itself with new and effective means for securing competent, unbiased information concerning the physical, biological, economic, social, and political effects of such applications; and (2) utilize this information, whenever appropriate, as one factor in the legislative assessment of matters pending before the Congress, particularly in those instances where the Federal Government may be called upon to consider support for, or management or regulation of, technological applications. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY

ASSESSMENT

k)EC. 8. (a) In accordance with the findings and declaration of purpose ill section 2, there is hereby created the Office of Technology Assessment (hereinafter referred to as the "Office") which shall be within and responsible to the legislative branch of the Government. (b) The Office shall consist of a Technology Assessment Board (hereinafter referred to as the "Board") which shall formulate and promulgate the policies of the Office, and a Director who shall carry out such policies and administer the operations of the Office. (c) The basic function of the Office shall be to provide early indications of the probable beneficial and adverse impacts of the applications of technology and to develop other coordinate information which may assist the Congress. Tn carrying out such function, the Office shall: (1) identify existing or probable impacts of technology or technological programs;

Technology Assessment Board.

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(2) where possible, ascertain cause-and-effect relationships; (3) identify alternative technological methods of implementing specific programs; (4) identify alternative programs for achieving requisite goals; (5) make estimates and comparisons of the impacts of alternative methods and programs; (6) present findings of completed analyses to the appropriate legislative authorities; (7) identify areas where additional research or data collection is required to provide adequate support for the assessments and estimates described in paragraph (1) through (5) of this subsection; and (8) undertake such additional associated activities as the appropriate authorities specified under subsection (d) may direct. (d) Assessment activities undertaken by the Office may be initiated upon the request of: (1) the chairman of any standing, special, or select committee of either House of the Congress, or of any joint committee of the Congress, acting for himself or at the request of the ranking minority member or a majority of the committee members; (2) the Board; or (3) the Director, in consultation with the Board. (e) Assessments made by the Office, including information, surveys, studies, reports, and findings related thereto, shall be made available to the initiating committee or other appropriate committees of the Congress. I n addition, any such information, surveys, studies, reports, and findings produced by the Office may be made available to the public except where— (1) to do so would violate security statutes; or (2) the Board considers it necessary or advisable to withhold such information in accordance with one or more of the numbered paragraphs in section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code. TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT BOARD

Membership.

Vacancies.

Chairman and vice chairman.

SEC. 4. (a) The Board shall consist of thirteen members as follows: (1) six Members of the Senate, appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, three from the majority party and three from the minority party; (2) six Members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, three from the majority party and three from the minority party; and (3) the Director, who shall not be a voting member. (b) Vacancies in the membership of the Board shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the Board and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original appointment. (c) The Board shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members at the beginning of each Congress. The vice chairman shall act in the place and stead of the chairman in the absence of the chairman. The chairmanship and the vice chairmanship shall alternate between the Senate and the House of Representatives with each Congress. The chairman during each even-numbered Congress shall be selected by the Members of the House of Representatives on the Board from among their number. The vice chairman during each

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Congress shall be chosen in the same manner from that House of Congress other than the House of Congress of which the chairman is a Member. (d) The Board is authorized to sit and act at such places and times during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of Congress, and upon a vote of a majority of its members, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths and affirmations, to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The Board may make such rules respecting its organization and procedures as it deems necessary, except that no recommendation shall be reported from the Board unLjss a majority of the Board assent. Subpenas may be issued over the signature of the chairman of the Board or of any voting member designated by him or by the Board, and may be served by such person or persons as may be designated by such chairman or member. The chairman of the Board or any voting member thereof may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses.

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DIRECTOR AND D E P U T Y DIRECTOR

SEC. 5. (a) The Director of the Office of Technology Assessment Appointment. shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve for a term of six years unless sooner removed by the Board. He shall receive basic pay compensation. at the rate provided for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title.5, United States Code. 83 Stat. 863. (b) In addition to the powers and duties vested in him by this Act, the Director shall exercise such powers and duties as may be delegated to him by the Board. (c) The Director may appoint with the approval of the Board, a ^;,' Deputy Director who shall perform such functions as the Director ..; may prescribe and who shall be Acting Director during the absence or incapacity of the Directoi- or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Director. The Deputy Director shall receive basic pay at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. (d) Neither the Director nor the Deputy Director shall engage in ^ef^tSon.^"* any other business, vocation, or employment than that of serving as such Director or Deputy Director, as the case may be; nor shall the Director or Deputy Director, except with the approval of the Board, hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Office makes any contract or other arrangement under this Act. AUTHORITY

OF THE

OFFICE

SEC. 6. (a) The Office shall have the authority, within the limits of available appropriations, to do all things necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, including, but without being limited to, the authority to— (1) make full use of competent personnel and organizations outside the Office, public or private, and form special ad hoc task forces or make other arrangements when appropriate; (2) enter into contracts or other arrangements as may be necessary for the conduct of the work of the Office with any agency or instrumentality of the United States, with any State, territory,

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80 Stat. 499; 83 Stat. 190.

