96 STAT. 2636
PRIVATE LAW 97-55—JAN. 8, 1983
Private Law 97-55 97th Congress Jan. 8, 1983 [H.R. 5826] U.S. oil and gas lease, reinstatement and validation.
An Act To provide for the reinstatement and validation of United States oil and gas lease numbered W-24153.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That, notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, United States oil and gas lease numbered W-24153 shall be held not to have terminated by operation of law or otherwise on or about May 31, 1980, but shall be deemed to have been duly communitized on such date with United States oil and gas lease numbered W-47820 and shall be deemed otherwise to continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms so long as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities from the unit so constituted: Provided, That, within sixty days of the effective date of this Act, the last recordholder of lease numbered W-24153 and the recordholder of lease numbered W-47820 shall file an agreement in due form with the Secretary or his delegate evidencing the communitization of said leases which agreement shall be approved by the Secretary or his delegate retroactively to a date prior to May 31, 1980: And provided further. That within thirty days after the receipt of written notice from the Secretary or his delegate of the amount of any rental then accrued to the United States under lease numbered W-24153 and unpaid by the last recordholder of said lease, said recordholder shall tender payment of said amount of rental. Such notice shall be given by the Secretary within thirty days after the effective date of this Act. Approved January 8, 1983. Private Law 97-56 97th Congress An Act
Jan. 12, 1983 [H.R. 4350] Arthur J. Grauf.
For the relief of Arthur J. Grauf.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,408 to Arthur J. Grauf (social security numbered 179-14-5217) of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in full settlement of all his claims against the United States for reimbursement of expenses incurred by him in connection with the sale of his residence necessitated by his transfer in 1973 as an employee of the Department of the Aimy from his official station at the Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, to his official station at the Indiantown Gap Military Reservation in Annville, Pennsylvania. SEC. 2. Not more than 10 per centum of the amount appropriated in the first section of this Act may be transferred, directly or indirectly, to any attorney or other agent as consideration for service rendered to Arthur J. Grauf in connection with the claim to which the first section of this Act applies. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than $1,000. Approved January 12, 1983.
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