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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 811, 812-JULY 2,1948 Duties of Commit- tee. Report to Congress. 10U.S.C., Spp.I, i 1270c; 34 U.S. C ., Supp. I, §522d. Appropriation au- thorized. Ante, p. 1033 . Congress); or in any other provision of Federal law imposing restric- tions, requirements, or penalties in relation to the employment of persons, the performance of services, or the payment or receipt of compensation in connection with any claim proceeding, or matter involving the United States. shall apply to such persons solely by reason of their appointment to and membership on such Committee. SEC. 11 . It shall be the duty of the Committee appointed under sec- tion 10 hereof to review not less often than once each year the justi- fication for the retention of property in the national industrial reserve established hereunder and (i) to recommend to the Secretary of Defense the disposition of any such property which in the opinion of the Committee would no longer be of sufficient strategic value to war- rant its further retention for the production of war material in the event of a national emergency; (ii) to recommend to the Secretary of Defense standards of maintenance for the property held in the national industrial reserve; (iii) to review and recommend to the Secretary of Defense the disposal of that property which in the opinion of the Committee could and should be devoted to commercial use in the civilian economy; and (iv) to advise the Secretary of Defense with respect to such activities under this Act as he may request. SEC. 12. The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress on April 1 of each year a report detailing the action taken by it hereunder and containing such other pertinent information on the status of the national industrial reserve as will enable the Congress to evaluate its administration and the need for amendments and related legislation. SEC. 13. Section 5 of the Act approved August 5, 1947 (ch. 493, 61 Stat. 774), is hereby repealed. SEC. 14 . There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and to the Federal Works Administration, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as the Congress may, from time to time, determine to be necessary to enable the Secretary of Defense and the Federal Works Agency to carry out their respective functions under the Act. Approved July 2, 1948. [CHAPTER 812] July 2,1948 AN ACT IS.2743] Providing for the more expeditious determination of certain claims filed by [Public Law 8841 Ute Indians. Ute Indians. Determination of certain claims. 25 U.S. C. iC70- 70v. Separate judgments for surface and sub- surface of land. Am*, p. 1000. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act con- ferring jurisdiction upon the United States Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and render judgment on any and all claims which the Ute Indians or any tribe or band thereof may have against the United States, and for other purposes, approved June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1209), as amended July 15, 1941 (55 Stat. 593), June 22, 1943 (57 Stat. 160), June 11, 1946 (60 Stat. 255), and August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1049) is hereby amended by adding to section 3 thereof the fol- lowing: "The court shall, upon a determination of the material issues or upon consent of the parties, enter a separate final judgment for any value of the surface and a subsequent separate final judgment for any value of the subsurface of the land which the court may determine to be the subject matter of case numbered 45585 in the United States Court of Claims entitled, Confederated Bands of Ute Indians versus United States of America. Each of the judgments shall be subject to review in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Act of February 13, 1929 (ch. 229, 43 Stat. 939), as amended by the Act approved May 22, 1939 (ch. 140, 53 Stat. 752; 28 U. S . C. 288). Any value subse- 1228 [62 STAT.