Recordkeeping.

Agency cooperation.

Personnel detail.

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or possession or any political subdivision thereof, or with any ' person, firm, association, corporation, or educational institution, with or without reimbursement, without performance or other bonds, and without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5); (3) make advance, progress, and other payments which relate to technology assessment without regard to the provisions of section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529); (4) accept and utilize the services of voluntary and uncompensated personnel necessary for the conduct of the work of the Office and provide transportation and subsistence as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons serving without compensation; (5) acquire by purchase, lease, loan, or gift, and hold and dispose of by sale, lease, or loan, real and personal property of all kinds necessary for or resulting from the exercise of authority ' granted by this Act; and (6) prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems necessary governing the operation and organization of the Office. (b) Contractors and other parties entering into contracts and other arrangements under this section which involve costs to the Government shall maintain such books and related records as will facilitate an effective audit in such detail and in such manner as shall be prescribed by the Office, and such books and records (and related documents and papers) shall be available to the Office and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, for the purpose of audit and examination. (c) The Office, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, shall not, itself, operate any laboratories, pilot plants, or test facilities. (d) The Office is authorized to secure directly from any executive department or agency information, suggestions, estimates, statistics, and technical assistance for the purpose of carrying out its functions under this Act. Each such executive department or agency shall furnish the information, suggestions, estimates, statistics, and technical assistance directly to the Office upon its request. (e) On request of the Office, the head of any executive department or agency may detail, with or without reimbursement, any of its personnel to assist the Office in carrying out its functions under this Act. (f) The Director shall, in accordance with such policies as the Board shall prescribe, appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT ADVISORY C O U N C I L

Membership.

SEC. 7. (a) The Office shall establish a Technology Assessment Advisory Council (hereinafter referred to as the "Council"). The Council shall be composed of the following twelve members: (1) ten members from the public, to be appointed by the Board, who shall be persons eminent in one or more fields of the physical, biological, or social sciences or engineering or experienced in the administration of technological activities, or who may be judged (jualified on the basis of contributions made to educational or public activities; (2) the Comptroller General; and (3) the Director of the Ongressional Research Service of the Tjibrary of Congress.

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(I)) The (/ouiicil, upon request by the Board, shall— (1) review and make recommendations to the Board on activities undertaken by the Office or on the initiation thereof in accordance with section 3(d); (2) review and make recommendations to the Board on the findings of any assessment made by or for the Office; and (3) 'undertake such additional related tasks as the Board may direct. (c) The Council, by majority vote, shall elect from its members appointed under subsection (a)(1) of this section a Chairman and a Vice Chairman, who shall serve for such time and under such conditions as the Council may prescribe. I n the absence of the Chairman, or in the event of his incapacity, the Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman. (d) The term of office of each member of the Council appointed under subsection (a)(1) shall be four years except that any such member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. No person shall be appointed a member of the Council under subsection (a)(1) more than twice. Terms of the members appointed under subsection (a)(1) shall be staggered so as to establish a rotating membership according to such method as the Board may devise. (e)(1) The members of the Council other than those appointed under subsection (a)(1) shall receive no pay for their services as members of the Council, but shall be allowed necessary travel expenses (or, in the alternative, mileage for use of privately owned vehicles and a per diem in lieu of subsistence at not to exceed the rate prescribed in sections 5702 and 5704 of title 5, United States Code), and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of duties vested in the Council, without regard to the provisions of subchapter 1 of chapter 57 and section 5731 of title 5, United States Code, and regulations promulgated thereunder. (2) The members of the Council appointed under subsection (a)(1) shall receive compensation for each day engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Council at rates of pay not in excess of the daily equivalent of the hiirhest rate of basic pay set forth in the General Schedule of section 5332(a) of title 5, United States Code, and in addition shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses in the maiiner proAnded for other members of the Council under paragraph (1) of this subsection. t l T I L I Z A T I O N OF THE LIBRARY OF CN(JRE8S

SEC. 8. (a) To carry out the objectives of this Act, the Librarian of Congress is authorized to make available to the Office such services and assistance of the Congressional Research Service as may be appropriate and feasible. (b) Such services and assistance made available to the Office shall include, but not be limited to, all of the services and assistance which the Congressional Research Service is otherwise authorized to provide to the Congress. (c) Nothing in this section shall alter or modify any services or responsibilities, other than those performed for the Office, which the Congressional Research Service under law perfornis for or on behalf

Duties.

