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PUBLIC LAW 616-AUG. 21, 1954

T62 Time for filing.

Appropriation.

Administrative expenses. Adjustments.

62 Stat. 1240; 64 Stat. 449.

62 Stat. 1241. s o u s e app. 2001.

"(5) Each claim filed under this subsection must be filed not later than one year from whichever of the following dates last occurs: " (A) The date of enactment of this subsection; •'(B) The date the prisoner of war by Avhom the claim is filed returned to the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces of the United States; or " (C) The date upon which the Department of Defense makes a determination that the prisoner of war has actually died or is presumed to be dead, in the case of any prisoner of war who has not returned to the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces of the United States. The Commission shall complete its determinations with respect to each claim filed under this subsection at the earliest practicable date, but in no event later than one year after the date on which such claim was filed. "(G) Any claim allowed under the provisions of this subsection shall be paid from funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (7) of this subsection. "(7)(A) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection, including necessary administrative expenses. " (B) The Commission shall determine, from time to time, the share of its administrative expenses attributable to the performance of its functions under this subsection and make the appropriate adjustments in its accounts, and determinations and adjustments made pursuant to this subparagraph shall be final and conclusive." SEC. 3. (a) Subsections (a) and (e) of section 2 of the W a r Claims Act of 1948, as amended (50 App. U.S.C. Sec. 2001), are hereby repealed, and subsections (b), (c), and (d) of such section are hereby redesignated as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively. (b) The first sentence of the subsection herein redesignated as subsection (a) is hereby amended by striking out "The Commission" and inserting m lieu thereof the following: "The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States (hereinafter referred to as the Commission')". Approved August 21, 1954. CHAPTER 785

Public Law 616 AiiKust 21, 1954 [H. R. 9889]

American F a l l s R e s e r v o i r District No. 2, Idaho.

Repeal.

Su p pie tn e n t ary law.

[68 S T A T.

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to execute an amendatory contract with American Falls Reservoir District Numbered 2, Idaho, 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 the Interior is authorized to execute on behalf of the United States the amendatory contract with American Falls Reservoir District Numbered 2, Idaho, negotiated pursuant to section 7 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1192; 43 U.S.C. 1946 edition, sec. 485f), and approved by the district's electors on June 29, 1954. SEC. 2. All beginning with the first '•Provided'^ under the subheading "Minidoka project, American Falls Reservoir, Idaho" under the heading "Bureau of Reclamation" of the Act of January 12, 1927 (44 Stat. 934, 958), is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This Act is declared to be a supplement to the Federal Reclamation Laws. Approved August 21, 1954.