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[72 Stat. 531]
PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 531]

72 S T A T. ]

631

PUBLIC LAW 85-605-AUG. 8, 1958

SEC. 2. Section 304 of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Upon payment of the principal amounts (without interest) of all awards from the Italian Claims F u n d created pursuant to section 302 of this Act, the Commission shall determine the validity and amount of any claim under this section by any natural person who was a citizen of the United States on the date of enactment of this title and shall, in the event an award is issued pursuant to such claim, certify the same to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment out of remaining balances in the Italian Claims Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 310 of this Act, notwithstanding that the period of time prescribed in section 316 of this Act for the settlement of all claims under this section may have expired." SEC. 3. (a) Subsection (b) of section 311 of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "This subsection shall not hni construed so as to exclude from eligibility a claim based upon a direct ownership interest in a corporation, association, or other entity, or the property thereof, for loss by reason of the nationalization, compulsory liquidation, or other taking of such corporation, association, or other entity by the Governments of Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Rumania, or the Soviet Government. Any such claim may be allowed without regard to the per centum of ownership vested in the claimant." (b) Any claim heretofore denied under subsection (b) of section 311 of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, prior to the date of enactment of this section, shall be reconsidered by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission solely to redetermine its validity and amount by reason of the amendments made by this section. SEC. 4. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected. Approved August 8, 1958.

Italian claims. 69 Stat., 572. 22 USC 1641c.

22 US« 16410.

16411,

Claims by corporations. 22 USC 164 Ij.

Redetermination of validity.

Separability.

Public Law 85-605 AN ACT To amend section 6 of the Act of March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1355), entitled "An Act providing for the allotment of lands within the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Montana, and for other purposes."

August a,1958 [H. R. 7241]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- ^ ^o^ Beiknap ing any provision contained in section 6 of the Act of March 3, 1921 tion. Mont. *^*"'°' (41 Stat. 1355), all trust allotted lands on the Fort Belknap Indian lanii."*"""* °^ Reservation designated as homesteads by Indian allottees, pursuant to the requirements of the said section 6, shall be subject to sale, partition, issuance of patent in fee, or other disposition in accordance with the laws relating to the other allotments on the Fort Belknap Reservation and shall be nontaxable as long as held in a trust status. No disposition of such lands heretofore made shall be invalidated because of the provisions of said section 6 making homesteads inalienable. Approved August 8, 1958.