Chairman and Vice Chairman.

Term of office.

Travel expenses. 80 Stat. 498; 83 Stat. 190.

5 USC 5701. Compensation.

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of the C\)n^ress. The i>.ibi-ariaii is, however, authorized to establish within the Congressional Research Service such additional divisions, groups, or other organizational entities as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. (d) Services and assistance made available to the Office by the Congressional Research Service in accordance with this section may be provided with or without reimbursement from funds of the Office, as agreed upon by the Board and the Librarian of Congress. U T I L I Z A T I O N OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING

OFFICE

SEC. 9. (a) Financial and administrative services (including those related to budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, personnel, and procurement) and such other services as may be appropriate shall be provided the Office by the General Accounting Office. (b) Such services and assistance to the Office shall include, but not be limited to, all of the services and assistance which the General Accounting Office is otherwise authorized to provide to the Congress. (c) Nothing in this section shall alter or modify any services or responsibilities, other than those performed for the Office, which the General Accounting Office under law performs for or on behalf of the Congress. (d) Services and assistance made available to the Office by the General Accounting Office in accordance with this section may be provided with or without reimbursement from funds of the Office, as agreed upon by the Board and the Comptroller General. COORDINATION

WITH

THE

N A T I O N A L SCIENCE

FOUNDATION

SEC. 10. (a) The Office shall maintain a continuing liaison with the National Science Foundation with respect to— (1) grants and contracts formulated or activated by the Foundation which are for purposes of technology assessment; and (2) the promotion of coordination in areas of technology assessment, and the avoidance of unnecessary duplication or overlapping of research activities in the development of technology assessment techniques and programs. rams^"fina''nc'^°" ^^^ Section 8(b) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, ^^s'2%'tatT36oT^' 'i-s amended (42 U.S.C 1862(b)), is amended to read as follows: "(b) The Foundation is authorized to initiate and support specific scientific activities in connection with matters relating to international cooperation, national security, and the effects of scientific applications upon society by making contracts or other arrangements (including grants, loans, and other forms of assistance) for the conduct of such activities. When initiated or supported pursuant to requests made by any other Federal department or agency, including the Office of Technology Assessment, such activities shall be financed whenever feasible from funds transferred to the Foundation by the requesting official as 82^stat^3'65^'*' provided in section 14(g), and any such activities shall be unclassified 42 USC 1873. fi"d shall be identified by the Foundation as being undertaken at the request of the appi-opriate official.'' A N N U A L REPORT

SEC. 11. The Office shall submit to the Congress an animal report which shall include, but not be limited to, an evaluation of technology assessment techniques and identification, insofar as may be feasible, of technological areas and programs requiring future analysis. Such report shall be submitted not later than March 15 of each year.

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APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 12. (a) To enable the Office to carry out its powers and duties, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Office, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, and June 30, 1974, and thereafter such sums as may be necessary. (b) Appropriations made pursuant to the authority provided in subsection (a) shall remain available for obligation, for expenditure, or for obligation and expenditure for such period or periods as may be specified in the Act making such appropriations. Approved October 13, 1972. Public Law 92-485 AN ACT

October 13, 1972

To extend the time for coiinnencing actions on behalf of an Indian tribe, band, or group.

[H. R. 13825]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemhJed^ That title 28 of Indian claims. the United States Code, section 2415, is amended as follows: tations. (a) The period at the end of subsection (a) shall be changed to a ^o Stat. 304; colon, and the following provision shall be added thereto: '•'•Provided " ®' P* further. That an action for money damages which accrued on the date of enactment of this Act in accordance with subsection (g) brouglit by the United States for or on behalf of a recognized tribe, band, or group of American Indians, or on behalf of an individual Indian whose land is held in trust or restricted status, shall not be bari-ed unless the comjjlaint is filed more than eleven years after the right of action accrued or more than two years after a final decision has been rendered in applicable administrative proceedings required by contract or by law, whichever is later.". (b) In subsection (b), the period at the end of the subsection shall be chanoed to a comma, and the following words shall be added thereto: "except that such actions for or on behalf of a recognized tribe, band, or group of American Indians, including actions relating .;.:.. to allotted trust or restricted Indian lands, or on behalf of an individual Indian whose land is held in trust or restricted status which accrued on the date of enactment of this Act in accordance with subsection (g) may be brought within eleven years after the right of action accrues.''. Approved October 13, 1972. Public Law 92-486 JOINT RESOLUTION

October 13, 1972

Authorizing the President to proclaim October 30, 1972, as "National Sokol Day".

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ber 30, 1972, as "National Sokol Day", and calling upon the people authorization. of the United States to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Approved October 13, 1972.

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